Archive for December, 2011

Bulls 114, Clippers 101 LOS ANGELES — Winning two games in convincing fashion in the same building on different nights against similar teams is one way to have a road trip. The Bulls dominated the Clippers and finished their road trip two games above average and head home with their chins high. But tonight it wasn’t all Bulls, the Clippers, had they been playing another team, may have run them out of the building thanks to one man in particular. OVERALL — F Blake Griffin (34pts, 13rebs, 3asts) He’s not a Bulls, but it’s hard not to give Blake Griffin [...]

Bulls 114 ,Clippers 101 — FINAL LOS ANGELES — The Bulls were looking for their first back-to-back wins of the season and they got it in the building they started the season and against perhaps an equally talented team. Derrick Rose and company brought the hate to close out their West Coast road trip against the Clippers, pounding them into the ground to finish their road trip 3-1. Rose had his first amazing game of the year hitting total of 26 points and totaling 15 assists and earning his first double-double of this abbreviated season. Joakim Noah and Luol Deng both posted big games in the [...]

LOS ANGELES, CA– Chicago Bulls (2-1) at Los Angeles Clippers (1-1) Location: Staple Center, Los Angeles, CA Time: 9:30PMCST/10:30PM EST TV: WGN/NBA TV Radio: ESPN 1000 Announcers: Neil Funk, Stacey King Line: Bulls by 2 Injury Report/Inactives: CHICAGO — No Injuries Reported LOS ANGELES — PF Reggie Evans (Day-to-Day) Key Matchup: Derrick Rose vs. Chris Paul Last Game: Bulls beat Kings 108-98, Clippers lost to Spurs 115-90 Last Meeting: February 2, 2011 – Bulls 106, Clippers 88 Series History (Since 2002-03): Clippers lead series  12-6 Last Minute Preview: With Chicago rebounding nicely against the Kings last night, they will look to improve that streak and post their first back-to-back wins of the season. [...]

Bulls 60, Kings 53 — HALFTIME SACRAMENTO — The Bulls are rebounding nicely from their bust of a game against the Golden State Warriors two days ago. Derrick Rose is fired up, leading all scoring with 11 points. Speaking of rebounding, the Bulls have managed a pretty good game in the paint with 21 total rebounds. But it’s who is getting them that is the surprise. Joakim Noah, the man usually on good end of that stat, has just a single rebound. Instead it’s the oft-critized Carlos Boozer who is leading in rebounding with nine. In terms of the game itself, [...]

Bulls 88, Lakers 87 Derrick Rose hit a jumper with 4.8 left in the game to propel the Bulls past the Lakers on opening day. It was a stunner to some, but to the city of Chicago it was business as usual. Rose may have done MVP things at the end of the game, but it wasn’t all him in the game. He didn’t have any points in the first quarter and the way the team rallied showed their resilience. Here are three guys who were instrumental in getting the Bulls their opening day win in Los Angeles. OVERALL — [...]

Bulls 88, Lakers 87 — FINAL LOS ANGELES — After many abysmal shots in the second half, the Bulls tried to comeback and that’s exactly what they did. Like so many times before it was Luol Deng drawing fouls, hitting free throws and Derrick Rose was left to hit the game winning bucket to propel the Bulls over the Lakers on opening day 88-87. “It’s one big shot after the next. And it’s been that way certainly all last year and starting this year. He’s something.” said head coach Tom Thibodeau. The Bulls started the game out sluggish, then they [...]

Bulls 56, Lakers 49 — HALFTIME LOS ANGELES — The Chicago Bulls finally have started their 2011-12 quest for a seventh NBA title and they do it in Los Angeles against the Lakers and all their history. But in the here and the now these two teams look elite. The Lakers look like — well the Lakers. But the Bulls look like an elite defense with a mediocre offense. They started out sluggish on offense with Derrick Rose attempting one shot all first quarter and he missed it. That’s right the reigning MVP scored zero points in the first quarter [...]

LOS ANGELES, CA– Chicago Bulls (0-0) at Los Angeles Lakers (0-0) Location: Staple Center, Los Angeles, CA Time: 4:00PM CT/5:00PM ET TV: ABC Radio: ESPN 1000 Announcers: Mike Tirico, Hubbie Brown Line: Bulls by 4 Injury Report/Inactives: CHICAGO — No Injuries Reported LOS ANGELES — C Andrew Bynum (Suspension, Out), PF Derrick Character (Knee, Doubtful), SG Kobe Bryant (Wrist, Game Time Decision) Key Matchup: Kobe Bryant vs. Richard Hamilton Last Game: Bulls lost to Heat 83-80, Lakers lost to Mavericks 122-86 Last Meeting: December 10, 2010 — Bulls 88, Lakers 84 Series History (Since 2002-03): Lakers lead series 13-5 Last Minute Preview: Here it is folks, the time we’ve [...]

Bulls vs. Lakers

CHICAGO — It’s almost here and that means it’s prediction time for the 2011-12 NBA season. Last season was one heck of a ride from the MVP ride Derrick Rose took to the drama surrounding the Miami Heat to the Dallas Mavericks finally winning the NBA title, 2010-11 was one crazy season. But after the uncertainty of this season and all of the drama that has ensued before the season has even started promises that this season, albeit shorter then the last, may surpass it in glory. Here are the official 2011-12 NBA Predictions as according to Pippen Ain’t Easy. [...]