GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NBA: CHARLOTTE (6-8) at CHICAGO (3-10)

NBA: CHARLOTTE at CHICAGO

<div class="pre">CHARLOTTE (95) AT CHICAGO (111)

CHARLOTTE

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
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J RICHARDSON G 38:45 9-21 0-2 2 2 4 3 3 0 1 22
R FELTON G 29:07 2-9 0-2 0 3 3 2 2 3 3 5
E OKAFOR F 36:07 10-13 1-3 3 6 9 1 3 1 0 21
G WALLACE F 38:01 5-12 7-8 0 0 0 7 3 3 6 17
P BREZEC C 16:03 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0
J MCINNIS 27:34 3-3 0-0 0 0 0 6 2 1 4 6
M CARROLL 27:18 5-10 0-0 1 3 4 0 3 1 0 13
D ANDERSON 14:42 2-2 2-4 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 7
J DAVIDSON 8:24 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0
J DUDLEY 3:59 1-3 2-4 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 4
O HARRINGTON DNP - COACH'S DECISION
W HERRMANN DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 37-75 12-23 8 16 24 22 21 13 16 95
(.493) (.522) TEAM REBS: 11 TOTAL TO: 18 (25 PTS)

CHICAGO

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
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K HINRICH G 39:43 3-6 2-2 1 1 2 7 2 1 6 8
B GORDON G 36:27 13-21 3-3 1 3 4 5 2 1 1 34
T THOMAS F 24:54 4-8 1-2 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 9
L DENG F 34:11 13-21 3-3 5 1 6 1 2 1 4 29
B WALLACE C 40:32 4-10 2-3 8 11 19 2 0 5 1 10
A NOCIONI 30:07 6-13 4-4 1 8 9 3 3 0 3 17
C DUHON 16:34 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 4 1 0 2 0
J SMITH 4:12 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
J NOAH 3:32 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
A GRIFFIN 3:16 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
T SEFOLOSHA 3:16 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
A GRAY 3:16 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 2

TOTALS 240:00 44-81 17-19 19 29 48 25 17 9 20 111
(.543) (.895) TEAM REBS: 5 TOTAL TO: 23 (28 PTS)

CHARLOTTE 23 34 18 20 - 95
CHICAGO 31 27 28 25 - 111

BLOCKED SHOTS: CHARLOTTE - E OKAFOR 3, G WALLACE, J RICHARDSON. CHICAGO -
B WALLACE 4, J SMITH, T SEFOLOSHA, B GORDON.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: CHARLOTTE 9-19 (.474), J RICHARDSON 4-8, R FELTON 1-
4, G WALLACE 0-2, M CARROLL 3-4, D ANDERSON 1-1. CHICAGO 6-10 (.600),
B GORDON 5-7, A NOCIONI 1-3.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: DERRICK COLLINS, DICK BAVETTA, MARK LINDSEY.
A - 21,729. T - 2:10.</div>

 

NBA: CHARLOTTE at CHICAGO

<div class="pre">CHARLOTTE (95)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
J Richardson 38:45 9-21 0-2 2-4 3 3 22
R Felton 29:07 2-9 0-2 0-3 2 2 5
E Okafor 36:07 10-13 1-3 3-9 1 3 21
G Wallace 38:01 5-12 7-8 0-0 7 3 17
P Brezec 16:03 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 2 0
J McInnis 27:34 3-3 0-0 0-0 6 2 6
M Carroll 27:18 5-10 0-0 1-4 0 3 13
D Anderson 14:42 2-2 2-4 0-0 2 1 7
J Davidson 8:24 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 0
J Dudley 3:59 1-3 2-4 2-3 0 0 4
O Harrington DNP - COACH'S DECISION
W Herrmann DNP - COACH'S DECISION

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TOTALS 240:00 37-75 12-23 8-24 22 21 95
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Percentages: FG-.493, FT-.522. 3-Point Goals:
9-19, .474 (J Richardson 4-8, R Felton 1-4, G
Wallace 0-2, M Carroll 3-4, D Anderson 1-1).
Team Rebounds: 11. Blocked Shots:5 (E Okafor
3, G Wallace, J Richardson). Turnovers:16 (G
Wallace 6, J McInnis 4, R Felton 3, D
Anderson, J Richardson, P Brezec). Steals: 13
(G Wallace 3, R Felton 3, D Anderson 2, J
Davidson 2, J McInnis, M Carroll, E Okafor).


