Fri, 03/07 Bulls @ Celtics, Predictions & Comments

CHICAGO BULLS (25-36) @ BOSTON CELTICS (47-12)
Regular Season Game 62, Road Game 33
Friday, March 7, 2008 – 7:00 P.M. CT
United Center
ESPN/ WGN-TV / ESPN AM 1000



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Chicago Bulls



Probable Starters: Hinrich, Hughes, Deng, Thomas & Noah
Record: 25-36 (.410)
3rd Central Division
At Home: 14-15
At Road: 11-21
Streak: W2

PPG: 95.9
FG%: .429
RPG: 43.8

Opp PPG: 98.5
Opp FG%: .449
Opp RPG: 42.3


Player Stats
PPG: Gordon 19.4, Deng 17.2
APG: Hinrich 6.1, Hughes 4.1
RPG: Gooden 9.9, Deng 6.8
SPG: Hinrich 1.15, Hughes 1.14
BPG: Gooden 1.00, Thomas 0.96

Boston Celtics



Record: 47-12 (0.797)
1st Atlantic Division
At Home: 27-4
At Road: 20-8
Streak: W6


PPG: 100.1
FG%: .474
RPG: 41.0

Opp PPG: 90.4
Opp FG%: .422
Opp RPG: 39.1

Player Stats
PPG: Pierce 20.4, Garnett 18.7
APG: Rondo 5.1, Pierce 4.7
RPG: Garnett 9.8, Perkins 5.9
SPG: Rondo 1.71, Garnett 1.46
BPG: Perkings 1.38, Garnett 1.34
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Celtics leadings 19-13 with 4:05 to go in the first quarter

Hughes 5 pts
Gordon 4 pts
Noah 5 reb
Deng 2 pts
Gooden 2 pts

that was bad

Rondo missed his 2nd FT...Celts getting offensive rebounds...making the FG and getting fouled

Bulls 15 Celtics 24

Gooden misses 1 of 2 FTs

Bulls 18 Celtics 27

Kirk steals ball from Allen

Gordon misses

Celtics with 3-pointer

Bulls 18 Celtics 30

end of 1st quarter

Bulls 20 Celtics 32

Bad start for Bulls

Hughes 7 pts
Deng 6 pts
Gordon 4 pts
Gooden 3 pts
Noah 5 reb
Gooden 3 reb

Bulls already with 7 fouls and 4 turnovers

Bulls 7-21 FGs
Celtics 11-20 FGs

2:30 to play 1st half

Bulls 39 Celtics 55

Everytime the Bulls get some points the Celtics have the even better answer

Bulls don't really have any chance to win tonight, if the 2nd half follows the game from the first half

Bulls 15-37 FGs, 6-7 FTs
Celtics 18-34 FGs, 17-18 FTs

Noah and Gray both already having 3 personal fouls each

Bulls 18 pts behind

13 pts coming from FTs for Celtics

Nocioni hits both FTs

Bulls 43 Celtics 59

Gray with his 4th foul