Kirk Hinrich, the Bulls surprising second-year point guard sat out last night's game in order to heal his strained left hamstring, it was the first game he had missed with in injury in his 2-year career.

"It wasn't getting better at all," Hinrich said (of his left hamstring).

"Every day it was getting harder to get loose and more and more painful. It's frustrating. The only thing that will make it better is rest."

It is not yet known when Hinrich will return to the Bulls lineup.