4-7-04 6:30 pm Madison Square Garden vs. TV: NBALP, WGN <u>Last 10 Games </u> New York 5-5 Chicago 4-6 <u>Streak </u> New York: Lost 1 Chicago: Lost 1 <u>Home/Away Records </u> New York Home Record:22-17 Chicago Away Record:8-30 <u>Overall Records </u> New York:36-42 Chicago:22-55 Probable Starting Lineups PG Kirk Hinrich(CHI)/Stephon Marbury(NYK) SG Jamal Crawford(CHI)/Shandon Anderson(NYK) SF Linton Johnson(CHI)/Tim Thomas(NYK) PF Antonio Davis(CHI)/Kurt Thomas(NYK) C Eddy Curry(CHI)/Nazr Mohammed(NYK) 6th Man Jannero Pargo(CHI)/Vin Baker(NYK) *-Participated in 2003.04 All-Star Game <u> Marquee Matchup</u> Kirk Hinrich/Stephon Marbury (Pointguards) Kirk Hinrich PPG 11.8 RPG 3.40 APG 6.6 Stephon Marbury PPG 20.7 RPG 3.30 APG 8.9 Keys To The Game: <u>New York</u> <ul> [*]Guard Crawford and Hinrich, don't let either of them get hot. [*]Don't let Curry score easy baskets [*]Rebound the basketball. [*]Run the fastbreak. [/list] <u>Chicago</u> <ul> [*]Get Crawford involved in the offense [*]Don't fall behind too far. [*]Make open shots [*]Get the ball to Curry in the low post. [*]Defend the 3 pointer. [/list] ObieCent's Take: The Bulls have been playing the best ball of the season (not really saying much), 4-6 their last 10. I believe we can pull this win off, but Crawford needs a big game for this to happen. If Crawford scores 22+ (and shoots above 43%), i predict Bulls by 8. If he has an off game,I predict Knicks by 5.
Yes, the Bulls could get a win if Eddy is dominant and Hinrich controls Marbury like in that last game against the Knicks. I know it's too soon to predict, but I say the Bulls will win by 7.
The bulls aren't a great road team. So thats a big factor for this game. The Bulls will need to play good defense and every player will need to play well.They will need to contain Marbury.He will hurt the Bulls chances of winning if they don't. Eddy Curry will also need to make smart plays. The Bulls might have a chance of winning but I predict that the Knicks win this game by 7.
LETS GO BULLS I'm hopin the 3 guards Pargo, Hinrich, and Crawford take over and Curry doesn't let us down and we should get a win.
We can get a win if Curry brings his game, and Pargo continues his stellar play. I like the Marquee Matchup thing Obie. thx for the avatar obie.
Bulls are struggling big time now. Bulls:37 Knicks:50 Jamal Crawford and Antonio Davis leads the bulls with 7 points. Penny Hardaway with 14 and Tim Thomas with 12 leads the Knicks.
Crawford: 2-7 Curry: 2-10 Fizer: 1-4 Gee, its a wonder we are losing.... 12-37 from the field as a total. NY is 19-38.
We are catching up in the 4th, Pargo with 2 straight downtown shots and a assist to hinrich for one. 85-75 knickerbockers.
Final Score Bulls 82 Knicks 96 Hinrich and Curry (aside from his shooting) were the only bright spots for the Bulls. Box Score
The main reason why the bulls lost was because they shot a horrible 35% from the field.They were also outrebounded by the Knicks.The Bulls just played horribly tonight. The Knicks clinched a playoff berth with this win against the Bulls since 2001.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Vintage:</div><div class="quote_post">Curry: 7-21 Crawford: 4-20 A combined 11-41. Pathetic. And we want to sign Crawford back?</div> Actually, in comparison of where they are shooting and they're height against the other players, Curry shot the ball worse because he is shooting inside against people he is much stronger than, while Crawford has to create shots for everyone and himself and is shooting jumpers (though he should be taking it to the basket more often).
