It’s not very often you see Mike Dunleavy Jr. get down and dirty on the court, but apparently the absence of D. Rose, Pau Gasol, and Kirk Hinrich, can get even the coolest of guys worked up.

Even if he looks as harmless as this…

Dunleavy Puts Damien Down!

Tonight, the shorthanded Bulls haven’t looked so good against the Portland Trail Blazers, so it’s expected that perhaps fans, rookies, and/or Snellycat might get out of hand; but Dunleavy?!

The ever calm, cool, and collected small forward is probably the last person you’d expect to do this…

Now, while I can’t say that was a good basketball play; by the same token I can’t say I don’t like Dunleavy’s passion.

If a guy can play through this–

Then no matter how unassuming you have to expect he can dish it out too.