Game #38 - Bulls @ Raptors - Game Thread

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Game 37, Road Game 16
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 – 6:00 PM CT
Air Canada Centre
Comcast SportsNet / ESPN 1000 AM

BULLS VS. RAPTORS ALL-TIME
ALL-TIME ................... Bulls Lead 35-28
BULLS CURRENT STREAK ..... 4 Wins
BULLS HOME STREAK ............ 4 Wins
BULLS ROAD STREAK ............... 1 Win

BULLS VS. RAPTORS THIS SEASON
Jan. 16 @ Toronto –
April 9 @ Chicago –
April 12 @ Toronto –

LAST FIVE BULLS GAMES
Jan. 14 vs Hawks W 97-58
Jan. 12 vs Suns L 81-97
Jan. 11 @ Knicks W 108-101
Jan. 09 vs Bucks L 96-104
Jan. 07 vs Cavaliers W 118-92

Game Notes



Chicago Bulls (21-15)
Home 11-10
Road 10-5

Bulls Averages:
PPG: 93.6 (Opp: 91.4)
RPG: 43.61 (Opp: 40.58)
APG: 22.8 (Opp: 18.5)
SPG: 7.42 (Opp: 7.81)
BPG: 5.28 (Opp: 5.67)
TO: 14.89 (Opp: 14.31)
FG%: .439 (Opp: .430)
FT%: .789 (Opp: .756)
3p%: .361 (Opp: .342)

Probable Bulls starters


Kirk Hinrich - PG -
Richard Hamilton - SG -
Luol Deng - SF -
Carlos Boozer - PF -
Joakim Noah - C -

Bulls Stats Leaders
Points: Deng 17.8, Boozer 15.5
Rebounds: Noah 10.6, Boozer 9.7
Assists: Hinrich 5.4, Noah 4.1
Steals: Noah 1.29, Deng 1.08
Blocks: Noah 2.06, Gibson 1.25

FG%: Butler .496, Gibson .483
FT%: Hamilton .906, Robinson .849
3FG%: Belinelli .402, Robinson .395

Injury report
Derrick Rose (left knee) is out.

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



Toronto Raptors (14-24)
Home 10-8
Road 4-16

Probable Raptors starters

Jose Calderon - PG
DeMar DeRozan - SG
Landry Fields - SF
Ed Davis - PF
Amir Johnson - C

Injury report
Linas Kleiza - Day-to-day - Sore right knee
Andrea Bargnani - Out - Torn right elbow ligament & strained right wrist
Jonas Valanciunas - Out - Fractured metacarpal on right ring finger
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[Dornado]

I hope to watch this one live tonight... hopefully some of you can join me in the game thread.

[AllRim]

Man, my poor Raptors are going to get smashed again. The best I can hope for is a couple Ross highlight dunks.

[mvP to the Wee]

Carlos has been excellent in 2013

[taco_daddy]

Originally Posted by mvP to the Wee

Carlos has been excellent in 2013

Long live the Booze!

[yodurk]

Nice to snag a win. But our defense really stunk in the 2nd half. Taj and Noah are usually stellar defensively together but it seemed they were both a step slow with the help defense. Kirk was over aggressive and Nate Robinson continues to be a liability on that end of the floor. Would've liked to see some Marquis Teague to try slowing Lowry down, he was taking Nate to school.

Clutch OT shot by Deng, great to see. Booz was beasting.

This is one of those games where D-Rose would've turned it into a 30-pt blowout. Our lack of consistently good PG play is hurting us more than anything these days.