Bulls Win Behind Deng's Big Game
Luol Deng came out firing scoring 11 of his 31 points in the first quarter. Usually Deng going off big in the first quarter is a bad sign of things to come because he disappears the rest of the game, but not tonight. Deng also had 9 rebounds to go along with his 4 blocks.
The Bulls lead by 19 after the first and by as many as 23 at one point only to see that lead vanish after the Pacers hit 6 of 10 shots behind the arc during the second quarter. Bulls managed to keep the lead and went into the half with a 58-54 lead. They were able to extend their lead to 13 after three and held on to win 120-110 in a game they had to win against a very bad Pacer team.
Derrick Rose was lights out as usual nearly getting a triple double with 23 points 9 rebounds and 8 assists and had some highlight real plays late in the 4th which included a huge alley-oop dunk over A.J. Price of the Pacers who a few players before got his hands on a ball Derrick mishandled and drove down the court only to see his shot get blocked and taken away by Rose.. Kirk Hinrich's improved shooting continues as he scored 14 points on 6 of 8 shooting including 2-3 behind the arc.
Flip Murray also had another solid game scoring 16 on a poor shooting night but he was able to get to the line 10 times making 8 free throws. Hakim Warrick had his worse game as a ball failing to score in double digits for the first time in four games while only grabbing 1 board in 15 minutes of time. Taj Gibson registered another double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Joakim Noah's play continued to be monitored only playing 7 minutes once again.
Bulls play again at home on Friday taking on the Portland Trailblazers.
Alexander watch...... Now stands at 4. Joe Alexander still has yet to see any playing time since joining the team at the trading deadline. If this continues my over/under bet looks pretty good. Maybe I can even lower it to his old number or maybe instead of points how about minutes player?
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