CHICAGO — Derrick Rose suppressed the joy he had inside, hiding the fact he had just made his biggest, most important shot in three seasons.
"I see him smile all the time, but he really doesn't show it out in the open," Chicago Bulls forward Taj Gibson said.
Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau, never too enthusiastic about much publicly, spoke in his usual measured tone but with clear conviction late Friday at United Center.
"There are not many like him," he said of Rose. "As a matter of fact, there's probably not anybody who combines the speed, the quickness, the power.