GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NBA: CHICAGO (2-8) at NEW YORK (2-9)

NBA: CHICAGO at NEW YORK

<div class="pre">NBA CHICAGO 50
NEW YORK 59 3:14 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

NBA: CHICAGO at NEW YORK

<div class="pre">NBA CHICAGO 54
NEW YORK 65 END, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA END 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CHICAGO 19 12 23 54
NEW YORK 18 25 22 65 END 3RD QTR

HIGH SCORERS AFTER 3RD QUARTER

CHI - BEN GORDON 13, JOE SMITH 11, ANDRES
NOCIONI 10
NYK - EDDY CURRY 21, STEPHON MARBURY 15, ZACH
RANDOLPH 9</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CHICAGO 69
NEW YORK 73 5:27 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CHICAGO 75
NEW YORK 78 2:10 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CHICAGO 75
NEW YORK 83 0:20 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

Re: NBA: CHICAGO (2-8) at NEW YORK (2-9)

Gordon sucks. Hinrich sucks. There goes the Bulls.</p>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CHICAGO 78
NEW YORK 85 FINAL</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CHICAGO 19 12 23 24 78
NEW YORK 18 25 22 20 85 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: CHI - ANDRES NOCIONI 23, BEN GORDON 13, KIRK
HINRICH 11
NYK - EDDY CURRY 21, ZACH RANDOLPH 20, STEPHON
MARBURY 19</div>

 

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<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NBA
CHICAGO 78
NEW YORK 85 FINAL</div>

 

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<div class="pre">CHICAGO (78) AT NEW YORK (85)

CHICAGO

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

K HINRICH G 42:52 5-18 1-1 0 4 4 4 3 0 2 11
B GORDON G 36:43 4-16 4-4 0 3 3 1 4 0 5 13
T THOMAS F 8:17 2-9 3-4 1 3 4 1 5 1 1 7
A NOCIONI F 41:00 7-15 6-9 1 8 9 3 3 0 2 23
B WALLACE C 43:07 3-6 0-0 5 7 12 0 4 3 1 6
T SEFOLOSHA 28:54 1-4 0-0 1 2 3 1 3 1 0 2
C DUHON 17:01 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 3
J SMITH 14:32 5-12 1-1 2 3 5 0 4 0 0 11
J NOAH 6:35 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2
A GRAY 0:59 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTALS 240:00 29-83 15-19 11 31 42 13 29 5 14 78
(.349) (.789) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 14 (0 PTS)

NEW YORK

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

S MARBURY G 37:38 6-12 5-8 1 5 6 4 1 1 0 19
J CRAWFORD G 47:09 2-8 1-2 0 4 4 4 2 2 1 6
Q RICHARDSON F 31:40 1-8 1-2 4 11 15 2 0 0 0 3
Z RANDOLPH F 31:21 7-16 6-13 1 5 6 3 2 2 6 20
E CURRY C 36:44 7-13 7-9 3 4 7 0 4 0 4 21
J JEFFRIES 14:38 1-2 0-0 0 3 3 1 2 0 3 2
N ROBINSON 10:37 1-5 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
D LEE 11:25 1-3 4-4 2 3 5 0 3 0 1 6
R BALKMAN 10:38 2-3 2-4 1 5 6 0 4 2 0 6
F JONES 8:10 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

TOTALS 240:00 28-72 26-42 12 40 52 15 18 8 16 85
(.389) (.619) TEAM REBS: 15 TOTAL TO: 16 (0 PTS)

