GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NBA: SEATTLE (5-16) at CHICAGO (6-12)

NBA: SEATTLE (5-16) at CHICAGO (6-12)

<h3>Underachieving Bulls host young Sonics</h3>

<div class="pre">Seattle (6-15) at Chicago (6-12) 8:30 pm EST</div>

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- The Seattle Supersonics were expected to bethis bad. The Chicago Bulls certainly were not.


The Bulls aim to bounce back from a poor performance when theyhost the young Supersonics on Tuesday.


Seattle finished 31-51 a season ago and selected Kevin Durantwith the first pick of last June's draft. With a core group ofplayers all under the age of 28, Seattle has struggled.

Meanwhile, Durant has been inconsistent at best. He is shootingjust 33 percent (22-of-66) in his last four games, compared to50 percent (39-of-77) in the previous four contests.

Still, he is averaging a rookie-best 20.3 points despiteshooting just 39 percent on the season. Durant scored 23 pointson just 7-of-22 from the floor in a 91-88 loss to New Orleanson Saturday.


While expectations were tempered in Seattle, things weredifferent in Chicago. The Bulls advanced to the EasternConference semifinals last season, and were a preseason favoriteto win the conference.


However, the Bulls lost 10 of 13 games to open the season andhave vastly underachieved. Chicago started to show life bywinning three of five before a 92-81 loss to the Boston Celticson Saturday.

 

NBA: SEATTLE at CHICAGO

<div class="pre">SEATTLE VS CHICAGO - INACTIVES

SEATTLE CHICAGO

PLAYER NAME REASON PLAYER NAME REASON
D WEST FOOT INFECTION D NICHOLS COACH'S DECISION
R SWIFT KNEE INJURY V KHRYAPA COACH'S DECISION</div>

 

NBA: SEATTLE at CHICAGO

<div class="pre">SEATTLE AT CHICAGO - PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS


SEATTLE CHICAGO

F Chris Wilcox F Joe Smith
F Damien Wilkins F Luol Deng
C Kurt Thomas C Ben Wallace
G Earl Watson G Kirk Hinrich
G Kevin Durant G Ben Gordon

OFFICIALS: Steve Javie
Marc Davis
Brian Forte</div>

 

Re: NBA: SEATTLE (5-16) at CHICAGO (6-12)

I'm hoping to see a bit of the old veteran experience out there from our 21 year old against that rookie</p>

 

NBA: SEATTLE at CHICAGO

<div class="pre">NBA SEATTLE 6
CHICAGO 9 8:57 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA SEATTLE 13
CHICAGO 17 5:24 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA SEATTLE 23
CHICAGO 22 2:55 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

Re: NBA: SEATTLE (5-16) at CHICAGO (6-12)

The long awaited return of Tyrus THomas has come.</p>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA SEATTLE 31
CHICAGO 27 END, 1ST QTR</div>

 

NBA: SEATTLE at CHICAGO

<div class="pre">NBA END 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SEATTLE 31 31
CHICAGO 27 27 END 1ST QTR

HIGH SCORERS AFTER 1ST QUARTER

SEA - KURT THOMAS 6, CHRIS WILCOX 6, KEVIN
DURANT 5
CHI - BEN GORDON 14, JOE SMITH 8, KIRK HINRICH
5</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA SEATTLE 33
CHICAGO 40 8:53 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA SEATTLE 35
CHICAGO 51 6:06 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA SEATTLE 47
CHICAGO 59 2:43 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA SEATTLE 49
CHICAGO 67 HALFTIME</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SEATTLE 31 18 49
CHICAGO 27 40 67 HALFTIME

HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME

SEA - KEVIN DURANT 10, CHRIS WILCOX 8, DAMIEN
WILKINS 7
CHI - BEN GORDON 18, JOE SMITH 15, LUOL DENG
10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA SEATTLE 52
CHICAGO 73 8:26 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA SEATTLE 58
CHICAGO 81 5:49 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>