All hail H-O-R-S-E

I couldn't catch the Bulls game yesterday because of good ole' night class, so someone help me out here: is there anything we can take away from a win over a Hornets' team without Chris Paul, Mo Pete, and Tyson Chandler? Sure, I'll take a road victory anyway I can get it, especially since the playoff picture is starting to HEAT UP in the East (and I mean that as sarcastically as possible) with the Bulls just a game behind the....Bucks and Nets for the eight seed. But wins like this one just seem so uninspiring.

The first thing I noticed perusing the box score is that Tyrus and Noah both came to play, which has Matt delighted over at Blog-a-Bull. For Tyrus, it was his fourth double-double in the last five games. For Noah, it was maybe his best game of the season (16 and 9 on 7-of-9 shooting), though the performance he clocked in against Yao a night before is probably more telling than what he can do against Hilton Armstrong.

I'm just glad to see Tyrus log some consistent minutes finally (over 30 in four of his last five), though I'd prefer more taking it to the hole and dunking on people's faces and less 17-foot pull up jumpers. But hey, they're going in somewhat regularly now, so that's good.

And anytime we're talking about the Bulls, the Hornets, and Tyrus Thomas, I may as well post my all-time favorite Tyrus YouTube vid, taken from his rookie season.

Red Kerr's reaction is very....Red Kerr-ish, but I'd like to see what Stacy King could do that bad boy.

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Now, more importantly: HORSE in the NBA All-Star game? Seriously? When I first read that I was positive it was a joke. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it'll be totally sweet, but just realize that the only reason it's happening is because Simmons has been pushing the idea for ages. And the NBA actually took him up on it. I'm sorry, but that's sort of mind blowing.

Next thing you know the baseball Hall-of-Fame will be shaped like a pyramid.

Oh, and here's what the court is supposed to look like (from Ball Don't Lie):