Bulls shoot for new Jersey result
"Definitely that's in the back of our mind"
For a Bulls team tired of getting stuck in the mud to start a season, the NBA schedule-makers could have picked a better place for them to open than the swamplands of New Jersey.
Call the Nets' home court Continental Airlines Arena, the old name, or Izod Center, the new one. The Bulls simply call it something unprintable.
Not since April 17, 2001, when A.J. Guyton tossed in 24 points, have the Bulls defeated the Nets on the road, a span of 11 games.
That includes two crushing defeats last season. The Bulls somehow blew an 18-0 lead to lose 91-86 on Jan. 5. They then topped that with a 106-97 loss in the regular-season finale April 18 that cost them the Eastern Conference No. 2 seed. Read more