GAME THREAD: NBA: CHICAGO (4-11) at CHARLOTTE (6-10)

NBA: CHICAGO at CHARLOTTE

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NBA
CHICAGO 91
CHARLOTTE 82 FINAL</div>

 

Re: NBA: CHICAGO (4-11) at CHARLOTTE (6-10)

I'm convinced a trade has to be made.</p>

Hinrich and Thomas in a package for someone. Hinrich is toast as far as this team goes, and Thomas is going to be a bust, and we might as well trade him while he still has some value.</p>

Maybe something with the struggling Bobcats?</p>

Bulls Receive:
Emeka Okafor
Walkter Hermann
Adam Morrison
Othello Harrington</p>

Bobcats Receive:
Kirk Hinrich
Tyrus Thomas
Thabo Sefolosha</p>

That group out there looked good tonight. Gordon has a quiet, but very good night. Duhon has to be our starting point guard from this point forward. The Hinrich experiment has to end.</p>

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NBA: CHICAGO at CHARLOTTE

<div class="pre">CHICAGO (91)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
K Hinrich 16:34 0-3 0-0 0-2 1 3 0
B Gordon 34:19 5-11 1-1 0-4 5 5 13
J Smith 27:13 4-9 3-4 2-5 3 2 11
L Deng 42:54 10-17 10-13 1-5 0 3 30
B Wallace 22:08 0-3 0-0 2-8 1 0 0
C Duhon 36:35 4-7 4-5 2-5 9 1 12
A Nocioni 28:04 6-12 1-2 1-11 4 4 15
J Noah 23:04 3-4 2-2 0-2 0 5 8
T Thomas 6:05 1-2 0-0 0-2 0 1 2
T Sefolosha 3:04 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

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TOTALS 240:00 33-69 21-27 8-44 23 24 91
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Percentages: FG-.478, FT-.778. 3-Point Goals:
4-12, .333 (K Hinrich 0-2, B Gordon 2-5, C
Duhon 0-1, A Nocioni 2-4). Team Rebounds: 7.
Blocked Shots:3 (B Wallace 2, J Noah).
Turnovers:19 (J Smith 3, C Duhon 3, L Deng 3,
B Gordon 3, A Nocioni 2, J Noah 2, K Hinrich,
T Thomas, B Wallace). Steals: 6 (B Gordon 2,
J Noah 2, B Wallace, L Deng).


CHARLOTTE (82)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
R Felton 40:12 5-14 7-11 1-2 6 3 17
J Richardson 39:36 7-16 0-0 1-5 3 5 17
G Wallace 36:09 8-15 4-8 2-8 0 6 22
J Dudley 20:34 0-6 0-0 0-2 1 3 0
E Okafor 37:05 4-7 2-4 4-10 1 2 10
M Carroll 20:55 3-7 1-1 0-1 0 2 8
J McInnis 14:35 1-2 0-0 0-3 3 1 2
W Herrmann 12:40 3-4 0-0 0-1 0 0 6
P Brezec 10:55 0-1 0-0 0-4 0 3 0
D Anderson 7:19 0-4 0-0 0-1 0 0 0

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 31-76 14-24 8-37 14 25 82
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Percentages: FG-.408, FT-.583. 3-Point Goals:
6-26, .231 (R Felton 0-4, J Richardson 3-9, G
Wallace 2-6, J Dudley 0-2, M Carroll 1-3, D
Anderson 0-2). Team Rebounds: 9. Blocked
Shots:3 (D Anderson, J Richardson, E Okafor).
Turnovers:14 (E Okafor 5, J McInnis 2, J
Richardson 2, J Dudley 2, R Felton 2, G
Wallace). Steals: 9 (G Wallace 3, J
Richardson 2, E Okafor 2, J McInnis, R
Felton).

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CHICAGO 21 18 14 38 - 91
CHARLOTTE 21 21 18 22 - 82
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Technical fouls: Charlotte - 1 (G Wallace,
0:07 4th).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 13,227. T: 2:17.
Officials: Bill Kennedy, Eddie F. Rush, Joe
Forte.</div>

 

NBA: CHICAGO at CHARLOTTE

<div class="pre">CHICAGO (91) AT CHARLOTTE (82)

