NBA schedule: Bulls need OT to complete season sweep of Knicks

The charismatic Bulls guard didn’t quite match Melo’s scoring output (35 vs. 36). He didn’t get a dramatic open look at a shot to steal the game in regulation like Anthony did, either. Yet it was Nate-Rob who posted a hyper-efficient line -- 35 points on 10-18 shooting, 5-11 threes and 10-10 free throws -- to propel his team to a victory. If that doesn’t seem right, Nate would be happy to double-check it for you:

It’s not the first time Nate has mocked Steve Novak. There’s a weird history between those two. In any case, Robinson was brilliant, if insufferable, on Thursday night. It was the full Nate Robinson experience.

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Just rude.

What is Carlos Boozer reacting to, you ask? It might be a foul called on a teammate, but it might also be THIS:

Regardless, his incredulous reaction was magnificent.

But here Nate just goes crazy with the discount double-checks.

Just imagining her holding the last notes of the Star Spangled Banner. Or ... well, you decide.

With tempers rising during a close game that could decide playoff positioning for the Bulls down the line, Tom Thibodeau let his emotions get the best of him. Nate Robinson threw a terrible lob that got intercepted and led to to a New York fastbreak.

But as New York turned back upcourt, Thibodeau tossed a towel on the court. Considering that Chris Copeland had to leap over the towel, this could have been a dangerous move if Copeland wasn’t as aware of such a weird play.

Or when he makes a shot, well, you just don’t know what you might see.

Give that man a 10-day contract!

Chicago, meanwhile, has struggled to tread water as injuries have piled up, falling out of the race for home-court advantage in the first round. As a result, the stakes aren’t that high for either team on Thursday, when the Bulls host the Knicks in a 8:00 p.m. ET game that will be nationally broadcast by TNT.

It will be an interesting contrast of styles: Chicago plays great defense and hopes to have just enough offense to scrape out a win; New York plays great offense and hopes to have just enough defense to get by. It will be a matchup of strength on strength on one side of the ball, with the Knicks ranking 3rd in offensive efficiency and the Bulls at 5th in defensive efficiency, and a matchup of weaknesses on the other, with New York at 18th in defensive efficiency and Chicago at 23rd offensively. Whoever can impose their will should have the edge, so the higher the point totals, the better chance the Knicks have and vice versa.

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