Gordon drives, fouled by More. To the line for 2 Makes the 1st 66-63 bulls And the 2nd. Salmons drives on Noc and coughs it up in the lane. Gordon right, to Smith, to Noc left, hits the 3 70-63 Miller hits jones on the back door play for 2. Hinrich misses a 3, Wallace the board. Gordon misses the 3, salmons comes down with it. Salmons offensive foul at the other end.
Hirnich nice drive and spin move for the layup! Bulls up 7. Sacto not getting off good shots recently. Looks like they called a clearpath foul, or it's the penalty. Thomas to the line after getting tippe dup. Made 1-2 73-65
Doubie tough shot, Hinirch boards. Bulls push it, gordon right wing, misses the 3. Jones drives, fouled by Thomas. Makes the 1st. 73-66 Aaron Gray in for Wallace Steve Hawes in for Sacto. Makes the 2nd. 1:15 left Q3
Gray posts up Hawes, misses the hook, Thomas boards and is fouled, back to the line! Short on the 1st attempt Long on the 2nd. 0-2 Kings ball, chewin g up the clock :45 left Udrich drives right down the middle and hits. 73-69 Sacto just won't go away Gordon trapped in the corner, loses it, Williams on the fast break tries to dunk, fouled by Thomas.
This kinda sucks. Bulls break out to a lead, then cough it up at the end of the quarter Makes the 1st 73-70 And the 2nd 73-71 :26 left
Hinrich drives right, tries to lob for THomas. Thomas catches it on the ground goes up for the dunk and is fouled by Hawes. Makes the 1st. Yay! 74-71 Duhon in for Gordon (defense) And the 2nd 75-71 Bulls press full court. Udrich gets off a good shot, but misses. Nocioni with 26 tonight, 31 is his career high. 75-71 going into Q4
Bulls ball to open the 4th. Du, Noc, Gordon, Gray, Thomas. Thomas spin move, loses the ball, Gray gets it blocked by Williams, Kings ball. Haws shots from thet op of the key, misses. Noc to Gordon, misses a wide open shot. Gets his own board, but steps out.
With Thomas shooting FTs with 6 seconds left, Gordon sat for defensive purposes. Williams is fouled by Noc, to the line. Misses the 1st. and the 2nd, noc boards. Du brings it up. Why the bulls get it to THomas at the top of the key is beyond me. Iso for Noc, he travels.
Du, Gordon, Gray, Thomas, Noc Douby hits a 3 with Du in his face. 75-74 bulls Du misses a 3 from the left corner, Douby boards, hits from the FT line. Kings up 76-75
Thomas hits Gray for an automatic layup, but he missed. Volleyball, it goes in. Kings in the frontcourt, Douby drives and misses the floater. Gordon races upcourt, Hawes strips it, OB to Kings.
Jones gets the pass int eh lane, fouled by Noc. PF #4 2 shots Makes the 1st, tie game Makes the 2nd 78-77 Kings 8:59 left
