Bulls' backcourt begins big West Coast test with a 124-112 loss to the Trail Blazers
PORTLAND, Ore. - Even when the Chicago Bulls trotted out, say, Kyle Macy and Steve Colter in the 1980s, they were in the conversation for the league's best backcourt.
Such was the greatness of Michael Jordan.
From 2008 onward, Derrick Rose's meteoric rise placed the Bulls there again, or at least in consideration for one of the game's elite pairings. They stayed there when Jimmy Butler, through force of will, became an All-NBA player even as Rose worked to navigate his way back from