CHICAGO

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

K HINRICH G 16:34 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 0
B GORDON G 34:19 5-11 1-1 0 4 4 5 5 2 3 13
J SMITH F 27:13 4-9 3-4 2 3 5 3 2 0 3 11
L DENG F 42:54 10-17 10-13 1 4 5 0 3 1 3 30
B WALLACE C 22:08 0-3 0-0 2 6 8 1 0 1 1 0
C DUHON 36:35 4-7 4-5 2 3 5 9 1 0 3 12
A NOCIONI 28:04 6-12 1-2 1 10 11 4 4 0 2 15
J NOAH 23:04 3-4 2-2 0 2 2 0 5 2 2 8
T THOMAS 6:05 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 2
T SEFOLOSHA 3:04 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTALS 240:00 33-69 21-27 8 36 44 23 24 6 19 91
(.478) (.778) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 20 (0 PTS)

CHARLOTTE

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

R FELTON G 40:12 5-14 7-11 1 1 2 6 3 1 2 17
J RICHARDSON G 39:36 7-16 0-0 1 4 5 3 5 2 2 17
G WALLACE F 36:09 8-15 4-8 2 6 8 0 6 3 1 22
J DUDLEY F 20:34 0-6 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 0 2 0
E OKAFOR C 37:05 4-7 2-4 4 6 10 1 2 2 5 10
M CARROLL 20:55 3-7 1-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 8
J MCINNIS 14:35 1-2 0-0 0 3 3 3 1 1 2 2
W HERRMANN 12:40 3-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
P BREZEC 10:55 0-1 0-0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 0
D ANDERSON 7:19 0-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

TOTALS 240:00 31-76 14-24 8 29 37 14 25 9 14 82
(.408) (.583) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 15 (0 PTS)

CHICAGO 21 18 14 38 - 91
CHARLOTTE 21 21 18 22 - 82

BLOCKED SHOTS: CHICAGO - B WALLACE 2, J NOAH. CHARLOTTE - D ANDERSON,
J RICHARDSON, E OKAFOR.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: CHICAGO 4-12 (.333), K HINRICH 0-2, B GORDON 2-
5, C DUHON 0-1, A NOCIONI 2-4. CHARLOTTE 6-26 (.231), R FELTON 0-4,
J RICHARDSON 3-9, G WALLACE 2-6, J DUDLEY 0-2, M CARROLL 1-3, D ANDERSON 0-
2.
TECHNICAL FOULS: CHARLOTTE - G WALLACE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: BILL KENNEDY, EDDIE F. RUSH, JOE FORTE.
A - 13,227. T - 2:17.</div>

 

Re: NBA: CHICAGO (4-11) at CHARLOTTE (6-10)

I'm starting to wonder if Hinrich isn't trying to get benched and seeing just how awful he can play before he doesn't get to start any more.</p>

On the brighter side, this was slightly less awful than the Knicks game.</p>

 

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker) -- This time Luol Deng andthe Chicago Bulls waited until late to put away the CharlotteBobcats.


Deng scored a season-high 30 points as the Bulls rallied totheir third win in their last four games, a 91-82 victory overthe Bobcats on Wednesday.


Andres Nocioni scored 10 of his 15 points in the fourth quarterand fellow reserve Chris Duhon scored 12 for Chicago, which haswon five of its last six against Charlotte.


It also was the second time in five days the Bulls have beatenthe Bobcats, who are losers of seven straight.


On Saturday, the Bulls cruised past the Bobcats, 111-95, as BenGordon (34 points) and Deng (29) reached their season highswhile Chicago also had season bests in scoring and field goalpercentage (54 percent).


In this contest, Chicago trailed by seven points entering thefinal quarter before outscoring Charlotte, 38-22, to finish thegame.


Chicago went on an a 15-8 run, capped by a 3-pointer by Nocionito tie the score at 68-68 with 6:54 left in the period. Nocionihad seven points and Deng added four in the spurt.

Duhon then made a layup 30 seconds later to give the Bulls atwo-point lead they would not relinquish. Duhon added seven inthe final period for Chicago, which shot 48 percent (33-of-69).

Deng, who connected on 10-of-17 from the field, scored 12 in thefourth and Nocioni did major board work, collecting seven ofhis 11 in the period.


Gerald Wallace scored 22 points and Raymond Felton had 17 andsix assists for Charlotte, which missed 14 of its last 19 shots.

Jason Richardson also scored 17 points but was 0-of-4 from thefield in the fourth for the Bobcats.

