Only 13 games into his professional career, point guard and No. 1 overall draft pick Derrick Rose has been better than anyone imagined, averaging 18.3 points and 5.5 assists per game.

More than that, Rose has already taken a leadership role on the Bulls, and it's apparent he's got ice-water running through his veins, too.

Taking over the second half of Friday's game, Rose scored 23 of his 25 points before leaving the game in the last two minutes after hurting his hip in a collision with Golden State's Corey Maggette.

With the Bulls traveling to Denver for a Sunday date, Rose faces a stiff challenge from defensive-minded point guard Chauncey Billups... if he's well enough to play, that is.

The rookie might be as tough as he is talented, so don't count him...

Not many rookies would have the bravado to hit a difficult pull-up jumper and an acrobatic bank shot in the final minutes of a breakneck-paced game. Not many players of any vintage would punctuate those shots with a finger to their lips, telling a rowdy Oakland crowd to shut up. Derrick Rose did it all in his 13th NBA game, leading the Chicago Bulls to their first road win of the season in one of...

A sellout crowd of 20,599 fans showed up at the Rose Garden watch Greg Oden make his home debut with the Portland Trail Blazers. By the time Oden, sidelined all of last season by a knee injury, entered the game with 4:28 left in the first quarter, the show was already on in the Trail Blazers' 116-74 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.

The Los Angeles Lakers went to their inside game against the smaller Chicago Bulls. The strategy worked to perfection. Pau Gasol scored 24 of his season-high 34 points in the first half, Andrew Bynum added 18 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots, and the Lakers rebounded from their first loss of the season with a 116-109 victory over the Bulls on Tuesday night.

Derrick Rose showed another dimension to his already impressive game and led the Chicago Bulls to a victory just before they start a tough seven-game road trip. Besides his quick first step and fearless forays to the basket, Rose displayed his 3-point shot Saturday night while scoring 23 points and helping the Bulls beat the Indiana Pacers 104-91.

They barely had time to work up a sweat before the Chicago Bulls found themselves trailing by 19 points Thursday night against the Dallas Mavericks. And less than six minutes into the game, the boos started rolling across the United Center. "It's only the first quarter of an NBA game, so I knew we'd come from behind somehow," Chicago rookie Derrick Rose said.

Al Horford was everywhere. Grabbing rebounds, running the floor, picking up loose balls and scoring from the inside. It was the best performance of his career, an effort that kept the Atlanta Hawks unbeaten through six games. On a night when leading scorer Joe Johnson had trouble with his shot, Horford scored a career-high 27 points, grabbed 17 rebounds and blocked six shots to lead a 113-108...