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FIVE THINGS TO WATCH
1. Stop the bleeding. The Bulls have now lost two in a row for the second time this season. The recent slump is four losses out of the past six and three of those losses have come to teams with losing records. Any momentum from beating Cleveland is long gone after back-to-back losses. The Bulls need to get back in the win column.
2. Fourth game in five nights. A rested Dwyane Wade, who did not travel with the team to Dallas on Saturday, put up 34 points in Monday's 112-110 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers. Now the Bulls are facing the second of a back-to-back and a fourth game in five nights. So far this season the Bulls are 2-2 in the back end of back-to-backs.
3. Inserting Rondo back in the lineup. Rajon Rondo is epected to return from his one-game suspension for Tuesday's game in Detroit. The Bulls didn't win without Rondo and replacement Jerian Grant was just 1-for-7 from the field. Getting Rondo back at point guard should help the Bulls.
4. Bench production. It's been a theme throughout the season, but the Bulls need better production out of the bench. In Monday's loss to Portland, all four Bulls who came off the bench posted negative plus-minus numbers while all four Blazers off the bench were on the plus side. When Dwyane Wade and Jimmy Butler combine for 60 points at home, the Bulls should be able to win those games, but that didn't happen against the Blazers.
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5. Balanced Pistons. When Reggie Jackson scored 18 points in his first game of the season in the Pistons' loss to the Magic on Sunday he became the seventh player on the team to be averaging double figures in scoring. The Heat are the only other team in the NBA that can say that. For the record, the Bulls have five players who average double figures.
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