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Bulls Game Day: Lead Bucks at half

Derrick Rose will play his first playoff game since tearing his left ACL on April 28, 2012, and isn't expected to be limited after sitting out the second half of the Bulls' regular-season finale with left knee soreness.

"He's fine," coach Tom Thibodeau said following the morning shootaround.

The Bulls will be without Kirk Hinrich, whose hyperextended left knee isn't improving after the guard said earlier in the week that he'd make the opener vs. the Bucks.

"It’s sort of plateaued off," Thibodeau said. "He’s been stuck for a few days now.