Sat, 12/28 Bulls @ Hawks

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Game 30, Road Game 17
Saturday, December 28, 2008 – 6:00 PM CT
Philips Arena
WGN America / ESPN 1000 AM

BULLS VS. HAWKS ALL-TIME
ALL-TIME ................... Bulls lead 110-94
BULLS CURRENT STREAK ...... 2 Losses
BULLS HOME STREAK ............ 1 Loss
BULLS ROAD STREAK .......... 2 Losses

Chicago Bulls (13-16)
Home 10-3
Road 3-13
Div 2-3
EConf 6-11
WConf 7-4

Bulls Stats Leaders
Points: Gordon 20.6, Rose 17.2
Rebounds: Gooden 8.8, Noah 5.7
Assists: Rose 6.0, Hinrich 4.0
Steals: Hughes 1.38, Hinrich 1.33
Blocks: Thomas 1.54, Noah 1.22

FG%: Gray .500, Noah .482
FT%: Hughes .850, Gooden .845
3FG%: Hinrich .421, Gordon .410


Probalbe Bulls starters

Derrick Rose

Ben Gordon

Andrés Nocioni

Tyrus Thomas

Aaron Gray



Probable Hawks starters

Mike Bibby
Joe Johnson
Marvin Williams
Josh Smith
Al Horford

Injury report

Luol Deng
# Out
# severe sprained ankle

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.


Hawks Injuries
Speedy Claxton
#Out

Ben Gordon is now 10th for Bulls All-time field goal attempts with 5074.

If Gordon makes 2 3-pointer against the Hawks he will be the all-time leader for 3-pointer scored. Gordon now has made 663 3-pointer trailing only Scottie Pippen with 664 3-pointers.


Go Gordon! Go Bulls!!!

Sefolosha starts for Deng.

Go Bulls!

Bulls leading 23-17 after the 2nd 3-pointer from Gordon

Now Gordon is the Bulls all-time leader for 3-pointer made.

High scoring first quarter

Bulls leading 35-32

Gordon 15 pts
Rose 9 pts
Thomas 4 reb
Gray 3 reb

Bulls trailing 41-51 after leading 41-37

14-0 run for Hawks

Bulls trailing 72-76 with about 9 minutes left in 3rd quarter

Bulls shooting 32-50 (.640), but still trailing 84-86 with 5:24 left in 3rd quarter.

If we can only play better defense, then this hot shooting could get us up to the lead.

Hell of a shootout. Whoever decides to play D for about 5 minutes will probably win.