The Chicago Bulls are slotted at the No. 6 position in the ESPN.com NBA Power Rankings this week. They host the Miami Heat on Monday before a nine-game road trip.

Here’s what our Marc Stein had to say:

"Every time you're ready to give up on the Bulls, they wallop another division leader. They're now 7-3 against the six first-place teams (7-1 if you throw out two hammerings by Golden State) in a league where no one else has more than four wins over current division leaders. How happy must Chicago be that it imported Jim Boylen to oversee the defense and keep it at an elite level?"