vs DENVER NUGGETS (6-12) @ CHICAGO BULLS (10-5) Game 16, Home Game 8 Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015 – 7:00 PM CT United Center Comcast SportsNet / ESPN 1000 AM / WRTO AM BULLS VS. NUGGETS IN 2015-16 Dec. 2 @ Chicago – Feb. 5 @ Denver – BULLS VS. NUGGETS ALLTIME RECORD 39-46 BULLS/NUGGETS STREAKS BULLS CURRENT STREAK……1 Win BULLS HOME STREAK ............ 2 Wins BULLS ROAD STREAK .......... 9 Losses Game Notes Chicago Bulls (10-5) Home 6-1 Road 4-4 Bulls Preseason Averages: PPG: 98.9 (Opp: 98.3) RPG: 47.2 (Opp: 49.7) APG: 22.1 (Opp: 20.5) SPG: 6.60 (Opp: 6.93) BPG: 5.80 (Opp: 5.93) FG%: .423 (Opp: .413) FT%: .754 (Opp: .710) 3p%: .380 (Opp: .331) Probable Bulls starters Derrick Rose - PG - Jimmy Butler - SG - Tony Snell - SF - Nikola Mirotic - PF - Pau Gasol - C - Bulls Regular Season Stats Leaders Points: Butler 20.3, Gasol 13.7 Rebounds: Gasol 10.3, Noah 8.1 Assists: Rose 5.9, Butler 3.5 Steals: Butler 2.00, Mirotic 0.80 Blocks: Gasol 1.87, Gibson 1.00 FG%: Portis .538, Hinrich .526 FT%: Hinrich .909, Snell .900 3FG%: McDermott .469, Snell .449 Regular Season Player Highs 2015/2016 Points: Butler 32 Field Goals Made: Rose 12 Field Goals Attempts: Rose 25 Free Throws Made: Butler 12 Free Throws Attempts: Butler 14 3-Point FGM: McDermott 5 3-Point FGA: Mirotic & Mc Dermott 8 Rebounds: Noah 18 Off. Rebounds: Noah 7 Def. Rebounds: Gasol 13 Assists: Rose 8 Blocks: Gasol 6 Steals: Butler 4 Minutes: Butler 43 Double-Double: Gasol 7 Triple-Double: None Injury report Aaron Brooks (left hamstring), Mike Dunleavy (back) and Kirk Hinrich (hip pointer) are OUT. For a full report and the latest on Bulls' injuries, check out the AthletiCo Injury Report. Denver Nuggets (6-12) Home 3-6 Road 3-6 Probable Nuggets starters Emmanuel Mudiay - PG Randy Foye - SG Danilo Gallinari - SF Kenneth Faried - PF Nikola Jokic - C Injury report GARY HARRIS – Concussion. Doubtful WILSON CHANDLER – Right Hip Arthroscopic Surgery. Out JUSUF NURKIC – Left Patellar Tendon Repair. Out --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Joakim Noah logged his 557th game as a Bull on Nov. 30 vs. San Antonio, moving him past Dave Corzine for ninth place in franchise history for games played. There have been five games for Chicago since 1985 where a reserve player has collected more than 10 rebounds and five assists. Three of those belong to Joakim Noah (Stacey King and Dave Corzine have the other two), one of which came Monday vs. the Spurs when Noah had 11 rebounds and 7 assists in 23 minutes off the bench. Chicago presently ranks second in opponent field goal percentage at .411 (Miami is first, .408). Last season the Bulls ranked fourth in the NBA at .435. Chicago set its franchise record of .421 in 2011-12. The Bulls are averaging 8.47 made 3-pointers and 22.27 3-point attempts in 2015-16. If both numbers hold, they would be highest for the franchise since 1979-80. Prior to this year, the Bulls highest average for 3-pointers made was 7.9 and for 3-point attempts was 22.3 – both from 2014-15. With 1,998 field goals made for his career, Joakim Noah needs to make two more shots to reach the 2,000 milestone. With his third block on Nov. 16 vs. Indiana, Taj Gibson passed Horace Grant for fifth place on the Bulls’ all-time blocks list (580). Gibson is 191 swats from fourth place, held by Scottie Pippen.
