NEW YORK -- Derrick Rose has said repeatedly that he never wants to leave Chicago. But that doesn't mean he can't enjoy playing in other cities as well. Rose enjoys playing in Madison Square Garden, and he proved that again on Thursday night, scoring 32 points and dishing out 13 assists in the Bulls' 105-102 win over the New York Knicks.

"I love playing here, man," he said. "The crowd really loves basketball. They know basketball. And I just love the energy here. Where they love their team. They talk about you and all that. I love it. I love playing here."

Foul was a mistake: With the Bulls leading by four and under 10 seconds to play, plenty of fans were wondering why Bulls guard Ronnie Brewer decided to foul Carmelo Anthony and send him to the line. Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau admitted that his team made an error.

"That was a mistake," Thibodeau said with a laugh. "And again, those are things you'd like to work on in practice. So it was a miscommunication on my part with Ronnie. Up three we would like to use [that strategy]. Up four we want to stay down and not react to a shot fake. And not put ourselves in position where they could have a four point play. So that was on me. That was a miscommunication."

Rose debuts new shoe: Rose wore his "second half" shoe for the first time on Thursday night, a red version of his adizero Rose 2.5 named "Brenda" in honor of Rose's mom.

"You already know my mom means everything to me," Rose said. "And for me to have a shoe in her name I think that it shows a lot about not only adidas, but me going in and telling them what I want done and they end up coming up with a great idea."

The last word: "We always say you've got to find a way. The good teams in this league find different ways to win games," -- Thibodeau.