"The Bulls missed Luol Deng and Richard Hamilton on Wednesday night. But they also missed Carlos Boozer, Joakim Noah, Derrick Rose and Ronnie Brewer.

Those four starters sat out the fourth quarter of a 98-82 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers after contributing to a disastrous third quarter in which the Sixers outscored the Bulls 26-11 to take a 7-55 lead.

''We played a messed-up game where we rubbed off on everybody else,'' said Rose, who scored 18 points on 8-for-17 shooting with six assists and four turnovers. ''It was definitely the starters. They held us back pretty good and kept it on us. This is something we're not going to forget. I know I'm not.'' "