@ http://www.nba.com/bulls/gameday/141125_CHIDEN CHICAGO BULLS (9-5) @ DENVER NUGGETS (6-7) Game 15, Road Game 10 Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014 – 8:00 PM CT Pepsi Center ComCast SportsNet / ESPN 1000 AM/WRTO-AM Game Notes Chicago Bulls (9-5) Home 2-3 Road 7-2 Bulls Season Averages: PPG: 99.9 (Opp: 97.9) RPG: 42.3 (Opp: 43.9) APG: 22.1 (Opp: 22.0) SPG: 6.36 (Opp: 7.14) BPG: 5.64 (Opp: 4.71) TO: 13.9 (Opp: 12.6) FG%: .460 (Opp: .443) FT%: .372 (Opp: .356) 3p%: .736 (Opp: .750) Probable Bulls starters Derrick Rose - PG - Jimmy Butler - SG - Mike Dunleavy - SF - Pau Gasol - PF - Joakim Noah - C - Bulls Stats Leaders Points: Butler 20.8, Gasol 19.0 Rebounds: Gasol 10.5, Noah 9.2 Assists: Rose 5.4, Noah 4.3 Steals: Butler 1.67, Hinrich 1.17 Blocks: Gasol 2.45, Noah 1.25 FG%: Gibson .546, Butler .497 FT%: Butler .805, Rose .789 3FG%: Brooks .465, Mirotic .406 Injury report Taj Gibson - Out Kirk Hinrich - Doubtful For a full report and the latest on Bulls' injuries, check out the AthletiCo Injury Report. Denver Nuggets (6-5) Home 3-3 Road 3-4 Probable Nuggets starters Ty Lawson - PG Arron Afflalo - SG Wilson Chandler - SF Kenneth Faried - PF Timofey Mozgov - C Injury report KENNETH FARIED – Right Ankle Sprain. Probable. JAVALE MCGEE – Left Low Leg Strain. Doubtful. RANDY FOYE – Right Vastus Lateralis Strain. Out. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
K.C. Johnson @KCJHoop New injury update: Noah questionable vs. Nuggets with that eye injury and left knee. That's the one Bulls surgically repaired.
Going into tonights game we are 12th in the league in scoring. 16th in rebounding 10th in assists per game 12th in opp pts per game.
Assuming Noah is out.... Mirotic / Gasol at the 4/5 is a way, way different look than the board crashing, hard nosed D we're used to seeing from Gibson / Noah. Will be interesting if the Bulls can win the battle of the boards.
Sun-Times Basketball @suntimes_hoops A quick medical update on Noah, and why you should be concerned. He's out with left knee effusion ... water on the knee.
Chicago Bulls Nikola Mirotic is averaging 17.5 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 48.0% FG, 44.4% 3PT per 36 minutes when he plays over 17 minutes a game so far this season. Mirotic also ranks in at #2 on the Bulls for Defensive Rating Stats. Everything is looking good so far with Nikola Mirotic. Keep in mind the Bulls drafted both Nikola Mirotic and Jimmy Butler late in the 2011 NBA Draft in arguably the Bulls best draft since the 80s. https://www.facebook.com/chicagobullsrumors?fref=nf
My hat is off to Joe Cowley. Knee effusion at this point in the season is entirely consistent with his article of a few weeks ago. This sucks, but it is what it is. Sent from my Venue 8 Pro 5830 using Tapatalk
Sun-Times Basketball @suntimes_hoops Bairstow gets the nod. Expect some physical play. Fred B. Mitchell @kicker34 Cameron Bairstow starting in place of Joakim Noah.
Noah's numbers are OK, but he's clearly not close to the player he was before the surgery. I was hoping he'd play through it and get better.
