November 1988
11.1.88: vs Sacramento (0-0). The Bulls open with the Kings at home, and obliterate them, 124-100. If this is the Jack we’re going to see this year, watch out. Here is the line from that game. That’s all I’ll say. The rest of the team was what you’d expect, but Cruz was somewhat encouraging…even if he did have six turnovers. The Kings have some good pieces. Charles Hansel shooting just 2-15 was a surprise; he’s coming off a big contract signing. Perhaps he’s feeling the pressure.
Record: 1-0
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Chicago 124, Sacramento 100 - 11/1/1988
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1 2 3 4 T Sacramento Leaders Chicago Leaders
SAC 25 28 27 20 100 Points: Federigo Mora 20 Points: Jack Dawkins 49
CHI 36 32 30 26 124 Rebounds: Federigo Mora 7 Rebounds: Jack Dawkins 14
Assists: Owen Cruz 7 Assists: Jack Dawkins 10
Sacramento (0-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Federigo Mora C 35 10-16 0-0 0-0 1 7 1 1 2 1 1 -25 20
Grant Crites PF 33 7-14 0-0 4-4 0 2 1 2 1 1 4 -22 18
Gerardo Sand SF 30 6-13 0-1 0-0 2 3 5 1 0 3 4 -30 12
Charles Hansel SG 35 2-15 0-1 4-7 1 3 5 1 0 2 2 -30 8
Owen Cruz PG 35 3-9 1-2 9-9 1 5 7 3 0 1 1 -25 16
Roger Snelling C 13 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 4 2 0 1 0 1 1 2
Richard Lara SF 18 3-7 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 6
Calvin Ramos PF 15 4-7 0-0 2-4 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 -2 10
Enoch Flores SG 13 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 6 2
Joel Denman PG 13 3-8 0-2 0-0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 6
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
39-92 1-8 21-26 9 29 25 12 6 9 19 100
42.4% 12.5% 80.8%
Chicago (1-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/- Pts
Gayle Cruz C 35 5-6 0-0 0-0 2 8 3 1 0 6 3 25 10
Joshua Jones PF 35 10-19 1-3 2-2 1 9 3 0 1 2 2 30 23
Jack Dawkins SF 35 20-22 2-2 7-8 1 14 10 3 3 3 1 25 49
Gregory Escalera SG 34 5-12 0-0 0-0 0 6 4 0 0 1 3 9 10
Josh Whitman PG 19 4-7 1-2 0-0 0 0 4 0 0 2 4 17 9
Nicky Lopez SF 22 2-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 15 4
Sheldon Maurer PF 13 2-6 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -6 6
Edward Shank C 13 3-4 0-1 1-2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 -1 7
Felicien Delahaye PG 30 2-3 1-1 0-0 0 3 4 0 0 2 2 7 5
Jesus Brawner SG 5 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 -1 1
Totals Fgm-a 3pm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Pts
53-85 5-9 13-16 5 46 33 4 7 21 18 124
Game Summary:
Game Stats SAC CHI
Halftime Score 53 68
FGM-FGA 39-92 53-85
FG% .424 .624
FTM-FTA 21-26 13-16
FT% .808 .813
3PM-3PA 1-8 5-9
3P% .125 .556
Rebounds 29 46
Assists 25 33
Steals 12 4
Blocks 6 7
Turnovers 9 21
Team Fouls 19 18
11.2.88: at Detroit (1-0). The Pistons took it to the Bulls. This feels like it may be the Warriors of the late 80s. Thomas Henderson, who got paid in the offseason, scored 28, as did reigning scoring champion Brian Crawford (who added 9 boards and 7 assists), as the Pistons beat the Bulls, 132-125. PG Michael Drake added 25 and 10 assists, while Stevie Michaelson added 21. Joshua Jones scored 39 (15-24 FG) and 10 boards, while Jack had 28-7-19. Nineteen assists is an absurd number. For the record, the record is Silas Shiflett, who posted 29 assists for Detroit on April 2, 1960. I will have to go get that boxscore sometime.
Record: 1-1
11.6.88: at Washington (2-1). Oh boy. If this is any indication of this season, it’s going to be a rough one. The Bullets, who haven’t beaten the Bulls since who knows when, got 32 points from sudden second-year star Kelly Williams, as they beat the Bulls, 108-102. Lamont Cioffi added 28 points and 11 boards, while Jon McElroy added 16. In a various curious game, Ahmed Robson went scoreless, but added 12 assists. He had no rebounds, and went 0-5 from the field. Very curious line from him. Jack had a 42-6-10-5-4 line, but got little help; three players—Jones, Cruz, and Josh Whitman—contributed 12 each.
