vs Game 55, Home Game 27 Monday, April 2, 2012 – 7:00 PM CT United Center Comcast SportsNet/NBA-TV / ESPN 1000 AM/WRTO 1200 AM BULLS VS. ROCKETS ALL-TIME ALL-TIME ..................... Bulls lead 64-59 BULLS CURRENT STREAK ....... 5 Wins BULLS HOME STREAK .............. 3 Wins BULLS ROAD STREAK .............. 2 Wins BULLS VS. ROCKETS THIS SEASON April 2 @ Houston – Game Notes Chicago Bulls (42-12) Home 21-5 Road 21-7 Bulls Averages: PPG: 96.9 (Opp: 88.6) RPG: 46.06 (Opp: 40.02) APG: 23.0 (Opp: 19.5) SPG: 7.09 (Opp: 7.24) BPG: 5.82 (Opp: 5.19) TO: 13.89 (Opp: 13.41) FG%: .455 (Opp: .427) FT%: .726 (Opp: .737) 3p%: .380 (Opp: .333) Probable Bulls starters CJ Watson - PG - Ronnie Brewer - SG - Luol Deng - SF - Carlos Boozer - PF - Joakim Noah - C - Bulls Stats Leaders Points:Rose 22.8, Boozer 15.4 Rebounds: Noah 9.8, Boozer 8.3 Assists: Rose 8.0, Watson 3.8 Steals: Brewer 1.07, Deng 1.02 Blocks: Noah 1.33, Gibson 1.24 FG%: Boozer .536, Asik .518 FT%: Hamilton .833, Lucas .833 3FG%: Korver .432, Watson .420 Injury report Richard Hamilton (right shoulder) and Derrick Rose (right groin) are day-to-day. For a full report and the latest on Bulls' injuries, check out the AthletiCo Injury Report. Houston Rockets (28-25) Home 20-8 Road 8-17 Probable Rockets starters Goran Dragic - PG Courtney Lee - SG Chandler Parsons - SF Luis Scola - PF Marcus Camby - C Injury report Marcus Camby (left wrist sprain), Kyle Lowry (bacterial infection) and Kevin Martin (strained right shoulder).
Rip did play, but boy is he rusty. 5 turnovers in less than 20 minutes. This game ended the Bull's long streak of not losing 2 in a row. Granted, we have a playoff spot locked in and could coast to something better than the 8th seed, I don't see the point. It'd be better to get all cogs in the machine well oiled and fine tuned so we're peaking in the playoffs. Our guard play recently has to be a concern. We're starting to look like a .500 team without Rose - 6-4 the last 10 games while Rose has missed 11 straight.
That the guard play hasn't been a concern up till now has been the luck of the Irish, as far as I'm concerned. Rip does need to get back. He mentioned his shoulder getting tired after a few minutes of playing...It is going to take some time, and yeah, I think we're going to have to be willing to roll with some less than stellar performances in order to get everyone up to speed.
Bingo. Neither JLIII or CJ is a full-time PG, and they've been playing over their head up until recently. The chickens are coming home to roost. Right now I'm not so concerned about our guard play as I am about the possibility that Rose's health is seriously messed up and he won't be 100% the rest of the season.
