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Weekend wondering: When was the last time Chicago Bulls fans booed because a player was taken out one assist short of his first triple-double? Such was the scene at Friday’s 97-73 victory against the visiting (and winless) Utah Jazz when Luol Deng ended up with 19 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. If the fans wanted to boo someone, it might have been Deng’s teammates who failed to convert on three field-goal attempts set up by Deng before coach Tom Thibodeau took him out for good. As it was, Deng played a game-high 38 minutes.
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* With Deng falling short of a triple-double, were fans more upset with that or the Bulls’ failure to reach 100 points in a victory that would have provided free Big Macs?
* When will Derrick Rose have more assists in a game than turnovers? Well, the Bulls guard did vs. the Jazz — but barely. He had five assists and four turnovers in 27 minutes (he also had 12 points). At this rate he doesn’t have to worry about peaking too soon — or winning any postseason honors.
* Is there a better way for Bears quarterback Jay Cutler to show he is physically fit than to return from a reported groin injury to face the Detroit Lions defense Sunday at Soldier Field? The answer to that will come after the game (possibly sooner if Lions defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh sacks him).
* With Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein telling a gathering of season ticket-holders he has made some mistakes in rebuilding the team, is team chairman Tom Ricketts paying attention? Or merely paying salaries to front-office folks who told him they would produce a winning team?
* Has a college football coach gone from “hot” to “not” — based solely on onfield performance — faster than Northwestern’s Pat Fitzgerald? He may not be on the hot seat, but he hardly can be considered a hot commodity either.
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