They say superstars get you wins in the NBA, and that was definitely the case tonight, as the New Jersey Nets trounced the Chicago Bulls 111 to 99 behind 42 points from Devin Harris.

The Bulls were completely dominated by Devin Harris. He was scoring at will, hitting threes and scoring on drives to the basket. As expected, Harris took advantage of Rose’s horrible defense. But even Kirk Hinrich could not slow down Harris. Harris simply pulled up his team and carried them to victory.

The Bulls “superstar” wasn’t shining very bright tonight. Rose had 9 points and 5 assists. Rose has given up on showing any type of effort on the defensive end. On the offensive end, he simply goes through the motions. He is playing with very little life.

Ben Gordon had one of his poorer offensive performances of the season. He finished with 17 points on 6-15 shooting. He started the game off very strong, scoring 10 points in the first quarter. Del Negro probably kept him on the bench too long, as he really never got a chance to try to score when he came back in the second. 5 of Gordon’s points were in garbage time, after the game was already decided, and the Nets were playing very loose defense.

The two former Sacramento Kings looked pretty good. John Salmons scored an efficient 15 points and Brad Miller added in 10 points and 5 rebounds. The Bulls ran a lot less of their offense through Miller tonight than they did yesterday in Orlando.

Luol Deng put up 0 positive stats in the first half, but stepped up his game in the second half, scoring 12 points.

Tyrus Thomas had a mediocre game, finishing with 13 points, 11 rebounds, and 2 blocks. The problem was that Thomas was 5-16 in his shooting. The Nets were letting Thomas take wide open jumpshots, and Thomas was just bricking them.

Thomas had a monster blockk on an attempted dunk by Brook Lopez.

Kirk Hinrich looked good offensively tonight, scoring 14 points and passing for 5 assists off the bench. His defense on Harris left a lot to be desired. Yes, a guy like Harris is going to probably get his, but giving his and some cannot happen.

Bobby Simmons scored 18 points. He was 3-5 from three. The Bulls left him wide open way too many times.

Brook Lopez had 13 points and 7 rebounds. He is looking like he will become a very good center in the league. He has good strength and size, moves pretty well, and has quite a bit of skill.

Vince Carter had 11 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists.

Tim Thomas had 3 points on 1-6 shooting. When he’s not making his shots, he’s not very useful for the Bulls.

The Nets set the record for most free throws in a game without a miss, going 25 for 25 from the line.

The Bulls really let one get away tonight. They had control of the game up until the fourth quarter and then let the game get away.

With the loss, the Bulls fall to 26-32 on the season.

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Tags: Ben Gordon, Bobby Simmons, Brad Miller, Brook Lopez, Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose, Devin harris, John Salmons, Kirk Hinrich, Luol Deng, New Jersey Nets, superstar, Tim Thomas, Tyrus Thomas, Vince Carter

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