GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NBA: ATLANTA (5-7) at CHICAGO (2-10)

Re: NBA: ATLANTA (5-7) at CHICAGO (2-10)

I've missed the alley oop for two years now</p>

 

Re: NBA: ATLANTA (5-7) at CHICAGO (2-10)

I would have traded a fair amount to get Horford on the Bulls</p>

 

Re: NBA: ATLANTA (5-7) at CHICAGO (2-10)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (such sweet thunder)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MikeDC)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

I've missed the alley oop for two years now</p>

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I usually convert on that, provided the pass to me is high enough.</div></p>

You have to hit the trampoline just right too!</p>

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NBA: ATLANTA at CHICAGO

<div class="pre">NBA ATLANTA 78
CHICAGO 90 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: ATLANTA at CHICAGO

<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ATLANTA 17 13 21 27 78
CHICAGO 13 21 36 20 90 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: ATL - JOE JOHNSON 21, JOSH SMITH 12, SALIM
STOUDAMIRE 10
CHI - LUOL DENG 22, BEN GORDON 21, ANDRES
NOCIONI 11</div>

 

NBA: ATLANTA at CHICAGO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NBA
ATLANTA 78
CHICAGO 90 FINAL</div>

 

Re: NBA: ATLANTA (5-7) at CHICAGO (2-10)

I wonder if Skiles has the gustos to bench Kirk. Its the right move to make. I wonder what Hinrich's reaction would be. Would it fire him up? Would it crush his last shreds of confidence and send him in a spiral out of the league? To Steve Francis-ville? Will he sit there and pout, and not take it like a Gordon, even though he is the captain of the team, and supposed to show leadership.</p>

 

By Bruce Levine
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


CHICAGO (Ticker) -- The Atlanta Hawks continue to be a punchingbag for the Chicago Bulls.


Luol Deng scored eight of his 22 points in a big third quarteras the Bulls breezed by the Hawks, 90-78, on Tuesday.

Ben Gordon also had 11 of his 21 points right after halftime forChicago, which has beaten Atlanta 12 straight times.

The Bulls snapped a four-game losing streak and were happy to behome after going 1-5 on their annual road trip near thebeginning of the season when the circus comes to the UnitedCenter for two weeks.


Leading, 34-30, at the half, Chicago outscored Atlanta, 36-21,in the third to take a 70-51 lead into the final period.

Deng, who left the game briefly in the second quarter afterbeing poked in the eye, connected on 3-of-4 in the quarter asBulls went on a 17-6 run to build their lead to 53-38 with 5:49remaining.


Gordon scored seven points in the last 2 1/2 minutes of theperiod to help push Chicago's lead to 19 after three quarters.

The Bulls, who shot 33 percent before halftime, finished at 39percent (35-of-89) from the field - slightly above of theirNBA-low 38 percent entering this contest.


Chris Duhon also scored nine of his 11 points in the third forChicago, which hasn't lost to Atlanta since April 9, 2004.

Joe Johnson scored 21 points and Josh Smith scored 12 for theHawks, who shot 40 percent (27-of-68) from the floor and weretrying for their first three-game road sweep since April 9-12,1997.

 

NBA: ATLANTA at CHICAGO

<div class="pre">ATLANTA (78)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
A Johnson 21:44 3-4 1-2 0-3 1 4 7
J Johnson 34:00 7-18 5-6 0-1 5 4 21
M Williams 25:04 1-5 5-6 0-3 1 4 7
J Smith 38:05 2-14 7-10 1-7 4 0 12
A Hoford 33:52 4-7 0-1 4-14 0 3 8
J Childress 39:19 4-7 1-1 4-5 2 3 9
T Lue 15:51 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 2
S Stoudamire 10:17 4-6 1-2 0-0 1 1 10
Z Pachulia 8:20 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
S Williams 5:41 0-1 0-0 1-1 0 0 0
S Jones 3:36 0-0 0-2 1-2 0 0 0
M West 4:11 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 2 2

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 27-68 20-30 11-37 14 22 78
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.397, FT-.667. 3-Point Goals:
4-11, .364 (J Johnson 2-3, J Smith 1-3, J
Childress 0-1, T Lue 0-2, S Stoudamire 1-2).
Team Rebounds: 7. Blocked Shots:9 (J Smith 6,
A Johnson, A Hoford, J Childress).
Turnovers:16 (J Childress 4, A Johnson 3, M
Williams 3, T Lue, A Hoford, S Jones, J
Smith, Z Pachulia, J Johnson). Steals: 7 (A
Johnson 3, J Childress 2, M Williams, A
Hoford).