CHICAGO 19 12 23 24 - 78
NEW YORK 18 25 22 20 - 85

BLOCKED SHOTS: CHICAGO - B WALLACE, A NOCIONI, T THOMAS. NEW YORK -
S MARBURY.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: CHICAGO 5-16 (.313), K HINRICH 0-5, B GORDON 1-
2, A NOCIONI 3-7, B WALLACE 0-1, C DUHON 1-1. NEW YORK 3-13 (.231),
S MARBURY 2-3, J CRAWFORD 1-5, Q RICHARDSON 0-2, N ROBINSON 0-2, F JONES 0-
1.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: ED MALLOY, EDDIE F. RUSH, MARC DAVIS.
A - N/A. T - 2:19.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">CHICAGO (78)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
K Hinrich 42:52 5-18 1-1 0-4 4 3 11
B Gordon 36:43 4-16 4-4 0-3 1 4 13
T Thomas 8:17 2-9 3-4 1-4 1 5 7
A Nocioni 41:00 7-15 6-9 1-9 3 3 23
B Wallace 43:07 3-6 0-0 5-12 0 4 6
T Sefolosha 28:54 1-4 0-0 1-3 1 3 2
C Duhon 17:01 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 1 3
J Smith 14:32 5-12 1-1 2-5 0 4 11
J Noah 6:35 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 2
A Gray 0:59 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 29-83 15-19 11-42 13 29 78
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.349, FT-.789. 3-Point Goals:
5-16, .313 (K Hinrich 0-5, B Gordon 1-2, A
Nocioni 3-7, B Wallace 0-1, C Duhon 1-1).
Team Rebounds: 9. Blocked Shots:3 (B Wallace,
A Nocioni, T Thomas). Turnovers:14 (B Gordon
5, K Hinrich 2, C Duhon 2, A Nocioni 2, B
Wallace, J Noah, T Thomas). Steals: 5 (B
Wallace 3, T Thomas, T Sefolosha).


NEW YORK (85)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
S Marbury 37:38 6-12 5-8 1-6 4 1 19
J Crawford 47:09 2-8 1-2 0-4 4 2 6
Q Richardson 31:40 1-8 1-2 4-15 2 0 3
Z Randolph 31:21 7-16 6-13 1-6 3 2 20
E Curry 36:44 7-13 7-9 3-7 0 4 21
J Jeffries 14:38 1-2 0-0 0-3 1 2 2
N Robinson 10:37 1-5 0-0 0-0 1 0 2
D Lee 11:25 1-3 4-4 2-5 0 3 6
R Balkman 10:38 2-3 2-4 1-6 0 4 6
F Jones 8:10 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 28-72 26-42 12-52 15 18 85
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.389, FT-.619. 3-Point Goals:
3-13, .231 (S Marbury 2-3, J Crawford 1-5, Q
Richardson 0-2, N Robinson 0-2, F Jones 0-1).
Team Rebounds: 15. Blocked Shots:1 (S
Marbury). Turnovers:16 (Z Randolph 6, E Curry
4, J Jeffries 3, J Crawford, D Lee, N
Robinson). Steals: 8 (J Crawford 2, Z
Randolph 2, R Balkman 2, S Marbury, F Jones).

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CHICAGO 19 12 23 24 - 78
NEW YORK 18 25 22 20 - 85
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Technical fouls: None.
Flagrant fouls: None. A: N/A. T: 2:19.
Officials: Ed Malloy, Eddie F. Rush, Marc
Davis.</div>

 

By Larry Fleisher
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


NEW YORK (Ticker) -- The New York Knicks took their firstdouble-digit lead of the season, then accomplished somethingthat had been missing for over two weeks.


Zach Randolph scored 11 of his 20 points in the fourth quarteras the Knicks snapped an eight-game losing streak with an 85-78victory over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday.


Eddy Curry led the Knicks with 21 points and Stephon Marbury chippedin with 19 for the Knicks, who avoided their first 2-10 start since2002-03 and fourth in franchise history. Quentin Richardsonalso grabbed 15 rebounds as the Knicks won despite shooting 39percent (28-of-72) and missing 16 of 42 free throws.

It was New York's first victory since scoring 37 fourth-quarterpoints in a 119-112 victory over the Denver Nuggets. In betweenvictories, the Knicks dropped home games to Orlando and Miami,prompting coach Isiah Thomas to send Marbury to the bench.

