Feb. 28--Derrick Rose missed his third straight game with right hamstring tendinitis Saturday night against the Trail Blazers.
Coach Fred Hoiberg said he worked Rose out personally Saturday morning and that the guard still isn't moving well.
"He's still got a pretty good limp," Hoiberg said of Rose. "We got him some conditioning. We really wanted to push him and test it, so we did some full-court conditioning, a lot of shooting drills. He got through a lot of it, but again, he got pretty sore at the end and still wasn't able to explod off that leg."
The Bulls received encouraging news on the injury front when an MRI exam on Jimmy Butler's injured left knee confirmed his swelling has reduced. Butler's next step is to start testing the knee in basketball-related activities.
"Now it's just a matter of Jimmy getting back out there and getting his timing and conditioning back and getting comfortable," Hoiberg said. "He still hasn't exploded off one leg. He's done some two-foot jumping and lateral slides. Now it's about getting him in scrimmage-type situations and getting him ready to play."