 

NBA: CHICAGO at CHARLOTTE

<div class="pre">CHICAGO (91) AT CHARLOTTE (82)

CHICAGO

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

K HINRICH G 16:34 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 0
B GORDON G 34:19 5-11 1-1 0 4 4 5 5 2 3 13
J SMITH F 27:13 4-9 3-4 2 3 5 3 2 0 3 11
L DENG F 42:54 10-17 10-13 1 4 5 0 3 1 3 30
B WALLACE C 22:08 0-3 0-0 2 6 8 1 0 1 1 0
C DUHON 36:35 4-7 4-5 2 3 5 9 1 0 3 12
A NOCIONI 28:04 6-12 1-2 1 10 11 4 4 0 2 15
J NOAH 23:04 3-4 2-2 0 2 2 0 5 2 2 8
T THOMAS 6:05 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 2
T SEFOLOSHA 3:04 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A GRIFFIN DNP - COACH'S DECISION
A GRAY DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 33-69 21-27 8 36 44 23 24 6 19 91
(.478) (.778) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 20 (11 PTS)

CHARLOTTE

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

R FELTON G 40:12 5-14 7-11 1 1 2 6 3 1 2 17
J RICHARDSON G 39:36 7-16 0-0 1 4 5 3 5 2 2 17
G WALLACE F 36:09 8-15 4-8 2 6 8 0 6 3 1 22
J DUDLEY F 20:34 0-6 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 0 2 0
E OKAFOR C 37:05 4-7 2-4 4 6 10 1 2 2 5 10
M CARROLL 20:55 3-7 1-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 8
J MCINNIS 14:35 1-2 0-0 0 3 3 3 1 1 2 2
W HERRMANN 12:40 3-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
P BREZEC 10:55 0-1 0-0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 0
D ANDERSON 7:19 0-4 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
O HARRINGTON DNP - COACH'S DECISION
J DAVIDSON DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 31-76 14-24 9 28 37 14 25 9 14 82
(.408) (.583) TEAM REBS: 9 TOTAL TO: 15 (19 PTS)

CHICAGO 21 18 14 38 - 91
CHARLOTTE 21 21 18 22 - 82

BLOCKED SHOTS: CHICAGO - B WALLACE 2, J NOAH. CHARLOTTE - D ANDERSON,
J RICHARDSON, E OKAFOR.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: CHICAGO 4-12 (.333), K HINRICH 0-2, B GORDON 2-
5, C DUHON 0-1, A NOCIONI 2-4. CHARLOTTE 6-26 (.231), R FELTON 0-4,
J RICHARDSON 3-9, G WALLACE 2-6, J DUDLEY 0-2, M CARROLL 1-3, D ANDERSON 0-
2.
TECHNICAL FOULS: CHICAGO - COACH SKILES. CHARLOTTE - G WALLACE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: BILL KENNEDY, EDDIE F. RUSH, JOE FORTE.
A - 13,227. T - 2:16.</div>

 

NBA: CHICAGO at CHARLOTTE

<div class="pre">CHICAGO (91)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
K Hinrich 16:34 0-3 0-0 0-2 1 3 0
B Gordon 34:19 5-11 1-1 0-4 5 5 13
J Smith 27:13 4-9 3-4 2-5 3 2 11
L Deng 42:54 10-17 10-13 1-5 0 3 30
B Wallace 22:08 0-3 0-0 2-8 1 0 0
C Duhon 36:35 4-7 4-5 2-5 9 1 12
A Nocioni 28:04 6-12 1-2 1-11 4 4 15
J Noah 23:04 3-4 2-2 0-2 0 5 8
T Thomas 6:05 1-2 0-0 0-2 0 1 2
T Sefolosha 3:04 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
A Griffin DNP - COACH'S DECISION
A Gray DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 33-69 21-27 8-44 23 24 91
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.478, FT-.778. 3-Point Goals:
4-12, .333 (K Hinrich 0-2, B Gordon 2-5, C
Duhon 0-1, A Nocioni 2-4). Team Rebounds: 7.
Blocked Shots:3 (B Wallace 2, J Noah).
Turnovers:19 (J Smith 3, C Duhon 3, L Deng 3,
B Gordon 3, A Nocioni 2, J Noah 2, K Hinrich,
T Thomas, B Wallace). Steals: 6 (B Gordon 2,
J Noah 2, B Wallace, L Deng).


