Bulls' guard Derrick Rose and forward Tyrus Thomas both sat out practice on Wednesday.

Rose bruised his thigh in the team's season-opening win over Milwaukee on Tuesday while Thomas tweaked a swollen ankle he had been playing on.

"He's a little sore, but he'll be fine,"Ccoach Vinny Del Negro said of Rose.

Barring any setbacks, both are expected be in the starting lineup Friday when the Bulls travel to Boston to face the defending champion Celtics.