The Bulls are back at it Wednesday in the United Center against the Phoenix Suns after a fortuitous three-day break. It proved an appropriate time after three very bad times, the trifecta of blowouts against the East's top teams. So Zach LaVine thought about Matt Thornton.
Thornton, some will recall, was a pretty good, hard throwing White Sox reliever who had a nice career, a 3.41 earned run average over 13 years. But for one week in 2011, he was the Bulls of last week, in a sense, a week in which you could barely watch. Thornton blew four consecutive saves, though he still went on to an effective season and 62 appearances.