The Chicago Bulls ended the month of January on a very impressive five game winning streak against five seperate western conferance playoff contenders: highly talented teams such as the Phoniex Suns, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, Oklahoma City Thunder, and the New Orleans Hornets. This five game winning streak helped to cap off a great month in which they went 10-5. The final game of the Month against the Hornets was a very exciting battle. The game included a thrilling fourth quarter comeback by the Hornets which lead to a Loul Deng lay up at the buzzer to send the game to overtime. Loul, had a stellar game in which he put up 26 points and lead the Bulls to the 108-106 victory in Overtime.
This month was very important to the Bulls playoff push becuase they only played five games at home. Critics in the Chicago media thought that this month would hurt the Bulls becuase they have a 9-15 record on the season when they play on the road. The Bulls are currently 23-22 on the year and if the season were to end today that record would put them as the 7th seed in the Eastern conferance. Their record is above .500 for the first time since November.
They hope to increase their five game winning streak on Febuary 2nd when they play the struggling LA Clippers at home. The Bulls have played very well at the "Mad House on Madison."(United Center)Their record at Home this season is 14-7. The Month of Febuary should favor the Bulls as they have seven games at home and seven games on the road. Although home and road games are split for this month, the Bulls play less talented teams and should be able to win a majority of the games in Febuary and move up in the Eastern conferance rankings.
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