Rose, Wade dazzle mates

Derrick Rose and Dwyane Wade put on quite a show Saturday night at the United Center, which presented a challenge for everyone else on the floor.

“You don't want to be the guy who gives up the shot because you're making Dwyane Wade make these incredible shots,” Bulls guard Kyle Korver said. “You've got to train yourself to focus.”

Ronnie Brewer has been in that spot plenty of times as a guy whose job is to try and guard the opponents' best player. Brewer was on the bench when Wade hit his 3 late 3-pointers, but stepped in to help force a pair of Miami misses at the end.

“When you see superstar players like that get it going, you watch it and you're kind of amazed,” Brewer said. “But at the same time it kind of takes the air out of the building, because you thought he was going to win the game for them single-handedly.”

Hollywood free agent:

Derrick Rose has told tales of how he sent a few text messages to LeBron James during free agency, but what about Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, who at least acted as if they were interested in joining the Bulls last summer?

“I saw Chris in L.A. at the Karate Kid premier party, after-party, something like that,” Rose said. “I was talking to him there about it. I didn't want to hassle him about it because he was there with his girlfriend and it wasn't that type of environment. I never talked to D-Wade.”

Rose-y evaluation:

It's no stretch for anyone to offer strong praise for Derrick Rose these days, and Miami's Dwyane Wade joined the chorus.

“There aren't many point guards who have ever played this game who can do the things that D-Rose can do,” Wade said at Miami's shootaround. “That's why he's one of the best in our game and that's why he's an all-star. I'm sure Chicago is happy to have him.”

Heat hot and cold:

Miami has traveled some hills and valleys this season. After starting 9-8, to the delight of most of America, the Heat won 21 of its next 22 games.

“We needed to go through that month of November, where we stumbled a little bit,” Miami coach Eric Spoelstra said. “We were certainly humbled. We learned that it wasn't going to be easy and we were really going to have to get our hands dirty, collectively, to make it work.”