INDIANAPOLIS � Derrick Rose sat on a training table with his bruised left knee wrapped in ice and left without talking to reporters.

Luol Deng hustled his way to 18 rebounds but shot 5-for-14 with five turnovers and when he did speak to reporters, he warned his swollen left knee could sideline him for Monday night�s game.
There are nights in the NBA when a team plays flat from the onset. And with the banged-up Bulls playing their eighth game in 12 days Saturday night at Conseco Fieldhouse, their 100-90 loss to the Pacers proved a textbook example.
The Bulls turned in an incorrect active list pregame � inadvertently making Joe Alexander inactive despite Joakim Noah, Lindsey Hunter and Jerome James not being with the team � and things went downhill from there.
One night after an emotional, overtime victory over Trail Blazers, the sluggish Bulls shot 41.9 percent and committed 21 turnovers � seven more than their assists total.
They failed to hustle back in transition and trailed from the middle of the second quarter onward.
�We just didn�t have it,� guard Kirk Hinrich said. �Offensively, we weren�t sharing the ball. Defensively, we struggled to guard. It just seemed collectively the group didn�t have what it takes. We weren�t making any second-effort plays.�
Rose led the Bulls with 27 points but left with 2 minutes, 56 seconds remaining after banging knees with Earl Watson. Coach Vinny Del Negro said he didn�t believe the injury was serious.
Deng�s condition might be in the short-term. What is it with the Pacers and banging knees? Danny Granger, who scored a game-high 30 Saturday, made Deng his victim in these teams� meeting on Wednesday.
�It�s a little sore,� Deng said. �I�m not sure about the next game. We�ll see how it responds (Sunday) after a day off.�
Some might argue the Bulls took Saturday night off.
Sixteen seconds after entering midway through the fourth, Deng drew a technical foul in a physical game after missing two shots and having a third attempt stripped.
�I felt like I had to speak up,� Deng said. �I don�t normally get techs but we weren�t getting calls. I was hoping it might wake up everybody.�
Despite the sluggishness, Hakim Warrick logged just 17 minutes.
�The matchup is tough for him because you have him on the perimeter guarding Granger,� Del Negro said. �They go really small. But they were more aggressive and physical. They had more energy.