Fri, 12/27 Bulls @ Heat

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Game 29, Road Game 16
Friday, December 27, 2008 – 4:00 PM CT
AmericanAirlines Arena
CSN/ESPN / ESPN 1000 AM

BULLS VS. HEAT ALL-TIME
ALL-TIME ................... Bulls Lead 42-31
BULLS CURRENT STREAK ...... 1 Loss
BULLS HOME STREAK ............ 3 Wins
BULLS ROAD STREAK ............... 1 Win

Chicago Bulls (13-15)
Home 10-3
Road 3-12
Div 2-3
EConf 6-10
WConf 7-4

Bulls Stats Leaders
Points: Gordon 20.8, Rose 17.5
Rebounds: Gooden 8.8, Noah 5.7
Assists: Rose 6.1, Hinrich 4.0
Steals: Hughes 1.35, Hinrich 1.33
Blocks: Thomas 1.56, Noah 1.19

FG%: Noah .488, Gray .482
FT%: Sefolosha .900, Hughes .845
3FG%: Hinrich .421, Gordon .406


Probalbe Bulls starters

Derrick Rose

Ben Gordon

Luol Deng

Andrés Nocioni

Joakim Noah



Probable Heat starters

Mario Chalmers
Dwayne Wade
Shawn Marion
Udonis Haslem
Joel Anthony

Injury report

Drew Gooden
# Out
# Sprained right ankle

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.


Heat Injuries
James Jones Ruptured Extensor Tendon in Right Wrist
Dorell Wright Left Knee Surgery

I really hope for a better 1st quarter from the Bulls. Then they have a good chance to win the game.

Bulls starting five: Rose, Gordon, Deng, Thomas and Gray

Go Bulls!

Wade already with 2 fouls after just 5 minutes.

Bulls 8 Heat 10

Halftime

Bulls leading 45-40

Gordon 11 pts, 1 ast
Rose 8 pts (3-12 FG), 2 ast, 2 reb
Deng 8 pts, 7 reb, 2 ast
Thomas 6 pts, 4 stl, 2 reb
Gray 6 pts, 8 reb
Noah 3 reb, 2 blk
Nocioni 6 pts, 2 reb, 2 ast

Bulls 18-49 FG (.367)

Bulls leading 51-47

Deng out with injury. He must helped going to bench. Hope that he doesn't hurt seriously.

Bulls 53 Heat 52 - 6 minutes remaining in 3rd quarter

Bulls only with 4 turnovers at halftime...and now with 9

Bulls leading 58-56 - 4:11 left in 3rd

Gray with 12 pts and 10 reb for a double-double

end of 3rd quarter

game tied at 64

8:26 left

Bulls 69 Heat 71

this were some bad minutes from Bulls again

Bulls 73 Heat 81 with 5:48 left

I don't understand that the Bulls always must have some bad minutes in a game. Everytime in the last 3 minutes the Bulls missed all shots after Heat missed shots. Why not making at least 1?

All Heat players have a positive +/-, only Bulls players to do so are Deng +9 and Gordon +1.