"We just have to keep moving forward and concentrate on improving, " Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said.
Chicago coach Tom Thibodeau was an assistant under Rivers when the Celtics won the 2008 NBA title.
"I thought Howard in particular in the first half set the tone, " Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said.
The veteran guard did not practice Wednesday, and neither he nor coach Tom Thibodeau declared him out for Thursday.
"That's the difference in the game, the rebounding, " Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said.
Notes: Coach Tom Thibodeau said Noah was improving but wasn't ready to return.
"I tease Coach (Tom Thibodeau) a lot because it seems like every shot I shoot he's mad, " Robinson said, laughing.
It made up for Tom Thibodeau's worst loss as the Bulls' coach.
And yet they're tied 1-1 with the presumed 2013 NBA champions, because they're well-coached by Tom Thibodeau, shrug off bad games and don't quit.
But coach Tom Thibodeau said he can't look ahead to how the team will adjust with Rose, the 2011 NBA MVP, back on the floor.
"It was the end of the first (quarter) and they hit us with a haymaker, got us back on our heels, " Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said.
Coach Tom Thibodeau said the Bulls' center participated in most of Wednesday's practice and there were no setbacks after playing about 25 minutes in Game 2 on Monday.
He said he is not sure if he'll play in Game 1 at Brooklyn on Saturday, and coach Tom Thibodeau called him day to day for the series.
James was voted to the NBA's All-Defensive first team, but Chicago coach Tom Thibodeau accused him of flopping after a play during the Heat's second-round series victory over the Bulls.
"I thought our guys, we took a big punch in Game 1 and we kept fighting back and that's been the story of the season, " Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said.
One said Thomas who has played for San Antonio's Gregg Popovich, Miami's Pat Riley, Chicago's Tom Thibodeau and former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy would get looks, too, given his pedigree and reputation.
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Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau attributes the spectacular play of his bench this year to heavy use of those players last season, when injuries sidelined starters Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah, among others.
Noah, who has battled plantar fasciitis and whose status was in question coming into the series, played 26 minutes, just passing the 20-to-25 that coach Tom Thibodeau said he would be limited to.
"I thought overall, I thought Jo was very rusty in the first game but willed it, and I thought he willed it again tonight and we needed every bit of it, " Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said.
The Bulls stood their ground even though Hinrich missed his second straight game with a bruised left calf, and Deng got sent home from the arena with flu-like symptoms, forcing coach Tom Thibodeau to shuffle the lineup.
Chicago was already without 2010-2011 MVP Derrick Rose, who is unlikely to play in the postseason (although Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau hasn't officially closed that door) and his replacement, Kirk Hinrich, left the game in the third quarter with a thigh contusion.
The Bulls hadn't even fully recovered from an outbreak of the flu (although coach Tom Thibodeau insisted his players were "fine") and yet the Nets never led in Game 7 the final contest of their first season in Brooklyn, and perhaps the end of Carlesimo's tenure with the team.
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