Fri, 10/30 Bulls @ Celtics

bullsger · by **bullsger** on Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:32 am

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Game 02, Road Game 01
Friday, October 30, 2009 – 8:00 PM ET
TD Garden
WGN, ESPN / ESPN 1000 AM

BULLS VS. CELTICS ALL-TIME
ALL-TIME .................... Bulls trail 84-107
BULLS CURRENT STREAK ....... 1 Win
BULLS HOME STREAK .............. 1 Win
BULLS ROAD STREAK .......... 4 Losses

Chicago Bulls (1-0)
Home 1-0
Road 0-0
Div 0-0
EConf 0-0
WConf 1-0

Probable Bulls starters

Derrick Rose

John Salmons

Luol Deng

Tyrus Thomas

Joakim Noah

Bulls Stats Leaders
Points: Deng 17, Hinrich 14
Rebounds: Noah 10, Deng 9
Assists: Rose 7, Miller & Noah 3
Steals: Salmons 3, Deng & Rose 1
Blocks: Thomas 3, Noah & Hinrich 2

FG%: Miller .667, Deng .615
FT%: Hinrich 1.000, Gibson .800
3FG%: Hinrich .400

Probable Celtics starters

Rajon Rondo
Ray Allen
Paul Pierce
Kevin Garnett
Kedrick Perkins

Injury report

Aaron Gray (Stress fracture of his left fibula) is out.
Jerome James (right Achilles) is out.

For a full report and the latest on Bulls' injuries, check out the AthletiCo Injury Report.

Celtics Injuries
Bill Walker (right knee surgery) is out.
Tony Allen (sore right ankle) is out.
Glen Davis (right thumb) is out.
Brian Scalabrine (right ankle sprain) is day-to-day.

bullsger · by **bullsger** on Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:23 pm

Bulls get blown out 90-118.

The Celtics are on a very good run early in the season. (Win @ Cleveland, then 92-59 vs Timberwolves and 118-90 vs Bulls)

So the Bulls can lose such a game. It isn't nice to get a blow-out.

Salmons needs to find his shooting, he is only 5-29 from the field in the first two games.

bullsger · by **bullsger** on Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:42 pm

Full Article

[...] Celtics ran away and hid from the Bulls in a 118-90 blowout.

Paul Pierce scored 20 of his 22 points in the third quarter -- making all seven shots -- and Ray Allen added 20 points in 24 minutes for the 3-0 Celtics, who shot a blistering 58.1 percent. Rajon Rondo added 16 assists.

Those screams you're hearing are the figurative kind from the Bulls' roller coaster -- world beaters one night, wimps the next -- that could ride throughout the season.

[...]

That might have been the Bulls' highlight.

They shot 25 percent in the first quarter, 28.9 percent in the first half and 41.5 for the game.

John Salmons missed his first six shots, finished 2 of 14 and is 5 of 29 on the young season.

One night after looking back to form, Luol Deng missed his first five shots and finished 2 of 8 for four points.

[...]

At least the blowout limited Derrick Rose to 24 minutes on a day he said he woke to soreness in the tendon behind his right ankle.

"It got better as the day went along," Rose said.

Unlike the Bulls.

Fri, 10/30 Bulls @ Celtics

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