@ Game 37, Road Game 16 Wednesday, January 16, 2013 – 6:00 PM CT Air Canada Centre Comcast SportsNet / ESPN 1000 AM BULLS VS. RAPTORS ALL-TIME ALL-TIME ................... Bulls Lead 35-28 BULLS CURRENT STREAK ..... 4 Wins BULLS HOME STREAK ............ 4 Wins BULLS ROAD STREAK ............... 1 Win BULLS VS. RAPTORS THIS SEASON Jan. 16 @ Toronto – April 9 @ Chicago – April 12 @ Toronto – LAST FIVE BULLS GAMES Jan. 14 vs Hawks W 97-58 Jan. 12 vs Suns L 81-97 Jan. 11 @ Knicks W 108-101 Jan. 09 vs Bucks L 96-104 Jan. 07 vs Cavaliers W 118-92 Game Notes Chicago Bulls (21-15) Home 11-10 Road 10-5 Bulls Averages: PPG: 93.6 (Opp: 91.4) RPG: 43.61 (Opp: 40.58) APG: 22.8 (Opp: 18.5) SPG: 7.42 (Opp: 7.81) BPG: 5.28 (Opp: 5.67) TO: 14.89 (Opp: 14.31) FG%: .439 (Opp: .430) FT%: .789 (Opp: .756) 3p%: .361 (Opp: .342) Probable Bulls starters Kirk Hinrich - PG - Richard Hamilton - SG - Luol Deng - SF - Carlos Boozer - PF - Joakim Noah - C - Bulls Stats Leaders Points: Deng 17.8, Boozer 15.5 Rebounds: Noah 10.6, Boozer 9.7 Assists: Hinrich 5.4, Noah 4.1 Steals: Noah 1.29, Deng 1.08 Blocks: Noah 2.06, Gibson 1.25 FG%: Butler .496, Gibson .483 FT%: Hamilton .906, Robinson .849 3FG%: Belinelli .402, Robinson .395 Injury report Derrick Rose (left knee) is out. For a full report and the latest on Bulls' injuries, check out the AthletiCo Injury Report. Toronto Raptors (14-24) Home 10-8 Road 4-16 Probable Raptors starters Jose Calderon - PG DeMar DeRozan - SG Landry Fields - SF Ed Davis - PF Amir Johnson - C Injury report Linas Kleiza - Day-to-day - Sore right knee Andrea Bargnani - Out - Torn right elbow ligament & strained right wrist Jonas Valanciunas - Out - Fractured metacarpal on right ring finger -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bulls-Season-Highs-2012-2013 Active-Bulls-Career-Highs
I appreciated the statistics from Bullsgers post: APG: 22.8 (Opp: 18.5) --- Whoa, we average 4 more assists per game than our opponent! TO: 14.89 (Opp: 14.31) --- Clearly, lots more passing, but only slightly more turnovers. Good job protecting the ball in a pass friendly offense. FG%: .439 (Opp: .430) --- Shooting higher percentage shots FT%: .789 (Opp: .756) --- Shooting FT's at a significantly higher rate 3p%: .361 (Opp: .342) --- 3PT shooting 2 percentage points higher. Those are some nice keys for understanding how we are at 21-15 at this point, sans superstar. And WHO KNOWS what they'll do tonight? Good Hope knows: Bulls win 94-92
Bulls built a big lead. Then Lowry came in and lit up Kurt and fouled him out. Belinelli was terrible. He missed two big free throws and several isolation plays. Thibs played the offense/defense substitution game and Taj ended up fouling out while giving up the FTA that got it into OT. Daequan Cook got 4 seconds of PT. Woot! Raptors were lucky we didn't unleash Nazr Mohammed on them.
Nazr, the Raptor killer. Tim Donaghy's accomplice Scott Foster did a miserable job on this game, I think, but repeatedly missing free throws extinctified the Raps.
