I think the Bulls are starting to figure these Hawks out, and now it just a matter of executing better offensively. They moved a smaller Bogans off of Joe Johnson and threw a much more capable Lu Deng on him. Boozer is still struggling and and 3 defensive three-second calls have to be ironed out.
I am very far from a Laker fan, but shooting off fireworks because they are struggling makes me a hater, and I'm not that. While an issue is LAL sleeping on Mavericks role players, the biggest problem the Lakers have is not having Farmar and Sasha V. coming into the game and keeping them afloat while the starters rest. Blake is non-existent on both ends, and they're playing a Mavs team who gets production from ALL of their players. Gasol is indeed struggling, but like Chicago, they need others to make up for that, and LAL just don't have it. Quite simply, the Laker bench is just gonna have to pull their weight... ALL OF THEM, not just Lamar.