Sun, 01/25 Bulls @ Timberwolves

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Game 45, Road Game 22
Sunday, January 25, 2008 – 6:00 PM CT
Target Center
WCIU / ESPN 1000 AM

BULLS VS. TIMBERWOLVES ALL-TIME
ALL-TIME ................... Bulls Lead 21-16
BULLS CURRENT STREAK .. 2 Losses
BULLS HOME STREAK ............. 1 Loss
BULLS ROAD STREAK .......... 3 Losses

Chicago Bulls (18-26)
Home 13-10
Road 5-16
Div 3-5
EConf 10-17
WConf 8-9

Bulls Stats Leaders
Points: Gordon 20.0, Rose 16.7
Rebounds: Gooden 8.6, Noah 6.1
Assists: Rose 6.3, Hinrich 4.7
Steals: Hughes 1.20, Deng 1.18
Blocks: Thomas 1.78, Noah 1.21

FG%: Gray .508, Noah .503
FT%: Sefolosha .889, Gooden .866
3FG%: Hinrich .408, Gordon .400


Probalbe Bulls starters

Derrick Rose

Ben Gordon

Luol Deng

Tyrus Thomas

Aaron Gray



Probable Timberwolves starters

Sebastian Telfair
Randy Foye
Ryan Gomes
Craig Smith
Al Jefferson

Injury report

Drew Gooden - Left Groin - Day-to-day decision
Michael Ruffin (sprained left ankle) is out.
For a full report and the latest on Bulls' injuries, check out the AthletiCo Injury Report at http://www.Bulls.com.


Timberwolves Injuries
- Forward Corey Brewer: Suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during the Nov. 29 game
vs. Denver. He underwent surgery on Dec. 17, and will be sidelined for the remainder of the season.
- Guard Mike Miller: Returned to action Jan. 2 vs. Golden State, having missed the previous five games due to
a sprained right ankle, an injury suffered Dec. 20 vs. Houston.
- Guard Kevin Ollie: Left the Jan. 3 game at Chicago in the 1st quarter after sustaining a dislocated left elbow,
and did not return. The injury will be reevaluated in late January.

Early in the game the Bulls are ahead 4-2, but only shooting 2-4 FTs so far. Hope that FT shooting gets better.

Nice start for the Bulls.

Bulls leading 10-2 with 9:26 to go in 1st quarter.

Rose with 5 pts, 2 ast
Deng 3 pts
Gordon 2 pts

18-4 lead for the Bulls now. All four points for Minnesota all from FTs.

Go Bulls!

Good first quarter from the Bulls, leading 30-19. Noah was way better then against the Raptors. Rose started this game good with 5 pts and 5 ast.

Good to see the Bulls timeout after Bulls had a turnover the last 3 possesions.

Bulls still leading 35-27 with 8:52 to play in 1st half.

Go Bulls!

Get Rose back in the game. Hinrich having a bad stretch right now.

Game tied at 37 now. After 10-0 run for Timberwolves.

Go Bulls!

Halftime

Bulls leading 55-49.

Good game from Noah after this bad from him against the Raptors. He already have 5 blocks, a carreer high for him. And 10 pts and 7 reb so far.

Go Bulls!

This team is seriously having some problems closing games out, and I'm really getting fed up with it.