vs Game 54, Home Game 29 Thursday, February 17, 2011 – 7:00 PM (CT) United Center TNT / ESPN 1000 AM/WRTO 1200 AM BULLS VS. SPURS ALL-TIME ALL-TIME ................... Spurs lead 46-27 BULLS CURRENT STREAK ...... 1 Loss BULLS HOME STREAK .............. 1 Win BULLS ROAD STREAK .............. 1 Loss BULLS VS. SPURS THIS SEASON Nov. 17 @ San Antonio – SPURS WON 103-94 Feb. 17 @ Chicago – Game Notes Chicago Bulls (37-16) Home 24-4 Road 13-12 BULLS CURRENT STREAK .. 3 Wins Bulls Averages: PPG: 98.2 (Opp: 92.3) RPG: 44.1 (Opp: 39.6) APG: 21.8 (Opp: 19.2) SPG: 7.23 (Opp: 7.00) BPG: 5.96 (Opp: 5.93) TO: 14.5 (Opp: 14.6) FG%: .461 (Opp: .428) FT%: .728 (Opp: .754) 3p%: .365 (Opp: .329) Probable Bulls starters Derrick Rose - PG - 24.5 ppg, 8.2 apg, 1.02 spg Keith Bogans- SG - 3.9 ppg, 1.8 rpg, .43 spg Luol Deng - SF - 17.6 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 2.5 apg Carlos Boozer - PF - 19.4 ppg, 10.1 rpg, 2.4 apg Kurt Thomas - C - 4.8 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 0.91 bpg Bulls Stats Leaders Points: Rose 24.5, Boozer 19.4 Rebounds: Noah 11.7, Boozer 10.1 Assists: Rose 8.2, Noah 2.7 Steals: Brewer 1.36, Noah 1.17 Blocks: Noah 1.63, Gibson 1.59 FG%: Boozer .543, Thomas .529 FT%: Korver .867, Rose .835 3FG%: Korver .424, Watson .403 Injury report Joakim Noah- right thumb surgery - Out For a full report and the latest on Bulls' injuries, check out the AthletiCo Injury Report. San Antonio Spurs (46-9) Home 25-2 Road 21-7 Probable Spurs starters Tony Parker - PG Manu Ginobili - SG Richard Jefferson - SF Tim Duncan - PF DeJuan Blair - C Injury report none ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Active Bulls career highs (Click here) Bulls Season Highs (Click here)
Re: Game #54, Bulls vs Spurs - Game Thread Halftime 58-51 Bulls Bulls 58% Spurs 47% Bulls 21-11 rebounding edge Rose 21, Parker 15, Ginobli 12, Boozer 10 Boozer and Thomas with 3 fouls each
Re: Game #54, Bulls vs Spurs - Game Thread End of 3...83-75 Bulls Bulls 54% Spurs 53% Rose 29, Parker 20 Bulls 32-20 rebounding edge. Thomas 9
Re: Game #54, Bulls vs Spurs - Game Thread Derrick Rose finishes the game 18-28, 42 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 block and 1 steal. awesome
Re: Game #54, Bulls vs Spurs - Game Thread That was a great game by the bulls. When Noah gets back and they can start running again they will be an even tougher matchup.
Re: Game #54, Bulls vs Spurs - Game Thread That was a gorgeous game from the Bulls. The only worry is that they didn't win by more with how well they played. Career game for Rose who was flawless throughout. TNT gave the Bulls the bum announcing crew. I don't mind opposing teams' homer announcers but bring some damn energy. Tonight was an epic performance from both Rose and Parker. This was one of those great games that comes out of nowhere. I mean, Parker was killing it too. Could you luck yourself into a better game? When you're gifted that, you'd hope the announcers would at least try to equal the energy on the court. I think Asik was near flawless. His defensive rotations were perfect all night and he was rewarded with extra playing time. I started yelling at the tele when Thibodeau took him out in the fourth for Thomas, who instantly got lit up, before Gibson was brought in. I understand the move: Asik free throw shooting makes him a liability at the end of games, and the team is still reticent to pass to him when he's open which kills the offense. There's a thin line between avoiding situations where your players are likely to fail and lose confidence and not allowing them to surprise you, and you do wonder if this would have been one of those nights for Asik to build all kinds of confidence.
Re: Game #54, Bulls vs Spurs - Game Thread Fantastic win! Hard to believe really. But Rose has been improving so fast. He's morphing into a monster as we watch.
Re: Game #54, Bulls vs Spurs - Game Thread I'm beginning to think we may have something in this Rose kid...Yikes!! Also kudos to Deng, Gibson and Asik...and those of us who predicted 2 wins. Fun game to watch...great way to head into the break.
The Bulls are probably more dangerous than the Spurs (though they may be in the better conference). San Antonio just seems too old to me.
I cant wait to see a healthy Bulls squad. They look like they could give Miami a run for their money. I still dont think they can take the Celtics though.
