Bulls rolling in the East

The Bulls defeated the Detroit Pistons 99-91 making it 5 wins out their last 6 games. More impressively, they did it without the help of Derrick Rose, who sat out the game with a bruised wrist. They have a two-game lead for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference — the only loss out of the six games coming from the Western Conference's leading team, the Lakers.

Let's give it up to John Paxson for picking up John Salmons. Since joining the Bulls he has averaged 19.7 points per game, and 21.8 ppg in the month of March. Ben Gordon is the team's leading scorer, but I feel like the Bulls have finally found a "go-to" guy. I feel comfortable every time the guy has the ball in his hands. Let's not forget the additions of Brad Miller and Tim Thomas, who have both been making great contributions off the bench putting up double-digit scores in many games.

With only 10 games remaining in the regular season, the Bulls control their own playoff destiny — something I did not think I would be able to say a few moths ago. Only two of the ten teams remaining have a record of above .500 — Miami and Philadelphia. This obviously does not mean easy sailing for the Bulls, who seem to always play well against a really good team and then blow it the next night against one of the league's worst teams.

The most intriguing match-up left on the schedule, believe it or not, is against the Charlotte Bobcats on April 11th. Charlotte is currently two games behind the Bulls in the playoff race and they will face off on the Bulls' third-to-last game of the season. The Bulls play Miami tomorrow night at home.

Photo: AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast