@ Game 21, Home Game 10 Friday, December 10, 2010 – 7:00 PM CT United Center Comcast SportsNet / ESPN / ESPN 1000 / WRTO 1200 AM BULLS VS. LAKERS ALL-TIME ALL-TIME ...................... Bulls trail 54-84 BULLS CURRENT STREAK .. 7 Losses BULLS HOME STREAK ......... 3 Losses BULLS ROAD STREAK .......... 5 Losses BULLS VS. LAKERS THIS SEASON Nov. 23 @ Los Angeles – LAKERS WON 98-91 Dec. 10 @ Chicago – Game Notes Chicago Bulls (12-8) Home 7-2 Road 5-6 Bulls Averages: PPG: 100.0 (Opp: 98.9) RPG: 44.3(Opp: 40.8) APG: 21.8 (Opp: 21.1) SPG: 8.10 (Opp: 8.10) BPG: 6.05 (Opp: 5.85) TO: 15.7 (Opp: 15.9) FG%: .461 (Opp: .438) FT%: .701 (Opp: .780) 3p%: .347 (Opp: .353) Probable Bulls starters Derrick Rose - PG Keith Bogans- SG Luol Deng - SF Carlos Boozer - PF Joakim Noah - C Bulls Stats Leaders Points: Rose 25.1, Deng 17.9 Rebounds: Noah 12.3, Gibson 6.5 Assists: Rose 8.2, Noah 2.9 Steals: Noah 1.25, Boozer 1.20 Blocks: Gibson 1.47, Noah 1.40 FG%: Boozer .526, Noah .519 FT%: Korver .889, Watson .828 3FG%: Korver .403, Deng .385 Injury report None For a full report and the latest on Bulls' injuries, check out the AthletiCo Injury Report. L.A. Lakers (16-6) Home 10-2 Road 6-4 Probable Lakers starters Derek Fisher - PG Kobe Bryant - SG Ron Artest - SF Lamar Odom - PF Pau Gasol - C Injury report ▪ Andrew Bynum (right knee surgery) is out. ▪ Derrick Caracter (sprained left ankle) is day-to-day. ▪ Pau Gasol (strained left hamstring) is probable. ▪ Lamar Odom (sore right foot) is probable. ▪ Theo Ratliff (left knee surgery) is out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Active Bulls career highs (Click here) Bulls Season Highs (Click here)
Lakers have a nice road record. I'm not too confident in what Boozer can do, still. But it should be a good game! I can see the Bulls winning it....but I think they lose 100-95.
Yeah, the Bulls are going to be a good team, but right now I'm not quite sure they deserve the rep. That's fine against under five hundred teams, but the good ones don't have off games against the Bulls. I think the Lakes win by ten though. If it's a five point game, Rose pulls it out.
This game is hard to call. The Lakers are a better team than us, but they're not playing well right now and they have some legit injury problems. Gasol AFAIK is the only center that has logged minutes similar to Noah thus far, and his level of play has gone down quite a bit as well. There's really no outcome to this game that would surprise me. Being a homer feels good so I'm going to say we win 103-96.
If we're going to play homer, I think there's a chance that Derrick Rose has a special game tonight. Like a make-your-career-I'm-the-MVP-all-plebeians-bow-at-my-crown type game. You have national television; home game; the Kobe-Jordan-Rose stories in the newspaper; and discussions of whether Rose is a legit MVP candidate. I just feel like we could see something special tonight, like a fifty point ten assist outburst.
Lakers havent been playing well despite the 6-4 road record. We are 7-2 at home. We need to defend the home court! That being said, we need a good game from everyone!
So.... Bogans has skunked Kobe and has contributed a lot on the offensive end so far, right? Nevermind, I must have been asleep, dreaming.
