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Taking into account that Carlos Boozer has not played a single game for the Bulls yet, coach Tim Thibodeau's squad certainly did a good job of avoiding a slow start as they rallied to a 7-4 record and the third place in the Eastern Conference. Confident to stay in the playoff mix, the Chicago Bulls will continue their road trip when they meet Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns on Thursday at 2 a.m. GMT.

Even though the Suns' front-office was well aware of the fact that the loss of Amar'e Stoudemire would be difficult to compensate, they probably did not anticipate the extent of Phoenix' struggles early in the season. More specifically, the team around Steve Nash won just 6 out of 13 games in the first month of play and showed a variety of shortcomings at the defensive end of the floor. Allowing their opponents to score nearly 110 points per game, the Suns will have to do a better job defending the paint to avoid ending up in the lottery down the stretch. Likewise, off-season addition Hedo Turkoglu often looked lost in the Suns' up-tempo offense and put up just 10.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per contest. Therefore, Phoenix might have to elevate its level of play to avoid a setback versus the Bulls on Thursday night.

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