Bulls coach Bill Cartwright is asking his team to stop complaining and play the game. Even during Sunday?s practice, he stopped play and told Jalen Rose and Marcus Fizer to stop whining about the officiating. He flat-out told them that the reason they don?t get calls in games is because they do too much whining to the referees.

That's not the first time I've said that," Cartwright said of his Sunday tirade. "But just like all the stuff we do, you've got to keep re-identifying it."

Rose is a team captain so one of his duties is to address the officials during games. But holding up his arms and yelling "Where?s the call?" during games is counter productive. There have been times that Rose has intentionally fouled an opponent to show the officials that he is upset with a call.

"We don't want that, obviously," Cartwright said. "That's something else that we have identified and will re-identify that that's not what we want."

Fizer uses his deep, bellowing voice to complain to referees when he feels they missed a call. Fizer has tried to soften his approach toward the referees, but it's difficult to change a 24-year habit. Fizer said he always has been one to stand firm when he knows he is right. "In my heart, when I know something is a different way, there's nothing that's going to make me change my mind," Fizer said. "I don't care who it is.

Rose defends his actions by saying that sometimes you have to demand respect in the NBA. "Being a captain, being a leader and being a player out there on the court, if you allow things to happen and you don't say anything about them, it's going to continue to happen," Rose said.