Chicago Bulls at Portland Trailblazers Wednesday, February 6th, 2008; 9:00 CT; CNW Probable Starters: Chicago Bulls: PG- Chris Duhon SG- Thabo Sefolosha SF- Andres Nocioni PF-Joe Smith C- Ben Wallace Portland Trailblazers: PG-Steve Blake SG-Brandon Roy SF-Martell Webster PF-LaMarcus Aldridge C- Joel Pryzbilla Game Story: The last time the Chicago Bulls and Portland Trailblazers met, it was a great one. The Chicago Bulls ended up losing the game 115-109 in double overtime. Ben Gordon scored 32 points and hit a big shot whenever the Bulls needed it. Joe Smith added 32 points and 11 rebounds while Ben Wallace put up 12 points and 14 rebounds. Unfortunately the Bulls were plagued by the poor play of Kirk Hinrich and Andres Nocioni, and ended up falling to the play of Brandon Roy, who had 25 points and 11 assists. The Trailblazers are coming off a 105-103 loss to the Denver Nuggets, while the Bulls are coming off of a 118-108 win over the Seattle Supersonics. Gordon had 20 points in that game. The Bulls will be without Kirk Hinrich tonight, as he had to stay in Seattle for more tests. They are also missing Luol Deng, who has been out with an achilles injury. The Chicago Bulls are currently 19-28, and the Portland Trailblazers are 27-20, yet the Bulls are closer to making the playoffs. The Bulls enter the game 1/2 game behind New Jersey for the 8th seed, and 1 1/2 games behind Atlanta for the 7th seed. The Blazers are 1 1/2 games behind Golden St. for the 8th spot in the West. MemoraBull Moment: March 27th, 2007- Chris Duhon bet Luol Deng during the game that he couldn’t score 40 points. Luol Deng took up the bet, and ended up buying Duhon dinner. Deng finished the game with an explosive 38 points en route to a 100-89 victory for the Bulls. Kirk Hinrich added 21 points and 12 assists in the onslaught, and Ben Gordon had 17 points. Tyrus Thomas was severely outplayed by his draft counterpart LaMarcus Aldridge. Aldridge had 20 points and 8 rebounds, while Thomas has 2 points on 1-8 shooting. http://www.dabullz.com/2008/02/06/chicago-...lazers-preview/
LOL, the Bulls wasted 6 secs of time with 6.6 secs left, down by four, hit the 3, down by one...we have no time. Let's see what happens though. Edit: A good attempt....Not a bad game...but we need wins.
