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United Center Tuesday March 28th 2006 7:30pm WCIU and NBALP

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J. Nelson PG Duhon PG

D. Stevenson SG Hinrich SG

D. Howard F Nocioni F

H. Turkoglu F Deng F

T. Battie C Sweets C


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STARTERS



Team Stats

Player G GS MPG FG% 3p% FT% OFF DEF TOT APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
Dwight Howard 70 69 36.9 .530 .000 .608 3.50 8.80 12.30 1.5 .80 1.53 2.67 3.40 15.6
Grant Hill 21 17 29.2 .490 .250 .765 .70 3.10 3.80 2.3 1.14 .29 1.67 2.40 15.1
Jameer Nelson 50 21 28.5 .482 .418 .784 .70 2.30 3.10 4.8 1.12 .16 2.36 2.80 14.2
Hedo Turkoglu 67 48 33.1 .436 .378 .867 1.00 3.20 4.10 2.7 .88 .28 1.69 3.00 14.1
DeShawn Stevenson 70 70 32.7 .458 .083 .730 .70 2.30 3.00 1.9 .67 .23 1.61 2.20 11.3
Carlos Arroyo 19 0 22.2 .490 .417 .750 .40 2.20 2.60 3.2 .84 .05 1.05 1.50 10.6
Keyon Dooling 38 7 22.7 .448 .259 .821 .20 1.40 1.70 2.4 .92 .05 1.68 2.30 9.7
Tony Battie 70 70 26.9 .517 .000 .642 1.90 4.00 5.90 .6 .56 .91 1.03 3.00 8.1
Darko Milicic 18 1 20.9 .554 .000 .556 1.30 3.10 4.40 1.3 .44 2.44 1.39 2.60 7.4
Pat Garrity 55 0 16.8 .423 .394 .811 .60 1.40 2.00 .7 .22 .15 .69 1.90 5.1
Trevor Ariza 9 0 12.9 .355 .000 .783 1.20 2.30 3.60 .9 .44 .11 .89 .60 4.4
Travis Diener 21 0 10.9 .446 .463 .833 .10 .80 1.00 .8 .33 .00 .48 1.00 4.2
Mario Kasun 28 0 7.6 .449 .000 .783 .90 1.30 2.10 .1 .07 .11 .54 2.50 2.9
Bo Outlaw 23 0 11.2 .587 .000 .500 1.00 1.30 2.30 .4 .22 .30 .70 1.50 2.4
Stacey Augmon 34 2 10.7 .333 .000 .679 .50 1.00 1.50 .6 .32 .15 .32 1.00 1.9
Terence Morris 22 0 8.7 .327 .000 1.000 .30 1.50 1.70 .2 .27 .23 .32 .90 1.6
Team Averages 70 0 242.9 .470 .367 .732 11.1 29.4 40.4 18.4 6.3 4.5 15.3 23.5 94.3
Opponents 70 0 242.9 .452 .363 .735 11.3 27.2 38.4 20.3 7.4 4.7 13.2 23.2 96.2

