NBA: Rose injures knee in Bulls' loss to Blazers

PORTLAND — Derrick Rose injured his right knee Friday night (Saturday, PHL time) and the Chicago Bulls star, who sat out last season following surgery on his other knee, did not return during a 98-95 loss to the streaking Portland Trail Blazers.

Wesley Matthews had a season-high 28 points and Damian Lillard added 20 to help the Trail Blazers run their winning streak to nine games.

Thibodeau on Rose, who will have an MRI tomorrow: "He has pain and he felt like he couldn't push off his right knee."

— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) November 23, 2013

Thibs on Rose injury: "I didn't see the play & he doesn't remember [it]. It was a change in direction. I don't think it was a contact play."

— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) November 23, 2013

Thibs on Rose: "I'm concerned. Anytime anyone goes down, you're concerned. But I don't want to speculate until we have more information."

— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) November 23, 2013

Rose led the Bulls with 20 points, five rebounds and three assists but was assisted to the locker room with 3:20 remaining in the third quarter. The 2011 NBA MVP tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during the 2012 playoffs and missed last season while recovering from surgery.

Carlos Boozer had 16 points and Luol Deng added 15 points and 14 rebounds for Chicago. - AP


The scores:

PORTLAND (98) - Matthews 28, Lillard 20, Batum 17, Lopez 13, Aldridge 12, Williams 8, Freeland 0, Wright 0, Robinson 0

CHICAGO (95) - Rose 20, Boozer 16, Deng 15, Hinrich 13, Dunleavy 11, Gibson 8, Noah 7, Teague 4, Mohammed 1

Portland        22-22-34-20
Chicago        32-27-12-24