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Pain in Portland: Blazers blast Bulls by 42 points There are bad losses, really bad losses and embarrassing losses. The Bulls' 116-74 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night at the Rose Garden falls into that last category. There wasn't anything competitive about this one as the Bulls never got started, immediately fell behind by double digits and never made a significant rally. Other than that, it was another fine circus trip performance.

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Luol Deng didn’t play Wednesday night against the Portland Trail Blazers because of what the Bulls described as a hamstring injury. He was hurt Tuesday in Los Angeles against the Lakers and pointed to an area more to the inside (rather than the back) of his left leg.

Rose the star Bulls have been waiting for

Did you see the Bulls game last night? I hadn't heard that question in years. Now it keeps coming up.

Rose, Gordon get offensive, but Bulls start trip with 'L' Derrick Rose and Ben Gordon have started only a few games together, but the backcourt combination already has proved to be a major headache for Bulls opponents. Overall, the duo was averaging 40.2 points on 47 percent shooting heading into the Bulls' game Tuesday against the Los Angeles Lakers. That only tells part of the story, though.

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