VS Boston Celtics @ Chicago Bulls When: 1/3/04 Where: United Center Chicago, IL Time: 8:30 Est. TV: FSNE, WGN Records Bulls: 10-22 Celtics: 16-18 Bulls record @ home: 5-11 Celtics record at away: 8-8 Probable Starters Kirk Hinrich Vs. Mike James Jamal Crawford Vs. Paul Pierce Kendall Gill Vs. Ricky Davis Jerome Williams Vs. Vin Baker Antonio Davis Vs. Mark Blount Injury List <u>Chicago Bulls</u> Jay Williams Tyson Chandler Scottie Pippen <u>Boston Celtics</u> Raef Lafrentz Chris Mills Kendrick Perkins Team Info <u>Chicago Bulls</u> The Bulls are coming off a big win against New York. It?s hard to go into MSG and win, but they did it. Crawford played very good with 28 points. He hopes to continue that tonight. Hinrich also played good with 19 points and 6 assists. Curry added 14 points and 9 rebounds off the bench. Boston Celtics The Celts are coming off a loss to the Pacers. They didn?t play bad and only lost by a few. Mike James had an outstanding game with 15 points and 8 assists. Pierce was his normal self and had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Jiri Welsch also added 14. Keys to the Game <u>Chicago Bulls?</u> -Shoot at a high percentage -Have Curry play well off the bench -Get Crawford going <u>Boston Celtics</u> -Someone besides Pierce score -Run the fast break -Control the clock Team Leaders -Points: Jamal Crawford (17.5) Rebounds: Antonio Davis (9.4) Assists: Jamal Crawford (5.6) -Points: Paul Pierce (23.3) Rebounds: Paul Pierce (7.3) Assists: Paul Pierce(5.8) Key Matchup Jamal Crawford Vs. Paul Pierce Jamal Crawford is coming off a good game against the Knicks. How will he play tonight against one of the best? How will Pierce guard Crawford? And how will Jamal play Pierce? X Factor Eddy Curry Prophecy?s Prediction Bulls win by 4
Nice preview Prophecy. I say the Bulls take this one by 5. But then again they've proved me wrong maany times. Bulls by 7 instead of 5.
hehe. Just because they proved you wrong yesterday doesn't mean much. This team is usually the team that lets you down.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting The Prophecy:</div><div class="quote_post">hehe. Just because they proved you wrong yesterday doesn't mean much. This team is usually the team that lets you down.</div> That's funny. As long as they play hard and don't get blown out when they lose and win big when they win they wont let me down.
Boston 88 Bulls 77 Bulls went so cold in the 2nd half. No one shot the ball good. Pathetic. ---------- Jamal Crawford had 16 points, 6 assists, and 5 rebounds. But he didn't shoot very well at all. Jerome Williams had 9 points and 12 rebounds. No one really played decent besides them. Sad game. ---------------- Pierce had 33 points. He schooled us. Mike james contributed with 18. And Mccarty had a double double with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Terrible loss.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting ObieCent:</div><div class="quote_post"> We give up a 17 point lead We give up a 15 point lead What's next?</div> A 13 point leads. J/K. This is what happened every timed we loss. we gave up some tipe of lead. If we can stop this we should be able to blow out are opponents by at least 12 points. But terruble loss for the bulls I'm glad I didn't watch it because the neighbors probably would of called my mom for me yelling to loud like I do at the Magic. Well maybe we can win the next one.
