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Leaving Rose in late a non-issue, says GM
FULL CLOSE CUT CLOSECUT - The Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose (1) releases a shot over the Dallas Mavericks' Delonte West during the first half at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday April 21, 2012. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune/MCT) (TRIBUNE MEDIA MCT)
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Chicago Bulls general manager Gar Forman is backing coach Tom Thibodeau, saying he had no problem with the decision to stick with Derrick Rose late in the playoff opener against the Philadelphia 76ers.
Forman says Sunday there is "absolutely no issue there," even though the result was a season-ending injury.
The league's reigning MVP tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee with about 1:20 left in Saturday's 103-91 victory -- a huge blow for a team eyeing its first championship since the Michael Jordan era.
Now, the Bulls will try to get by without their superstar, beginning Tuesday with Game 2 in Chicago.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition April 30, 2012 C4
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