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After a great run in Phoenix, it seems likely that Steve Nash may finally leave to play for a championship team.

When the Chicago Bulls lost Derrick Rose in their first postseason game it was widely believed that the team would still get past the Philadelphia 76ers, and that they might even have enough to get back to the Eastern Conference Finals.

C.J. Watson said last week that the Bulls have already told him that they will exercise their option to keep him on the roster for 2012-13 . The Bulls' option is to trade him before the end of June, pay him $3.2 million next season, or allow him to enter free agency.

America's fastest growing youth basketball initiative is making some big moves in 2012: in size, giving, and now in stature.

With the news that Derrick Rose could miss 8-10 months, if not the entire year next season, there are some questions about what the Chicago Bulls can do to become a championship contender again.

Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng will delay wrist surgery to play for Great Britain in the Olympics.

What's more, they seemed to catch all the bad breaks throughout the series against Philly, particularly in their Game 6 collapse that essentially summarized the misfortunes the Bulls have encountered in the past two weeks.

The Dallas Mavericks in 2007 and the San Antonio Spurs in 2011 both ended the season with the best record in the league and also went home after a mere six playoff games.

It wasn't quite as bad as Marion Barber running out of bounds in Denver, but it was pretty close.

So, I'm reading that Luol Deng and Carlos Boozer will have to put up another combined game of 40-plus points and 20-plus rebounds if the Bulls are going to win Game 6 in Philadelphia on Thursday night to force a deciding game at home.

Jump Shot 76ers point guard Jrue Holiday applies defense on Chicago Bulls point guard John Lucas during Game 5 in an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, in Chicago on Tuesday, May 8, 2012.

The Chicago Bulls closed the second quarter on a 10-2 run to grab a 35-26 lead at halftime of Game 5 tonight at the United Center.

The 2012 NBA season is as close to over as it has ever been for the once-title-favorite Chicago Bulls , as Tom and company face elimination against the Philadelphia 76ers .

Q. With Joakim Noah likely to miss Game 4 with a sprained ankle, things don't look promising for the Bulls.

The Chicago Bulls fell to the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 3 on Friday night. We have some thoughts on what went wrong.

PHILADELPHIA: Spencer Hawes scored 21 points, grabbed nine rebounds and hit the go-ahead jumper late in the fourth quarter to help Philadelphia rally to beat Chicago 79-74 on Friday night and take a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series.

The Philadelphia 76ers overcame a 13-point fourth quarter deficit on Friday, to win the third game of their first round Playoff match-up with the Chicago Bulls , and now lead the best-of-seven series, two games to one.

Omar Infante doubled in the go-ahead run in the 12th inning to give the Miami Marlins a 9-8 win over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.

Derrick Rose didn't travel with the Bulls as he continues to do pre-rehabilitation work in advance of surgery to repair the torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

Carlos Boozer , Richard Hamilton , John Lucas III , Derrick Rose , Chicago Bulls , Philadelphia 76ers may have given us a glimpse into what the rest of the series look like with the Bulls of course missing .