Bulls defense seems on. So is Noc's shot. 8-4 early lead. Smith got a layup blocked. Brad Miller nails back to back shots, and it's 8-6
Kings played a close game against Cleveland last game and lost. Nocioni is red hot. 11 points in 4:30 of the first half already. 3x 3 pointers. Brad Miller answers tho.
Kings operate in the paint, SMith with a great block. Bulls chew up the :24 and Duhon is forced to take/miss a 3. Smith almost comes up with the board, but the Kings end up with a putback after the fast break. Hinrich hits one to push the lead back to 7. Udrich plows into SMith, but they call the blocking foul. 2 AND 1. 17-13 bulls. 5:16 left
Smith misses a dunk. Then Jones scores on the fast break and is fouled by Hinrich. He missed the FT, tho. 17-15
Hinrich threw it out of bounds, bullet pass to nobody. Kings tie it up on a baseline jumper by Garcia.
These Kings are a pretty woeful looking bunch. Not bad enough, even without their 3 best players, to be really bad, but clearly not that great either.
Joe Smith misses, Udrich misses a layup. Big Ben leads the break, Noc his first miss. Udrich passes inside to Mikki Moore, he's fouled. Noah's in for Smith.
Moore hits his first, Sacto up 1. Hits the second. 19-17 Kings, 3:48 left. Isolation for Nocioni again. Noc backs in and Jones steps away and Noc falls down. Jump ball.
Jones flies into the bulls bench trying to save the jump ball tap, OB to Bulls. Noah in the post to Wallace who missed. Gordon gets the rebound and slips. Garcia jumped on him and foul is called. DaBullz doing play by play like the old days!
Hinrich for 3, clang. Sacto runs the half-court set. Garcia to Moore on the screen roll, draws the foul.
Timeout Bulls. Miller, 3-4, 3 reb, 2 ast, 1 blk 6 points leads the Kings Nocioni stuck at 13 points for a few minutes now. 4-5 FG, 2 rebounds, 1 assist. Hinrich has the other 4 bulls points on 2-5. Duhon is out but got 4 assists early.
Moore with 2 FTs. Nothing but net on the 1st. 20-17 Kings 2:53 left Nothing but net on the 2nd. 21-17
Miller tries to hit Jones underneath, OB. Bulls playing the 2 guards up top. Guards rotate so Hinrich in the corner, Gordon on the wing. Ball ends up in Hinrich's hands underneath, he throws it away. Gordon comes up with it but :24 runs out.