CHICAGO (90)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
K Hinrich 16:46 2-7 0-0 0-0 3 4 4
B Gordon 41:28 8-19 2-2 1-6 3 3 21
T Thomas 20:06 3-10 2-3 4-12 2 3 8
L Deng 31:03 10-20 2-3 6-9 2 1 22
B Wallace 36:40 3-8 0-2 4-12 2 1 6
C Duhon 26:20 3-7 4-4 2-2 7 3 11
A Nocioni 20:47 4-6 2-2 1-8 0 4 11
J Noah 17:31 1-6 3-4 3-7 2 5 5
T Sefolosha 14:59 1-2 0-0 1-1 0 1 2
J Smith 10:45 0-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 0
A Gray 3:35 0-2 0-2 1-1 0 0 0

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 35-89 15-22 24-60 21 25 90
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.393, FT-.682. 3-Point Goals:
5-13, .385 (K Hinrich 0-1, B Gordon 3-9, L
Deng 0-1, C Duhon 1-1, A Nocioni 1-1). Team
Rebounds: 8. Blocked Shots:3 (J Smith, B
Wallace, J Noah). Turnovers:15 (B Gordon 5, K
Hinrich 2, A Nocioni 2, L Deng 2, T Sefolosha
2, C Duhon, J Noah). Steals: 7 (J Noah 2, B
Gordon, B Wallace, T Sefolosha, T Thomas, L
Deng).

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ATLANTA 17 13 21 27 - 78
CHICAGO 13 21 36 20 - 90
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Technical fouls: Atlanta - 2 (J Smith, 4:28
4th; J Johnson, 10:41 4th). Chicago - 1
(Defensive Three, 8:26 1st).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 21,826. T: 2:18.
Officials: Bob Delaney, Ely Roe, Monty
McCutchen.</div>

 

NBA: ATLANTA at CHICAGO

<div class="pre">ATLANTA (78) AT CHICAGO (90)

ATLANTA

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

A JOHNSON G 21:44 3-4 1-2 0 3 3 1 4 3 3 7
J JOHNSON G 34:00 7-18 5-6 0 1 1 5 4 0 1 21
M WILLIAMS F 25:04 1-5 5-6 0 3 3 1 4 1 3 7
J SMITH F 38:05 2-14 7-10 1 6 7 4 0 0 1 12
A HOFORD C 33:52 4-7 0-1 4 10 14 0 3 1 1 8
J CHILDRESS 39:19 4-7 1-1 4 1 5 2 3 2 4 9
T LUE 15:51 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
S STOUDAMIRE 10:17 4-6 1-2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10
Z PACHULIA 8:20 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
S WILLIAMS 5:41 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
S JONES 3:36 0-0 0-2 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
M WEST 4:11 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2

TOTALS 240:00 27-68 20-30 11 26 37 14 22 7 16 78
(.397) (.667) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 16 (0 PTS)

CHICAGO

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

K HINRICH G 16:46 2-7 0-0 0 0 0 3 4 0 2 4
B GORDON G 41:28 8-19 2-2 1 5 6 3 3 1 5 21
T THOMAS F 20:06 3-10 2-3 4 8 12 2 3 1 0 8
L DENG F 31:03 10-20 2-3 6 3 9 2 1 1 2 22
B WALLACE C 36:40 3-8 0-2 4 8 12 2 1 1 0 6
C DUHON 26:20 3-7 4-4 2 0 2 7 3 0 1 11
A NOCIONI 20:47 4-6 2-2 1 7 8 0 4 0 2 11
J NOAH 17:31 1-6 3-4 3 4 7 2 5 2 1 5
T SEFOLOSHA 14:59 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2
J SMITH 10:45 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
A GRAY 3:35 0-2 0-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

