Chicago Bulls visit the New York Knicks at MSG

The Bulls and the Knicks, two struggling teams this season will get it on this Saturday.

The 2007-08 NBA basketball season continues and we have teams finding it rather hard to get a win these days. Two of those struggling teams in the NBA meet on Saturday as the 2-8 Chicago Bulls visit the 2-9 New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.

The Bulls, after sweeping the Miami Heat in a shocking first round playoff encounter, have only won a couple of games after their first ten. Understandably, the Chicago locals do not like it one bit. After a 2-8 start to what should be a season when they go for a championship, they should be.

Talk-radio callers had seen enough of this season's sorry brand of Bulls basketball. One said he was no longer ''disappointed'' but ''disgusted'' by the team's play on its way to a 2-8 record. ''Embarrassing'' was how another described the Bulls.

And perhaps what's even worse is the fact that Chicago Bulls head coach, Scott Skiles, seem oblivious to all these. Good thing they have the also struggling New York Knicks next.

''That's OK,'' Bulls coach Scott Skiles said after a relatively light practice, 30 minutes of running, followed by a meeting and video review. ''If any fan is calling up and criticizing a player, they ought to be criticizing me, too. I'm the leader. I would never run from that responsibility.''

Their rivals this Saturday, the New York Knicks, still are in disarray with all these issues surrounding their head coach, Isiah Thomas.

''It's not about the players right now. This is where coaching comes in,'' Knicks head coach Isiah Thomas said. ''I have to make sure I give my team enough confidence and courage to go out and compete and execute a game plan.''

''When you're in a hole like this, it's not about the players. It really is about the coach. If I'm depending on a player, then I'm placing responsibility in the wrong place. This is about me doing a better job.''

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