Fri, 03/06 Bulls vs Bucks

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Game 63, Home Game 30
Friday, March 6, 2009 – 7:30 PM CT
United Center
Comcast SportsNet / ESPN 1000 AM


BULLS VS. BUCKS ALL-TIME
ALL-TIME ................. Bulls lead 107-100
BULLS CURRENT STREAK ....... 1 Win
BULLS HOME STREAK ............ 6 Wins
BULLS ROAD STREAK ............... 1 Win

Chicago Bulls (28-34)
Home 18-11
Road 10-23
Div 5-6
EConf 13-22
WConf 15-12

Bulls Stats Leaders
Points: Gordon 20.3, Rose 16.5
Rebounds: Miller 7.3, Noah 7.1
Assists: Rose 6.3, Hinrich 4.3
Steals: Hinrich 1.26, Deng 1.22
Blocks: Thomas 1.80, Noah 1.48

FG%: Noah .533, Miller .519
FT%: Salmons .903, Gordon .862
3FG%: Tim Thomas .438, Gordon .404


Probalbe Bulls starters

Derrick Rose

Ben Gordon

John Salmons

Tyrus Thomas

Joakim Noah



Probable Bucks starters

Ramon Sessions
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute
Richard Jefferson
Charlie Villanueva
Francisco Elson

Injury report

Luol Deng (right shin contusion) and Tyrus Thomas (right hip strain) are day to day; Tim Thomas (left knee strain) is questionable
Jerome James (ruptured right Achilles) is out.

For a full report and the latest on Bulls' injuries, check out the AthletiCo Injury Report at http://www.Bulls.com.

Bucks Injuries
Joe Alexander, Right ankle sprain, day-to-day
Andrew Bogut, Lower back, out
Michael Redd, ACL/MCL tear, out

Go Bulls! And get 8th seed tonight.

Halftime

Bulls leading 63-52. Very good 2nd quarter from Bulls, outscoring 38-24.

Ben Gordon is hot tonight with 6-11 FGs, 4-5 3-pointers and 5-6 FTs for 21 pts at halftime.
Rose with 12 pts.
Hinrich with 11 pts.
Noah with good rebounding - 8 rebs.

start of 3rd quarter...

Noah gets fouled and gets 2 FTs...and makes them

65-52

Bulls leading 72-62

Go Bulls!

5:35 to play in 3rd quarter

Bulls leading 78-66

Gordon and Rose combine for 46 Bulls points...

close game again

Bulls leading 85-80 with 1:22 left in 3rd quarter

Only misses in the last 1:22 of 3rd quarter

Bulls still leading 85-80

This is really an up-and-down for the Bulls.

Bulls leading 97-90 with 6:09 remaining

Go Bulls!

3:55 remaining

Bulls leading 106-93

Gordon 32 pts 7 ast 4 stl
Rose 23 pts 6 ast
Salmons 17 pts
Noah 7 pts 12 reb
Miller 11 pts 9 reb
Tyrus 5 pts 7 reb