Fri, 12/19 Bulls @ Celtics

bullsger · by **bullsger** on Fri Dec 19, 2008 1:44 am

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Game 26, Road Game 14
Friday, December 19, 2008 – 6:30 PM CT
TD Banknorth Garden
Comcast SportsNet / ESPN 1000 AM

BULLS VS. CELTICS ALL-TIME
ALL-TIME ........... CELTICS lead 106-83
BULLS CURRENT STREAK .. 5 Losses
BULLS HOME STREAK ......... 2 Losses
BULLS ROAD STREAK .......... 3 Losses

Chicago Bulls (12-13)
Home 9-3
Road 3-10
Div 2-2
EConf 6-8
WConf 6-4

Bulls Stats Leaders
Points: Gordon 21.1, Rose 17.6
Rebounds: Gooden 9.2, Noah 5.7
Assists: Rose 6.4, Hinrich 4.0
Steals: Hughes 1.35, Hinrich 1.33
Blocks: Thomas 1.54, Noah 1.30

FG%: Gray .486, Noah .478
FT%: Sefolosha .900, Hughes .867
3FG%: Hinrich .421, Gordon .411

Probalbe Bulls starters

Derrick Rose

Ben Gordon

Luol Deng

Drew Gooden

Aaron Gray

Probable Celtics starters

Rajon Rondo
Ray Allen
Paul Pierce
Kevin Garnett
Kendrick Perkins

Injury report

Derrick Rose
# Probable
# Left elbow contusion

Tyrus Thomas
# Day-to-day, pending a resolution of his symptoms
# Concussion
# Will not accompany the team for its game at Boston Friday night

Michael Ruffin (sprained left ankle) and Kirk Hinrich (torn ulnar collateral ligament) are out. For a full report and the latest on Bulls' injuries, check out the AthletiCo Injury Report at http://www.Bulls.com.

Celtics Injuries
No injuries reported

bullsger · by **bullsger** on Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:54 am

This will be a very tough game for the Bulls. I expecting a loss tonight, but who knows. The Celtics will lose again...why not tonight? Perhaps the Celtics having a bad day and the Bulls a super day. :man1:

At least I hope for a competetive Bulls team.

Go Bulls!

bullsger · by **bullsger** on Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:11 pm

Bulls 108 Celtics 126

The mostly expected loss for Bulls.

It is bad that we lost Gooden also with a right ankle sprain. I really hope that this isn't serious. No Gooden and no Thomas isn't good for Bulls.

Smith's take on the Bulls Blog:
http://blogs.bulls.com/chicago_bulls_blog/2008/12/celtics-starters-get-serious-.html

Give the Bulls this. They don't get blown out much. They play hard, if not always well. They're just not in a class with this Celtics as they shredded the Bulls perimeter defense, or lack of it, to get Kendrick Perkins a career high on points.

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The Bulls did the bulk of their scoring on jumpers, which is no way to beat anyone scoring inside.

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Thabo Sefolosha also made a rare appearance and had some nice moments. Simmons had a season high in points and Lindsey Hunter also got a good run, all signs if you didn't see the score that things didn't go well.

The Bulls are not in the Celtics' league. But not many are this season as the Celtics won their 17th straight to go to 25-2 and headed for a much anticipated. Christmas Day game with the Los Angeles Lakers.

bullsger · by **bullsger** on Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:03 am

http://blogs.bulls.com/chicago_bulls_blog/2008/12/bulls-on-the-defensive-in-loss-to-celtics.html

The Celtics' starters opened the game scoring on eight of their first 11 possessions against some of the poorest and most porous defensive play we've seen from the Bulls in years. Boston took all their starters out in the second quarter and a relatively weak Celtics bench allowed the Bulls to pull within 57-55 at halftime.

So the Celtics apparently decided to get serious.

They came out in the third quarter scoring on 14 of their first 17 possessions, five of the first seven baskets within three feet of the basket on alley oop dunks and layups. The Celtics were up 18 near the end of the quarter and dunking and driving their way to their 17th consecutive win to go to 25-2. Only the 1967 Philadelphia 76ers and 1970 New York Knicks have better starting records with two losses at 26-2.

For the Bulls, if it was any sort of measurement of where they are, they came up very small.

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