CHICAGO (111)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
K Hinrich 39:43 3-6 2-2 1-2 7 2 8
B Gordon 36:27 13-21 3-3 1-4 5 2 34
T Thomas 24:54 4-8 1-2 1-2 2 3 9
L Deng 34:11 13-21 3-3 5-6 1 2 29
B Wallace 40:32 4-10 2-3 8-19 2 0 10
A Nocioni 30:07 6-13 4-4 1-9 3 3 17
C Duhon 16:34 0-1 0-0 0-3 4 1 0
J Smith 4:12 0-0 2-2 1-1 0 1 2
J Noah 3:32 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0
A Griffin 3:16 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0 0
T Sefolosha 3:16 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
A Gray 3:16 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 2 2

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TOTALS 240:00 44-81 17-19 19-48 25 17 111
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Percentages: FG-.543, FT-.895. 3-Point Goals:
6-10, .600 (B Gordon 5-7, A Nocioni 1-3).
Team Rebounds: 5. Blocked Shots:7 (B Wallace
4, J Smith, T Sefolosha, B Gordon).
Turnovers:20 (K Hinrich 6, L Deng 4, A
Nocioni 3, C Duhon 2, B Gordon, T Sefolosha,
B Wallace, T Thomas, A Gray). Steals: 9 (B
Wallace 5, K Hinrich, L Deng, T Thomas, B
Gordon).

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CHARLOTTE 23 34 18 20 - 95
CHICAGO 31 27 28 25 - 111
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Technical fouls: None.
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 21,729. T: 2:10.
Officials: Derrick Collins, Dick Bavetta,
Mark Lindsey.</div>

 

By Rory Spears
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


CHICAGO (Ticker) -- Ben Gordon and the Chicago Bulls found theiroffense.


Gordon scored a season-high 34 points as the Bulls posted a111-95 victory over the struggling Charlotte Bobcats onSaturday.


Luol Deng scored a season-high 29 points and Andres Nocioniadded 17 off the bench for Chicago, which set a season high forpoints. The Bulls, whose previous high was 103 in anopening-season loss to New Jersey, also finally won back-to-backgames for the first time this season.


"We had a lot of confidence that carried over from our lastgame," Deng said. "Most importantly we got the win, and answeredevery run they had."


Charlotte (6-9) has lost five straight games after the beststart in franchise history.


"Rebounding was our biggest problem tonight," said Bobcats coachSam Vincent of his team's 48-24 disadvantage on the boards."The Bulls pounded us on the glass all night long."

Coming off a 1-5 road trip, the Bulls defeated the AtlantaHawks, 90-78, on Tuesday to improve to 3-10. Against Charlotte,Chicago started fast but slacked off before putting the gameaway in the third quarter.


Leading, 31-23, after the first quarter, the Bulls committed 10turnovers in the second period and led by just one - 58-57 - athalftime.


"We had two bad stretches tonight," Bulls coach Scott Skilessaid. "One in each half, but we never hung our heads and letthe game get away. We kept going after them."


Gordon made sure there was no slipups in the second half.

The fourth-year guard scored 15 points in the third quarter -including 4-of-6 from the arc - as Chicago pushed its way to an86-75 advantage entering the final period.


"The ball felt good coming out of my hand," Gordon said. "Thosetypes of shots are part of my game, and I got some greatlooks."


Veteran center Ben Wallace also had five of his season-high 10points in the third and grabbed four boards in the period tohelp him also earn a season-high 19 rebounds.


"We can be one of the elite teams in this league," Wallace said."Lately we haven't played like it, but tonight was a great teamcollective effort."


Gordon and Deng each connected on 13-of-21 shots from the flooras the Bulls shot 54 percent (44-of-81).


Jason Richardson scored 22 points and Emeka Okafor had 21 andnine rebounds for Charlotte, which has lost three straight atthe United Center and is just 1-6 all-time here.


"We have to keep fighting," Richardson said. "The NBA season isa marathon not a track meet. If we keep playing hard we canget back on track."