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Team Stats

Player G GS MPG FG% 3p% FT% OFF DEF TOT APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
Ben Gordon 68 41 30.8 .416 .426 .766 .50 2.20 2.70 2.9 .88 .04 2.24 3.00 16.4
Kirk Hinrich 69 69 36.3 .424 .369 .841 .40 3.00 3.40 6.2 1.09 .19 2.33 3.10 15.7
Luol Deng 69 51 33.0 .457 .300 .756 1.60 5.00 6.60 1.8 .88 .64 1.29 1.60 13.8
Andres Nocioni 70 31 25.6 .456 .397 .836 1.00 4.30 5.30 1.4 .49 .57 1.40 3.00 12.0
Darius Songaila 62 7 21.4 .481 .400 .817 1.20 2.70 4.00 1.4 .56 .26 1.37 2.50 9.2
Chris Duhon 64 32 29.6 .399 .362 .831 .40 2.60 3.00 5.1 .89 .05 1.66 2.10 8.8
Michael Sweetney 54 32 19.3 .448 .000 .633 1.90 3.70 5.60 .9 .33 .89 1.56 3.20 8.4
Tyson Chandler 67 50 27.0 .564 .000 .488 3.30 6.00 9.30 1.1 .54 1.34 1.64 3.80 5.3
Jannero Pargo 46 0 11.3 .377 .393 .933 .20 1.00 1.10 1.8 .41 .04 1.17 .90 4.9
Othella Harrington 63 23 11.6 .500 .000 .643 .80 1.50 2.30 .6 .11 .21 .90 1.90 4.8
Malik Allen 42 13 11.7 .491 1.000 .583 .60 1.60 2.20 .3 .19 .29 .55 1.50 4.3
Eric Piatkowski 25 1 8.5 .404 .290 .333 .10 .70 .80 .5 .24 .04 .40 .80 2.2
Luke Schenscher 11 0 8.5 .769 .000 .250 .50 1.50 1.90 .3 .09 .18 .09 1.20 2.0
Eddie Basden 17 0 7.2 .414 .167 .800 .30 1.20 1.50 .4 .41 .12 .53 .80 1.9
James Thomas 7 0 3.7 .500 .000 .000 .60 .60 1.10 .0 .00 .00 .00 .40 .9
Randy Holcomb 4 0 2.8 1.000 .000 .000 .30 .00 .30 .0 .00 .00 .00 .50 .5
Randy Livingston 1 0 9.0 .000 .000 .000 .00 .00 .00 .0 .00 .00 .00 4.00 .0
Team Averages 70 0 242.9 .445 .380 .737 10.9 31.5 42.5 21.9 6.1 4.1 15.2 24.8 96.8
Opponents 70 0 242.9 .426 .356 .776 10.7 31.0 41.7 20.5 7.6 5.1 14.9 22.7 97.0

Player That Needs To Step Up For A Bulls Win..

Look Ben maybe being a Sixth man is whats best, we need that closer we had last season and if coming off the bench helps you be that closer, well sorry I do not think you should ever start.

Well the Bulls have been doing great ever since Skiles Starting line-up shakeup, now Orlando is coming to town and we have had alot of success against them;so I don't see anything different in this game. We just have to hope the Sixers keep losing and we continue to win. BULLS MAGIC

Bulls 103
Orlando 92

Nice form on this thread.

Just wanted to point something out, though. We closed out games with defense last year. We led the league in FG% against, and we absolutely dominated in 4th Quarter FG% against.

I guess it's just philosophical differences. Defense rules all IMO, whether we're talking pitching in baseball, shutting down the running game in football, having a dominant goalie in hockey, etc. Championship teams are built with defense first and foremost. Gordon is merely a 3 point specialist who can hit some clutch shots. That's an important aspect in the big picture, but it's nowhere near as important as devastating defense.

Also, in the end, the vast majority of fans wouldn't be fans in the first place if not for players like Ben Gordon. By and large, people just ain't interested unless they are wowed by offense. The Spurs and the Pistons are boring, I know. That's what I hate most about NBA fans, but I am more that willing to live with the crap.

Alrighty then, rant over. Go Bulls.

I hate living in Champaign when games are WCIU (we don't get that channel down here). Go Bulls, let's get another huge win.

A win puts us 1 game back....

Ya I know it sux I live about 60 miles South Of Champaign so I dont get it either

I have a wierd feeling about this line-up... i kinda like seeing Tyson and Ben coming off the bench.

Bulls win by 7.

Hey Arteest, would you be interested in making game threads for every game? I like this a lot!

I will try to do as many as I can, if I didn't do it, I was busy.

Little to early for the next one lol. I'm going to lock it for now then open it again and pin it after tonights game...

I had time. I submitted it by accident, so actually can you unlock it so I can submit the rest of the info about the game, than you can lock it until Thurs or Fri.

I like what I am seeing early. Hinrich playing with a passion. Dishing the ball well.

Oh, ok. Just let me know when your done. It would be easier to find if I pin it right after the game.

I am ready to submit it, unlock it.

Lock it up.

My pick to click Noc is looking good early

Bulls' spanking that ass early on. 26-15!

Hinrich is racking up assists and steals.

Milicic of the Magic >>>>(infinity)>>>> Milicic of the Pistons

Damn are they calling ticky tack crap on both teams. LET EM PLAY!

Magic are creeping back into this... Skiles has his slow old front line on the floor and they are getting ate up by the young quick players of Orlando.

