vs GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS (35-22) @ CHICAGO BULLS (30-26) Game 57, Home Game 27 Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 – 7:00 PM CT United Center Comcast SportsNet / ESPN 1000 AM / WRTO 1200 AM BULLS/WARRIORS STREAKS BULLS CURRENT STREAK ...... 1 Loss BULLS HOME STREAK ............ 4 Wins BULLS ROAD STREAK .............. 1 Loss BULLS VS. WARRIORS THIS SEASON Feb. 6 @ Golden State – Warriors 102, Bulls 87 Feb. 26 @ Chicago – Game Notes Chicago Bulls (30-26) Home 16-10 Road 14-16 Bulls Season Averages: PPG: 92.8 (Opp: 92.5) RPG: 44.95 (Opp: 41.13) APG: 22.3 (Opp: 19.9) SPG: 7.27 (Opp: 7.84) BPG: 5.27 (Opp: 6.27) TO: 15.70 (Opp: 14.52) FG%: .427 (Opp: .433) FT%: .775 (Opp: .752) 3p%: .341 (Opp: .366) Probable Bulls starters Kirk Hinrich - PG - Tony Snell - SG - Mike Dunleavy - SF - Carlos Boozer - PF - Joakim Noah - C - Bulls Stats Leaders Points: Rose 15.9, Boozer 14.7 Rebounds: Noah 11.4, Boozer 8.6 Assists: Augustine 5.6, Noah 4.5 Steals: Butler 1.93, Augustine 1.11 Blocks: Noah 1.44, Gibson 1.43 FG%: Gibson .482, Noah .480 FT%: Augustin .899, Rose .844 3FG%: Augustin .419, Dunleavy .376 Injury report Jimmy Butler (rib contusion) is day-to-day Derrick Rose (right knee) is out For a full report and the latest on Bulls' injuries, check out the AthletiCo Injury Report. Golden State Warriors (35-22) Home 18-10 Road 17-12 Probable Hawks starters Stephen Curry - PG Klay Thompson - SG Andre Iguodala - SF Jermaine O'Neal - PF Andrew Bogut - C Injury report David Lee is questionable. Festus Ezeli and Nemanja Nedovic are out. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Golden State should easily beat the Bulls, but that's why they play 'em all I suppose. Sent from my GT-P1010 using Tapatalk 2
Didn't think the game would turn out this well. Bulls are now 8-4 in the month of February, which is when the ball was supposed to start rolling down hill. We're 19-8 since the beginning of the year, which is better than any other eastern conference team. Noah has blossomed into a true star. Honest question: is there any other big man that you can run offense through like you can through him? When's the last time the NBA had anything resembling a point-center? The team seems very healthy. Jimmy's looking like his old self, great defense and getting to the line. You get the impression he kinda decided to stop being what he thought everyone wanted him to be and just went back to playing his game. Hinrich's defense on Curry was just nasty. Game MVP.
Noah and Boozer with a combined 10 offensive boards. That's cleaning up after a lot of missed shots. Like 10 out of 83 Bear in mind that Noah is averaging 4.5 APG this season. Kevin Love and Josh McRoberts are averaging over 4 APG this season. Blake Griffin is at 3.5, and Spencer Hawes is at 3.3. Marc Gasol is averaging 3.5 APG this season, and averaged 4.0 last. There have been a lot of big men that teams run offense through. Tim Duncan has averaged over 3 assists per game for his career. Shaq averaged 3.8 and 3.7 APG during the three peat years in LA. Kareem averaged 3.6 for his career, with a few seasons over 5. Bill Walton averaged 3.4 for his career, much of it injury riddled, and over 4.5 two of his healthy seasons (once over 5). Our own Brad Miller averaged over 3.5 APG for five seasons and had two over 4.0, one at 4.7. How about Tom Boerwinkle? He averaged over 5 APG one season and 3.2 for his career. His backup, Dennis Awtrey, averaged 3.7 per 36 minutes (he was a backup, but was known for being a great passing big man). And of course Wilt. He had over 7 APG twice (once over 8) with Philly and 4.5 for the Lakers in 1973 when he was an old man. He actually led the league in assists one season. Noah's having a great season, no doubt. Your question about running offense through big men got me interested.
As Denny points out, Noah's at 4.5 assists/game (4.6 this morning) for the season and that's elite for a true center. However, in the 26 games since Jan 1, he's dishing out 5.9 assists/game, which is downright crazy for a center in the modern era. Gotta give Thibodeau some credit for featuring Noah's passing skills even more in the offense.
