Game #67, Wed, 03/17 Bulls @ Mavericks

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Game 67, Road Game 35
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 – 7:30 PM CT
American Airlines Center
Comcast SportsNet/ ESPN 1000 AM

BULLS VS. MAVERICKS ALL-TIME
ALL-TIME ............ Mavericks lead 28-30
BULLS CURRENT STREAK .. 2 Losses
BULLS HOME STREAK ............. 1 Loss
BULLS ROAD STREAK .......... 4 Losses

BULLS VS. MAVERICKS THIS SEASON
March 6 @ Chicago – MAVERICKS WON 122-116
March 17 @ Dallas –

Game Notes



Chicago Bulls (31-35)
Home 19-13
Road 12-22
Div 8-4
EConf 19-20
WConf 12-15

Bulls Averages:
PPG: 97.2 (Opp: 99.9)
RPG: 44.3 (Opp: 43.1)
APG: 20.2 (Opp: 21.0)
SPG: 6.8 (Opp: 7.3)
BPG: 5.9 (Opp: 5.6)
TO: 14.7 (Opp: 13.8)
FG%: .449 (Opp: .446)
FT%: .759 (Opp: .740)
3p%: .331 (Opp: .355)

Probable Bulls starters



Derrick Rose - PG
Jannero Pargo - SG
James Johnson - SF
Taj Gibson - PF
Brad Miller - C


Bulls Stats Leaders
Points: Rose 20.4, Deng 18.0
Rebounds: Noah 11.4, Deng 7.3
Assists: Rose 5.7, Hinrich 4.5
Steals: Hinrich 1.14, Deng 1.02
Blocks: Noah 1.56, Gibson 1.15

FG%: Gibson .497, Noah .494
FT%: Pargo .921, Miller .842
3FG%: Deng .379, Hinrich .357

Injury report

Out:
Jerome James (right Achilles)
Joakim Noah (plantar fasciitis, left foot)

Doubtful:
Luol Deng (right calf strain)

Questionable:
Derrick Rose (left wrist sprain)

Probable:
Taj Gibson (left foot)

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



Dallas Mavericks (45-22)
Home 23-10
Road 22-12
EConf 20-6
WConf 24-16

Probable Mavericks starters
Jason Kidd - PG
Caron Butler - SG
Shawn Marion - SF
Dirk Nowitzki - PF
Brendan Haywood - C

Injury report
Jason Terry (facial surgery) is OUT (5 games missed)
Tim Thomas (personal reasons) is NOT WITH TEAM

Boxscore

Recap


By Sam Smith (Bulls Blog)

Kirk Hinrich was back from his one game suspension, and while he doesn’t look as flashy as Law driving to the basket and scoring, he, at least, was trying to get up on defense, pressure and compete. And then when he looked around he was alone. The frustration boiled over once again as the Bulls were headed to giving up at least 100 points for the 12th straight game.



Nowitzki gave Hinrich a push going for a loose ball with about two minutes remaining and the Bulls trailing by 10. Hinrich retaliated with an elbow to Nowitzki’s. Big, bad Kirk. But, hey, at least someone showed some fight. It’s why I would have put Joe Alexander in as he’s bolted to the bench even with all the injuries. I recalled against the Hawks toward the beginning of this month of blowouts, he was in for some garbage time and threw a nice cross body block chasing a loose ball. When everyone hid when Dwight Howard ko’d Rose again, Alexander came in late and committed four fouls. I don’t know his skill level, but he seems to want to compete.

I’m afraid I haven’t seen much of that of late.

Doesn’t anyone get tired of being beaten and beat up every game?

I'm getting tired of this.