Posted December 18th, 2008 by Jake
The Bulls were down by four with about 20.5 seconds left in regulation, when Ben Grodon threw up a three and was fouled.
Gordon was able to hit the and he hit the free throw to convert the four point play. This sent the game into OT at 106-106.
Ben Gordon had this to say about his clutch 3-pointer:
“I just got a little freedom on that pick by Drew (Gooden). I just drived to shoot it and fortunately Eric Gordon grabbed my arm and I was able to finish.”
The Bulls fell behind in OT early, when the Clippers hit a three.
Then Luol Deng hit back to back jumpers to give the Bulls a 110-109 lead.
Then with 1:09 left Andres Nocioni he took a charge from Zach Randolph which set up the best play of the game.
Derrick Rose a rookie from Memphis drove to the lane made the shot and was fouled. He converted the three point play with 42 seconds left.
That is just clutch!
The Clippers struggled to score at the end, thus the Bulls won 115-109.
Nocioni and Gordon lead the Bulls in scoring with 22 points each.
Tyrus Thomas left early in the first quarter with a concussion.
All quotes from Yahoo Sports.
Posted December 16th, 2008 by Jake
The Bulls will play the Charlotte Bobcats who are 7-18. The Bulls look to get to the.500 mark with their record at 11-12 at the moment.
Posted November 26th, 2008 by Jake
Last night Derrick Rose took a shot win time was running out he missed, and Larry Hughes got the rebound and the bucket to win the game. Derrick Rose had a great game with 25 pts, and 9 ast. The other starts did pretty will also Gordon had 15 pts, Hughes had 16 pts, 18 pts 6 rebs, and Noah had 6 pts, and 7 rebs. Deng had a bad game with only 2 pts. The Bulls strongest bench players were Gray with 8 pts 4 rebs, and Thomas with 2 pts 8 rebs. The Bulls improved to 7-8, and there next game is at San Antonio tommorrow
Posted November 25th, 2008 by Jake
The starters last night for the Bulls did pretty well. Derrick Rose put up 15 pts and 6 ast, Ben Gordon had 28 pts along with 5 ast, Noah had 2 pts 9 rebs, Gooden had 21 pts 6 reb and Hughes dropped 13 ps. Gray- 8 pts 6 rebs, Hunter- 5 pts, Thomas- 4 pts, Sefolosha- 4 reb 0 pts., and Nocioni- 5 pts. Deng and Simmons did not play in the game. The Bulls could not stop the Carmelo Anthony, Martin, Nene, and Billups. Anthony had 21 pts, 8 ast, and 13 rebs. Martin had 26 pts, and Nene and Billups had another 21 pts.
The Bulls were down by four with about 20.5 seconds left in regulation, when Ben Grodon threw up a three and was fouled.