CHARLOTTE (82)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
R Felton 40:12 5-14 7-11 1-2 6 3 17
J Richardson 39:36 7-16 0-0 1-5 3 5 17
G Wallace 36:09 8-15 4-8 2-8 0 6 22
J Dudley 20:34 0-6 0-0 0-2 1 3 0
E Okafor 37:05 4-7 2-4 4-10 1 2 10
M Carroll 20:55 3-7 1-1 0-1 0 2 8
J McInnis 14:35 1-2 0-0 0-3 3 1 2
W Herrmann 12:40 3-4 0-0 0-1 0 0 6
P Brezec 10:55 0-1 0-0 0-4 0 3 0
D Anderson 7:19 0-4 0-0 1-1 0 0 0
O Harrington DNP - COACH'S DECISION
J Davidson DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 31-76 14-24 9-37 14 25 82
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.408, FT-.583. 3-Point Goals:
6-26, .231 (R Felton 0-4, J Richardson 3-9, G
Wallace 2-6, J Dudley 0-2, M Carroll 1-3, D
Anderson 0-2). Team Rebounds: 9. Blocked
Shots:3 (D Anderson, J Richardson, E Okafor).
Turnovers:14 (E Okafor 5, J McInnis 2, J
Richardson 2, J Dudley 2, R Felton 2, G
Wallace). Steals: 9 (G Wallace 3, J
Richardson 2, E Okafor 2, J McInnis, R
Felton).

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CHICAGO 21 18 14 38 - 91
CHARLOTTE 21 21 18 22 - 82
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Technical fouls: Chicago - 1 (COACH Skiles,
0:28 4th). Charlotte - 1 (G Wallace, 0:07
4th).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 13,227. T: 2:16.
Officials: Bill Kennedy, Eddie F. Rush, Joe
Forte.</div>

 

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker) -- This time Luol Deng andthe Chicago Bulls waited until late to put away the CharlotteBobcats.


Deng scored a season-high 30 points as the Bulls rallied totheir third win in their last four games, a 91-82 victory overthe Bobcats on Wednesday.


Andres Nocioni scored 10 of his 15 points in the fourth quarterand fellow reserve Chris Duhon scored 12 for Chicago, which haswon five of its last six against Charlotte.


"Our defense was great tonight," Deng said. "It got us goingoffensively. In the fourth, we played with a lot of energy anddid a good job moving the ball. I got a lot of open looks."

It also was the second time in five days the Bulls have beatenthe Bobcats, who have lost seven straight.


On Saturday, the Bulls cruised past the Bobcats, 111-95, as BenGordon (34 points) and Deng (29) reached their season highs andChicago recorded season bests in scoring and field goalpercentage (54 percent).


In this contest, Chicago trailed by seven points entering thefinal quarter before outscoring Charlotte, 38-22, to finish thegame.


"We played how Chicago is supposed to play in the fourthquarter," Nocioni said. "We moved the ball and played hard ondefense and that made things happen."


Chicago went on an a 15-8 run, capped by a 3-pointer by Nocioni,to tie the score at 68-68 with 6:54 left in the game. Nocionihad seven points and Deng added four in the spurt.

"It came down to who wanted to win," Gordon said. "Our energylevel wasn't as high as we needed it to be and we picked it updefensively and that helped us win the game."


"We had the game under control and had them right where wewanted them," Bobcats forward Gerald Wallace said. "We wereexecuting and moving the ball the way we wanted to move it.Then all of a sudden, it seemed like the momentum just took ahuge swing."


Duhon then made a layup 30 seconds later to give the Bulls atwo-point lead they would not relinquish. Duhon added seven inthe final period for Chicago, which shot 48 percent (33-of-69).

"It seems like we've been searching for combinations thisseason," Chicago coach Scott Skiles said. "Duhon was very goodagain and so was Nocioni and Joakim (Noah). All three of thoseguys really gave us a lift off the bench tonight."

Deng, who connected on 10-of-17 shots from the field, scored 12in the fourth and Nocioni did major board work, collecting sevenof his 11 rebounds in the period.


"Deng is tough," Bobcats coach Sam Vincent said. "Down thestretch he made big plays and that's what it's all about. Ibelieve our guys will get to that point."


Wallace scored 22 points and Raymond Felton had 17 and sixassists for Charlotte, which missed 14 of its last 19 shots.

"We're in a slump right now," Felton said. "There's no otherway to put it. We've just got to get out of it."


Jason Richardson also scored 17 points but was 0-of-4 from thefield in the fourth for the Bobcats.

 

Re: NBA: CHICAGO (4-11) at CHARLOTTE (6-10)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (such sweet thunder)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

Does anyone remember a more dissapointing win? I can't think of any.</p>

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Man, you've got a short memory. The Knicks win was way more awful than this. I think both teams were trying to lose in that game. In this game they just weren't really trying to win.</p>

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Re: NBA: CHICAGO (4-11) at CHARLOTTE (6-10)

Yeash... I'm revising history in my head... I guess I just didn't want to believe it </p>