TOTALS 240:00 35-89 15-22 24 36 60 21 25 7 15 90
(.393) (.682) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 16 (0 PTS)

ATLANTA 17 13 21 27 - 78
CHICAGO 13 21 36 20 - 90

BLOCKED SHOTS: ATLANTA - J SMITH 6, A JOHNSON, A HOFORD, J CHILDRESS.
CHICAGO - J SMITH, B WALLACE, J NOAH.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: ATLANTA 4-11 (.364), J JOHNSON 2-3, J SMITH 1-3,
J CHILDRESS 0-1, T LUE 0-2, S STOUDAMIRE 1-2. CHICAGO 5-13 (.385),
K HINRICH 0-1, B GORDON 3-9, L DENG 0-1, C DUHON 1-1, A NOCIONI 1-
1.
TECHNICAL FOULS: ATLANTA - J SMITH, J JOHNSON. CHICAGO - DEFENSIVE
THREE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: BOB DELANEY, ELY ROE, MONTY MCCUTCHEN.
A - 21,826. T - 2:18.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">ATLANTA (78) AT CHICAGO (90)

ATLANTA

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

A JOHNSON G 21:44 3-4 1-2 0 3 3 1 4 3 3 7
J JOHNSON G 34:00 7-18 5-6 0 1 1 5 4 0 1 21
M WILLIAMS F 25:04 1-5 5-6 0 3 3 1 4 1 3 7
J SMITH F 38:05 2-14 7-10 1 6 7 4 0 0 1 12
A HOFORD C 33:52 4-7 0-1 4 10 14 0 3 1 1 8
J CHILDRESS 39:19 4-7 1-1 4 1 5 2 3 2 4 9
T LUE 15:51 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
S STOUDAMIRE 10:17 4-6 1-2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10
Z PACHULIA 8:20 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
S WILLIAMS 5:41 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
S JONES 3:36 0-0 0-2 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
M WEST 4:11 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2

TOTALS 240:00 27-68 20-30 11 26 37 14 22 7 16 78
(.397) (.667) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 16 (15 PTS)

CHICAGO

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

K HINRICH G 16:46 2-7 0-0 0 0 0 3 4 0 2 4
B GORDON G 41:28 8-19 2-2 1 5 6 3 3 1 5 21
T THOMAS F 20:06 3-10 2-3 4 8 12 2 3 1 0 8
L DENG F 31:03 10-20 2-3 6 3 9 2 1 1 2 22
B WALLACE C 36:40 3-8 0-2 4 8 12 2 1 1 0 6
C DUHON 26:20 3-7 4-4 2 0 2 7 3 0 1 11
A NOCIONI 20:47 4-6 2-2 1 7 8 0 4 0 2 11
J NOAH 17:31 1-6 3-4 3 4 7 2 5 2 1 5
T SEFOLOSHA 14:59 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2
J SMITH 10:45 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
A GRAY 3:35 0-2 0-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
A GRIFFIN DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 35-89 15-22 24 36 60 21 25 7 15 90
(.393) (.682) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 16 (17 PTS)

ATLANTA 17 13 21 27 - 78
CHICAGO 13 21 36 20 - 90

BLOCKED SHOTS: ATLANTA - J SMITH 6, A JOHNSON, A HOFORD, J CHILDRESS.
CHICAGO - J SMITH, B WALLACE, J NOAH.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: ATLANTA 4-11 (.364), J JOHNSON 2-3, J SMITH 1-3,
J CHILDRESS 0-1, T LUE 0-2, S STOUDAMIRE 1-2. CHICAGO 5-13 (.385),
K HINRICH 0-1, B GORDON 3-9, L DENG 0-1, C DUHON 1-1, A NOCIONI 1-
1.
TECHNICAL FOULS: ATLANTA - J SMITH, J JOHNSON. CHICAGO - DEFENSIVE
THREE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: BOB DELANEY, ELY ROE, MONTY MCCUTCHEN.
A - 21,826. T - 2:18.</div>