Thanks to a defensive turnaround in the third quarter, as well as a career-high nine three-pointers from guard Coby White, the Bulls only added to the celebration of "Derrick Rose Night" by beating the visiting Knicks and former Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau.

"I can't put it into words," the Knicks' Jalen Brunson said. "I'm so thankful to have him as a role model, as a mentor. That's my man and I love him to death."

For a half-hour interlude in an otherwise unimportant game between the Chicago Bulls and the New York Knicks on Saturday night, the city of Chicago sank into nostalgia. It wasn’t the way most of the city had dreamed it up over the last eight years.