That led to the point guard leaving the team in Phoenix beforehe returned as a reserve for the final three games of thewinless Western swing last week.


Marbury returned to the starting lineup Tuesday but that wasunable to stop the losing and the ugliness as the Knicks lost by26 at home to Golden State and then by 12 in Detroit thefollowing night.


Thomas still heard some boos from the afternoon crowd that wasmade up of many families and Marbury was booed duringintroductions and on many early possessions in which he touchedthe ball.


Roughly an hour later, the Knicks were getting cheers foroutscoring the Bulls, 25-12, in the second. That gave them a43-31 lead, their biggest of the season.Marbury scored 13 points in the half while Curry added 10.Marbury had seven points as the Knicks closed out the half witha 19-7 run.


New York grabbed its first double-digit lead of the seasonduring that run when Randolph hit a 15-footer with 2:35remaining. The Knicks held the double-digit lead until BenGordon hit a pair at the line with 7:40 remaining in the third.

After shooting just under 30 percent in their second-lowestscoring first half, the Bulls climbed to 55-49. New Yorkresponded with a 10-5 spurt that gave them a 65-54 lead afterthree.


They Bulls opened the fourth with an 21-10 run and tied the gameat 75-75 on a jumper by Kirk Hinrich with just over fourminutes remaining. The Knicks never lost the lead and opened a78-75 edge on a Marbury jumper with 2:44 remaining and clinchedthe win on a Randolph layup with 61 seconds left.


The Bulls fell to 1-4 on a six-game road trip their annuallate-November road trip that forces them out of the UnitedCenter for two weeks due to the presence of the circus.

They also dropped to 2-9 overall and lost for just the thirdtime in the last 12 meetings with the Knicks.


Andres Nocioni led Chicago with 23 and Ben Gordon added 13.

 

Re: NBA: CHICAGO (2-8) at NEW YORK (2-9)

Nocioni remains the best man on the roster.</p>

 

NBA: CHICAGO at NEW YORK

<div class="pre">CHICAGO (78)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
K Hinrich 42:52 5-18 1-1 0-4 4 3 11
B Gordon 36:40 4-17 4-4 0-3 1 4 13
T Thomas 16:58 2-9 3-4 1-4 1 5 7
A Nocioni 41:00 7-15 6-9 1-9 3 3 23
B Wallace 43:07 3-6 0-0 5-12 0 4 6
T Sefolosha 18:33 1-4 0-0 1-3 1 3 2
C Duhon 17:24 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 1 3
J Smith 15:52 5-12 1-1 2-5 0 4 11
J Noah 6:35 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 2
A Gray 0:59 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
A Griffin DNP - COACH'S DECISION
V Khryapa DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 29-84 15-19 11-42 13 29 78
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.345, FT-.789. 3-Point Goals:
5-16, .313 (K Hinrich 0-5, B Gordon 1-2, A
Nocioni 3-7, B Wallace 0-1, C Duhon 1-1).
Team Rebounds: 9. Blocked Shots:3 (B Wallace,
A Nocioni, T Thomas). Turnovers:14 (B Gordon
5, K Hinrich 2, C Duhon 2, A Nocioni 2, B
Wallace, J Noah, T Thomas). Steals: 5 (B
Wallace 3, T Thomas, T Sefolosha).


