With this Bulls team, you never know

Tuesday's 101-93 dispatching of the Boston Celtics was a huge win for the Bulls. But their work in claiming a playoff spot is only partially completed.

Yes, it was great to see Derrick Rose really come through in crunch time, scoring 17 of his career-high 39 points in the fourth quarter, and even hitting a pair of (semi-)clutch free throws. And Kirk Hinrich had a superb shooting game in scoring 30, although it would be foolhardy to think that it is something he could do consistently.

But even though the Bulls are ostensibly that much closer to the postseason, for some reason I am not feeling very confident today. Actually, I know the reason: This season, the Bulls have too often followed a big win with an even bigger loss, as I've seen several great performances succeeded by some major defecation in their pantaloons. To wit:

Big Win	Next Game
vs. GSW, 96-91 (OT)	L vs. BOS, 106-80
vs. ATL, 101-98 (OT)	L vs. SAC, 102-98
vs. ORL, 101-93	L vs. OKC, 98-85
@ NO, 108-106 (OT)	L vs. LAC, 90-82
vs. PHI, 122-90	L @ WAS, 101-95
vs. POR, 115-111 (OT)	L @ IND, 100-90
vs. HOU, 98-88	L vs. MIA, 103-74
vs. CHA, 96-88	L vs. MIL, 79-74
vs. CLE, 109-108	L @ NJ, 127-116 (2OT)
vs. BOS, 101-93	??? @ CHA

Quite simply, the Bulls can't afford a similar letdown. Regardless of who is/isn't playing substantial minutes for the Bobcats, Chicago needs to have another performance worthy of a playoff team. Hopefully, I'm just worrying over nothing, but it would be just like this team to get everyone's hopes back up only to crush them with a pitiful showing.