That is the second horrible turnover for Hinrich where he threw it right to a Magic player

Wow, Orlando returns the favor, and then decides not to hustle back on D as Deng gets a breakaway dunk. I am pissed off right now if I am either Skiles or Hill. This is a crappy looking second quarter.

Noc misses a lay up on one end and Nelson repays us by throwing up an absolutely terrible shot on the other end. Geesh, this is horrible to watch.

NOCIONI FOR TREY!!!

Nelson hits a triple to pull the Magic back to within 6, Bulls take a TO.

About 3 minutes to go in the first half, Bulls lead 53-47

8 point lead going into the half. 11 steals already! 57-49

Bulls lead 57-49 at the half, capitalizing on a ton of Orlando turnovers. The magic took horrible care of the ball and it showed. The one big weakness for the Bulls was a bunch of missed WIDE open shots and layups, and they were terrible from the freethrow line again. Luckily Orlando really didn't go to Milic and Howard very much, so they didn't get made to pay for being in the bonus early in the second quarter.

Leaders at the half for the Bulls...

Noc 16 pts
Deng 12 pts.

Hinrich 7 assist/ 5 steals
Duhon 4 steals

Sweetney 5 rebounds
Allen 4 Rbs

Dwight Howard gets called for the offensive foul plowing over Noc. Bulls lead by 9 63-54

Bulls lead 75-69 with about 2 minutes to go in the 3rd. Brian Hill needs to smack the crap out of his point guards. With the size mismatches they have against the Bulls, every single play should go through Howard/Battie/Turkalu/Millic, but you have Jamir Nelson chucking up crap everytime he touches the ball.

Hinrich misses two more freethrows... The Bulls are now 11-19 from the line. If you want to know why this is not a blowout, there is your answer.

Bulls spurt out 5 straight points, match their biggest lead of the night at 80-69.

Hinrich take a great quarter scoring and dishing and commits a completely stupid foul on Nelson 25 feet away from the basket to give Orlando 3 free throws with 2 seconds to go. Magic make it a 9 point Bulls lead at the end of 3 quarters.

We need a strogn finish. Solid game overall so far.

Just a small town girl, livin’ in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin’ anywhere

84-75 Bulls by 9 with 8:17 to play.

BRUTAL shooting 4th quarter by both teams so far. Neither can hit the broadside of a barn.

It must be the 4th quarter because the Bulls are playing scared again... shot clock violation and two TERRIBLE shots on that possesion. Magic within 5 now about halfway through the 4th.

Bulls 1-10 in the 4th, Magic 2-8

Orlando with two chances to tie, gets a turnover and a terrible shot out of it. Noc attacks the basket and gets the foul, he'll shoot a couple to try to open this back up. The Bulls have 3 points in the 4th in 9 minutes of play.

Magic with a shot at the lead, can't do anything with it. Bulls call a TO to try to get something going.

86-85 Bulls with 2:29 left in the game. Bulls are 1-14 in the 4th quarter so far.

Dwight Howard is no where to be seen for Orlando

Wow. Never fails...

this quarter has been like getting punched in the stomach


now I know how celtic fans felt last night...

@#$%&@^#%$&@#(&@T(%*&^%

Everyone is completely scared to take a shot now. Gordon finally hits a 3 on a WIDE open look off of a rebound to crawl back within one, and then Orlando hits a bucket to make it 92-89. 32 seconds left in the game, Bulls looking for a hero.

Deng scared to put it up, finally shoots the double clutch and misses it badly. This game is over.

Orlando hits one of two at the line, Bulls trail by 4.

Hinrich draws a foul, he will shoot two with 10 to play.

Hinrich splits two, and Dooling hits two after the quick foul. Bulls trail by five with 9.6 to play

There was no reason to lose this game.

noc ties his career high for threes in a game... how bout a miracle?

I really am not a big Bulls fan at all, but this loss REALLY gets me going. I watched the whole 4th quarter, and this team is lacking that vet presense SOOO badly.

Wow, that was tough to watch.

Bulls lose 97-93. They were 3-8 from the free throw line in the 4th quarter, without even mentioning what they shot from the field. Total for the game the Bulls were 15-28 from the charity stripe with Hinrich 2-6, Deng 2-6, and Duhon 2-4. That's pathetic.