Teams know he still has the ability to get to the rim and penetrate when he wants to. Rose's ability to space the floor for the rest of his teammates remains one of his best qualities. They're not double-teaming me, they're letting me do whatever I want to do, it's just all about me catching rhythm." "I'm just being patient a little bit more and there's no point in me forcing anything by the way that they're playing me. "When you miss three years, damn near, you see everything," Rose said. It's the first time he has accomplished that feat since the 2011-12 season. According to ESPN Stats & Information, Saturday's game marked just the fourth time in Rose's career that he had at least 20 points, five assists, five rebounds and zero turnovers.
He doesn't seem to be surprised with how well he's seeing the floor, despite the fact he has missed so much time over the past few years. Rose also got the feel of playing in the fourth quarter, something he hadn't done in the past two contests. The biggest difference in this contest is that Rose played more minutes - almost 29 - than the 20 he had been averaging in his first two games. Rose has played better every time he has stepped on the floor this week since playing 19 minutes in Wednesday night's loss to the Orlando Magic. So every day is a positive day, even if I have a bad game or if I'm having a bad day, I try to erase it the next day." "Every day I go in there and work out, do my rehab or training, it's a stride. "Every game I play is a stride," Rose said. In just his third game back since returning from a meniscectomy, and his first home game in about a month and a half, the former MVP scored 22 points, recorded eight assists, grabbed six rebounds and had three steals and no turnovers as the Chicago Bulls beat the Philadelphia 76ers 114-107 on Saturday night. CHICAGO - Derrick Rose is starting to look like his old basketball self again.
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