Game #28 - Bulls @ Pacers - Game Thread

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Game 28, Road Game 13
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 – 6:00 PM CT
Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Comcast SportsNet / ESPN 1000 AM

BULLS VS. PACERS ALL-TIME
ALL-TIME ..................... Bulls lead 86-75
BULLS CURRENT STREAK ...... 1 Loss
BULLS HOME STREAK ............. 1 Loss
BULLS ROAD STREAK ............... 1 Win

BULLS VS. PACERS THIS SEASON
Dec. 4 @ Chicago – PACERS WON 80-76
Dec. 26 @ Indiana –
Mar. 3 @ Indiana –
Mar. 23 @ Chicago –

LAST FIVE BULLS GAMES
Dec. 25 vs Rockets L 97-120
Dec. 22 @ Hawks L 75-92
Dec. 21 @ Knicks W 110-106
Dec. 18 vs Celtics W 100-89
Dec. 17 @ Grizzlies L 71-80

Game Notes



Chicago Bulls (15-12)
Home 8-7
Road 7-5

Bulls Averages:
PPG: 92.9 (Opp: 92.1)
RPG: 42.85 (Opp: 40.15)
APG: 22.4 (Opp: 18.7)
SPG: 7.22 (Opp: 8.11)
BPG: 5.04 (Opp: 5.37)
TO: 15.41 (Opp: 14.04)
FG%: .441 (Opp: .431)
FT%: .808 (Opp: .770)
3p%: .345 (Opp: .330)

Probable Bulls starters


Kirk Hinrich - PG -
Marco Belinelli - SG -
Luol Deng - SF -
Carlos Boozer - PF -
Joakim Noah - C -

Bulls Stats Leaders
Points: Deng 17.7, Boozer 13.9
Rebounds: Noah 10.6, Boozer 9.2
Assists: Hinrich 5.3, Noah 4.4
Steals: Noah 1.37, Deng 0.93
Blocks: Noah 2.15, Gibson 1.00

FG%: Butler .519, Noah .487
FT%: Hamilton .930, Belinelli .884
3FG%: Belinelli .408, Hamilton .375

Injury report
Richard Hamilton (torn plantar fascia in left foot) is day-to-day
Derrick Rose (left knee) is out.

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



Indiana Pacers (16-12)
Home 8-3
Road 8-9

Probable Pacers starters

George Hill - PG
Lance Stephenson - SG
Paul George - SF
David West - PF
Roy Hibbert - C

Injury report
Danny Granger, sore left knee, out
Gerald Green, sprained ankle, day-to-day
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[King Joseus]

Hopefully this goes better than the last one.

[Dornado]

Exactly... showing up for 48 minutes would be nice.

[Firefight]

Kinda glad I missed the Houston game last night...from looking at the box score, it appears I would of just been put in a bad mood. Looks like we couldn't slow anyone down with the way the Houston Rockets starters were shooting/scoring.

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[Dornado]

Jeremy Lin was just freely running past Hinrich and Robinson... our perimeter defense was brutal and our interior defense wasn't much better. Then we went small which was good from an offensive perspective but made our defensive rotations even worse... Chandler Parsons and James Harden seemed to do what they want when they wanted too.

Omer Asik dominated the boards and the paint defensively, and that isn't an exaggeration.

And Harden has become the new Wade offensively, in the sense that he just runs into guys and gets the call 90% of the time.

It was ugly.

[R-Star]

Pacers bro.