CHICAGO — During the extended All-Star break, Derrick Rose did not touch a basketball. He needed a breather from a season that’s been a complete roller coaster for both himself and the Chicago Bulls. But as a rough three-game stretch coming off of his mini vacation shows, this season is still very much a work in progress for the former MVP.
Rose shot 1-of-13 from the field Monday night, his only make a three-pointer in the first quarter. It didn’t matter, as the Bulls were able to blow out the Milwaukee Bucks, 87-71, without him. But this latest dud comes just three days after another of Rose’s worst performances of the season, when he shot 2-of-9 with six turnovers in a Friday loss to the Detroit Pistons and was lit up by Spencer Dinwiddie, a D-League-level talent.
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