Wed, 02/27 Bulls @ Pacers, Predictions & Comments

CHICAGO BULLS (22-34) @ INDIANA PACERS (22-35)
Regular Season Game 57, Road Game 31
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 – 6:00 P.M. CT
Conseco Fieldhouse
Comcast SportsNet Chicago / ESPN AM 1000



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Chicago Bulls



Probable Starters: Hinrich, Sefolosha, Deng, Thomas & Noah
Record: 22-34 (.393)
3rd Central Division
At Home: 12-14
At Road: 10-20
Streak: L2

PPG: 95.6
FG%: .427
RPG: 43.6

Opp PPG: 98.5
Opp FG%: .450
Opp RPG: 42.3


Player Stats
PPG: Gordon 20.0, Deng 17.1
APG: Hinrich 6.1, Duhon 4.2
RPG: Gooden 8.0, Deng 6.6
SPG: Hinrich 1.08, Sefolosha 0.94
BPG: Thomas 0.98, Noah 0.58

Indiana Pacers



Record: 22-35 (0.386)
5th Central Division
At Home: 11-17
At Road: 11-18
Streak: L2

PPG: 102.3
FG%: .438
RPG: 43.5

Opp PPG: 105.0
Opp FG%: .452
Opp RPG: 45.0

Player Stats
PPG: Granger 18.2, Dunleavy 17.5
APG: Tinsley 8.4, Dunleavy 3.4
RPG: Foster 8.6, O'neal 7.30
SPG: Tinsley 1.69, Granger 1.05
BPG: O'Neal 2.24, Granger 1.04
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Bulls-Pacers Preview
By MATT BECKER, STATS Writer

[...]

After falling to Houston 110-97 on Sunday, Chicago lost at Dallas 102-94 on Monday in Jason Kidd's home debut for the Mavericks.

The Bulls fell a season-worst 12 games under .500 with Monday's defeat, and are trying to avoid losing three straight games for the first time since Dec. 21-26.

"Our guys battled, though, playing against two good teams," Chicago interim coach Jim Boylan said. "Now we're going to Indiana and try to take something from these games and go up play a division rival and a team that's right there with us chasing the playoffs."

The Bulls and Pacers have split their first two meetings, each team winning at home.

Chicago lost 117-102 at Conseco Fieldhouse on Dec. 12 - hardly a surprising outcome. The Bulls have dropped 17 of their last 19 games in Indiana since Michael Jordan retired in 1998.

The Bulls haven't played well anywhere on the road of late, losing four straight and 10 of 13 away from the United Center.

On Monday, Kirk Hinrich was ejected after getting two technical fouls in a matter of seconds late in the first half, and finished with no points in 11 minutes. Hinrich, though, had one of the best games of his career in Chicago's 108-95 win over Indiana on Jan. 23, recording a career-high 38 points with 10 assists and seven rebounds.

Ben Gordon had 25 points against Dallas after scoring a season-low five on 2-of-11 shooting in Sunday's loss to Houston. Gordon, the team leader with 20.0 points per game, is averaging 25.8 in his last four games against the Pacers.

Drew Gooden scored 17 points and Larry Hughes had 14 on Monday in their second game with the Bulls since arriving from Cleveland last week. With the Cavaliers this season, Gooden averaged 15.7 points and 9.0 rebounds in three games against the Pacers, while Hughes averaged 27.5 points in two games.

As poorly as the Bulls have played on the road of late, the Pacers have been nearly as bad at Conseco, losing eight of their last 10 there.

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Bulls win 113-107

Hughes with 29 pts, Gooden 10 pts, 15 reb

Great game by the new guys.