April 18--Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah and Taj Gibson practiced fully and will play for the Bulls Saturday against the Bucks in Game 1.
"They'll roughly be around where they were," coach Tom Thibodeau said, when asked about playing time. "At full strength, we have good depth. We'll just see how it unfolds."
Kirk Hinrich didn't practice and is questionable for the playoff opener. The Bulls have dealt with injuries all season.
"Whoever we have, get out there and get the job done," Thibodeau said. "Basically, that's the way we approached it during the regular season. We've had a lot of different groups. The challenge is when we have everybody is everyone getting on the same page as quickly as possible. We're hopeful that people are healthy."
Rose missed the second half of Wednesday's regular-season finale with left knee soreness. Noah sat the last two games with left hamstring tendinitis, which affected his surgically repaired left knee. Gibson took a cortisone shot for his strained left shoulder.
Mike Dunleavy said Rose, Noah and Gibson looked good in practice.
"He looks good," Dunleavy said specifically of Rose. "It was just a little bump in the road. The last couple days he's looked pretty good. I have no hesitation in saying he'll be ready."