NEW YORK (85)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
S Marbury 37:38 6-12 5-8 1-6 4 1 19
J Crawford 39:32 2-7 1-2 0-4 4 2 6
Q Richardson 31:40 1-8 1-2 4-15 2 0 3
Z Randolph 31:20 7-16 6-13 1-6 3 2 20
E Curry 36:44 7-13 7-9 3-7 0 4 21
J Jeffries 14:38 1-2 0-0 0-3 1 3 2
N Robinson 10:37 1-5 0-0 0-0 1 0 2
D Lee 11:25 1-3 4-4 2-5 0 3 6
R Balkman 18:16 2-3 2-4 0-6 0 4 6
F Jones 8:10 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
M Rose DNP - COACH'S DECISION
M Collins DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 28-71 26-42 11-52 15 19 85
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.394, FT-.619. 3-Point Goals:
3-12, .250 (S Marbury 2-3, J Crawford 1-4, Q
Richardson 0-2, N Robinson 0-2, F Jones 0-1).
Team Rebounds: 15. Blocked Shots:1 (S
Marbury). Turnovers:17 (Z Randolph 6, E Curry
4, J Jeffries 4, J Crawford, D Lee, N
Robinson). Steals: 8 (J Crawford 2, Z
Randolph 2, R Balkman 2, S Marbury, F Jones).

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CHICAGO 19 12 23 24 - 78
NEW YORK 18 25 22 20 - 85
-------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: None.
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 19,763. T: 2:19.
Officials: Ed Malloy, Eddie F. Rush, Marc
Davis.</div>

 

NBA: CHICAGO at NEW YORK

<div class="pre">CHICAGO (78) AT NEW YORK (85)

CHICAGO

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

K HINRICH G 42:52 5-18 1-1 0 4 4 4 3 0 2 11
B GORDON G 36:40 4-17 4-4 0 3 3 1 4 0 5 13
T THOMAS F 16:58 2-9 3-4 1 3 4 1 5 1 1 7
A NOCIONI F 41:00 7-15 6-9 1 8 9 3 3 0 2 23
B WALLACE C 43:07 3-6 0-0 5 7 12 0 4 3 1 6
T SEFOLOSHA 18:33 1-4 0-0 1 2 3 1 3 1 0 2
C DUHON 17:24 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 3
J SMITH 15:52 5-12 1-1 2 3 5 0 4 0 0 11
J NOAH 6:35 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2
A GRAY 0:59 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A GRIFFIN DNP - COACH'S DECISION
V KHRYAPA DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 29-84 15-19 11 31 42 13 29 5 14 78
(.345) (.789) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 14 (18 PTS)

NEW YORK

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

S MARBURY G 37:38 6-12 5-8 1 5 6 4 1 1 0 19
J CRAWFORD G 39:32 2-7 1-2 0 4 4 4 2 2 1 6
Q RICHARDSON F 31:40 1-8 1-2 4 11 15 2 0 0 0 3
Z RANDOLPH F 31:20 7-16 6-13 1 5 6 3 2 2 6 20
E CURRY C 36:44 7-13 7-9 3 4 7 0 4 0 4 21
J JEFFRIES 14:38 1-2 0-0 0 3 3 1 3 0 4 2
N ROBINSON 10:37 1-5 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
D LEE 11:25 1-3 4-4 2 3 5 0 3 0 1 6
R BALKMAN 18:16 2-3 2-4 0 6 6 0 4 2 0 6
F JONES 8:10 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
M ROSE DNP - COACH'S DECISION
M COLLINS DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 28-71 26-42 11 41 52 15 19 8 17 85
(.394) (.619) TEAM REBS: 15 TOTAL TO: 17 (10 PTS)

CHICAGO 19 12 23 24 - 78
NEW YORK 18 25 22 20 - 85

BLOCKED SHOTS: CHICAGO - B WALLACE, A NOCIONI, T THOMAS. NEW YORK -
S MARBURY.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: CHICAGO 5-16 (.313), K HINRICH 0-5, B GORDON 1-
2, A NOCIONI 3-7, B WALLACE 0-1, C DUHON 1-1. NEW YORK 3-12 (.250),
S MARBURY 2-3, J CRAWFORD 1-4, Q RICHARDSON 0-2, N ROBINSON 0-2, F JONES 0-
1.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: ED MALLOY, EDDIE F. RUSH, MARC DAVIS.
A - 19,763. T - 2:19.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA CHICAGO AT NEW YORK
NOTE: RESENDING BOX TO CORRECT MINUTES AND VARIOUS
PLAYER STATS.</div>

 

By Larry Fleisher
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


NEW YORK (Ticker) -- The New York Knicks took their firstdouble-digit lead of the season, then accomplished somethingthat had been missing for over two weeks.


