The Chicago Bulls just got Derrick Rose and Pau Gasol back and will immediately test both stars out with a back-to-back. The Bulls will try to put together consecutive wins when they visit the Denver Nuggets on the fifth stop of a seven-game trip Tuesday
The Chicago Bulls have obviously been cautious with Rose for the past couple seasons now, but he is expected to feature tonight for his first back to back appearance since 2013-14. Rose returned from injury last night to post 18 points and five assists in just 25 minutes, while Pau Gasol returned to score 23 points of his own, but the best player for the Bulls was once again Jimmy Butler who led the way with 25 points in 44 minutes. As a team, the Bulls shot a healthy 50 percent from the field and nine of 20 from the three-point line, but they definitely lacked that killer instinct because they had the Jazz down 21 points in the second quarter but had to fight right till the end to escape with the 97-95 win. It was such a big boost for the Bulls to get two of their top players back, but they are still without key players Kirk Hinrich and Taj Gibson.
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Meanwhile, the Denver Nuggets lost six of their first seven games to start the season but have since won five of their last six and their last four straight after overcoming the Lakers on Sunday.
Ty Lawson led the way with 18 points and 16 assists, Wilson Chandler added 19 points while three other players finished in double figures, but this win was all about defense and the Nuggets proved that by holding the Lakers to just 37.1 percent shooting, three of 24 from the three-point line and just two made field goals in the final 8:15 for a 101-94 overtime win on the road. With the win, Denver improves to 6-7 on the season and 3-4 on the road
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Even with Rose's return, breakout guard Jimmy Butler still led Chicago in scoring with 25 points against Utah and has gone over 20 points in five of the last six contests, averaging 22 points in that span.
Denver shot 37.8 percent from the field and missed 15 free throws on Sunday but still pulled out a 101-94 overtime victory over the lowly Los Angeles Lakers. One of the keys was forward Danilo Gallinari, who was being worked in slowly after knee surgery last year but played a season-high 31 minutes and scored 10 points against Los Angeles. Gallinari has scored in double figures in back-to-back games for the first time this season and grabbed a season-high seven rebounds on Sunday.
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