Zach Randolph scored 11 of his 20 points in the fourth quarteras the Knicks snapped an eight-game losing streak with an 85-78victory over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday.


Eddy Curry led New York with 21 points and Stephon Marburychipped in with 19 for the Knicks, who avoided their first 2-10start since 2002-03 and fourth in franchise history. QuentinRichardson also grabbed 15 rebounds as the Knicks won despiteshooting 39 percent (28-of-72) and missing 16 of 42 free throws.

"It feels a lot better being on this side, but we got a long wayto go still, but I thought we came out this afternoon andplayed with a lot of effort and we just stayed together," Currysaid. "We had some moments where we could have folded and havefolded in the past - but today we just kept pushing and we wereable to get a win."


Slightly bothered by a hamstring injury, Randolph finished thegame 7-of-16 and made 3-of-4 shots in the fourth. One was adriving hook shot from five feet that put New York in front80-75 with 61 seconds left and another was a 21-footer with 29.6seconds remaining that gave New York an 82-75 lead.

Randolph's biggest plays of the season came after he missed afree throw and was called for traveling, allowing the Bulls tofurther chip away. It also came on a day in which he did notrecord a double-double and also made six turnovers.

"We pulled it out," Randolph said. "We got the 'W'. That's allthat matters."


It was New York's first victory since scoring 37 fourth-quarterpoints in a 119-112 victory over the Denver Nuggets. In betweenvictories, the Knicks dropped home games to Orlando and Miami,prompting coach Isiah Thomas to send Marbury to the bench.

That led to the point guard leaving the team in Phoenix beforehe returned as a reserve for the final three games of thewinless Western swing last week.


Marbury returned to the starting lineup Tuesday but that wasunable to stop the losing and the ugliness as the Knicks lost by26 at home to Golden State and then by 12 in Detroit thefollowing night.


Thomas still heard some boos from the afternoon crowd that wasmade up of many families and Marbury was booed duringintroductions and on many early possessions in which he touchedthe ball.


"In New York, you are either dead or alive," Thomas said. "Youlose a game and you are dead. You win one, you basically get tosurvive. This is the place we play in and this is apressure-packed place.


"We know we have to come back and win Monday (against the UtahJazz). If we don't win Monday, then it's the same thing allover again."


The jeers turned to cheers after the Knicks outscored the Bulls,25-12, in the second. That gave them a 43-31 lead, theirbiggest of the season.


Marbury scored 13 points in the half and had seven points as theKnicks closed out the second quarter with a 19-7 run.

New York grabbed its first double-digit lead of the seasonduring that run when Randolph hit a 15-footer with 2:35remaining. The Knicks held the double-digit lead until BenGordon hit a pair at the line with 7:40 remaining in the third.

After shooting just under 30 percent in their second-lowestscoring first half, the Bulls climbed to 55-49. New Yorkresponded with a 10-5 spurt that gave them a 65-54 lead afterthree.


They Bulls opened the fourth with an 21-10 run and tied the gameat 75-75 on a jumper by Kirk Hinrich with just over fourminutes remaining. The Knicks never lost the lead and opened a78-75 edge on a Marbury jumper with 2:44 remaining and clinchedthe win on a Randolph layup with 61 seconds left.


The Bulls fell to 1-4 on a six-game road trip their annuallate-November road trip that forces them out of the UnitedCenter for two weeks due to the presence of the circus.

"We have to try to get our confidence and try to play hard everynight," Chicago forward Andres Nocioni said. "I believe wehave a long time and it is early in the season but we need towin."


Nocioni led Chicago with 23 and Ben Gordon added 13.