Record: 1-2
11.10.88: vs Detroit (5-0). The Pistons are red hot. Or were. The Bulls ended their own two-game losing streak, and the Pistons’ five-game run, with a 119-103 victory. Jack’s 35-11-7 with four steals paved the way, while Jones added 25-9-3, and Cruz 22 and six boards. Not sure he should be taking sixteen shots in a game, but he hit. Second-year man Sheldon Maurer scored 12 points and added six boards, in just 14 minutes. That helped overcome a dreadful day by the backcourt. Bye Felicien scored six points in 14 minutes as well. Stevie Michaelson and Brian Crawford each scored 24 for the Pistons. Thomas Henderson chipped in 18.
Record: 2-2
11.11.88: vs Boston (3-2). My favorite date on the calendar (11.11) and the Bulls get the Celtics. Sounds like a good day to me. The Bulls thought so, as Jack’s 31-10-10 led them to a 112-101 win at Chicago Stadium. The Bulls closed out the C’s with a 28-16 final frame. Jones added 28-10-3, while Escalera went for 12-5-6. Maurer scored 10 off the bench, while Bye Felicien and Eddie Shank each had six, combining to go 6-7 from the field. Jules Howes led the Celtics with 25-7-6, while Brian Deese added 19 points, 14 rebounds, and nine blocks. Thomas Jones scored 16 off the bench, while big money man, David Neubauer, lived up to his season average of seven points a game. His numbers, thus far, are dreadful: 7.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.8 apg, 2.0 topg. He’s shooting 42% from the field. Think he’s feeling the pressure at all?
Record: 3-2
11.15.88: vs Phoenix (6-1). The Suns are fantastic to start the year, with a top-notch defense behind Tom Perez, Ronny Payne, and 7’1 postman Keenan Sweet. They are coming off their first loss, at Portland. The Bulls added their second L to their docket, as Jones’ 35, and Jack’s 29-7-15, allowed the Bulls to cruise, 115-93. Cruz added 12 points on 6-6 shooting, but just one rebound. Ugh. Josh Whiman, though, dished out 13 assists, against just one turnover. Overall, the Bulls tossed out 41 assists. I went and looked at the record…it appears the record is 55, set by Boston on March 14, 1962. The game sort of messed up the records, and gave Utah 72 assists in Game 7 last year. Anyway, Tony Steinmetz, the fifth-year Penn standout who is breaking out this year, scored 24. Sweet led the Suns with 25. Tom Perez, who hates playing Chicago, scored just 2 points, with five boards and seven assists.
Record: 4-2
11.16.88: at Dallas (7-1). The Mavs own the league’s best record, just a half-game ahead of Detroit. They showed why, crushing the Bulls, 124-111, in Dallas. Clemente Ellis led the Mavs with 31, but second-year revelation, PF Carl Caro, was the story. Carl Caro (how can you say his name any other way?) scored 26 and added 15 boards (8 offensive) and four assists). Dom Winkler, one of the few P/P players in the league, scored 23. The other big story was that Jack had one of his poorest offensive outputs, scoring 10 points (4-12 FG), with eight boards and 12 assists…and six turnovers. Cruz led Chicago with 27, on 13-20 shooting. Jones had 20, while Escalera added 14, and reserve guard Nicky Lopez added 13 off the bench.
Record: 4-3
Quick sidebar, as it should be noted who has either purple ability, or purple potential:
C Brian Deese, Boston (B/P)
SF Jack Dawkins, Chicago (P/P)
SF Domenic Winkler, Dallas (P/P)
SF Thomas Henderson, Detroit (B/P)
SF David Sweatt, Milwaukee (B/P; third year pro starting for the first time)
That’s the list. While going through this, I saw that the Knicks’ Joshua Morris, the one Hugh Turnage killed last year while playing with the Knicks, is now in a reserve role. He’s been replaced by second-year player, Joshua Shriver.
11.19.88: at Phoenix (6-3). The Suns snapped their three-game losing streak, beating the Bulls, 109-105. Keenan Sweet destroyed Gayle Cruz, going for 36 points and seven rebounds. He also held Cruz to ten points and just one board. Tom Perez got over his fear of Chicago to post a triple-double: 16 points, 10 boards, 10 assists. Michael Matney, the long-time Suns star, added 19, while Ronny Payne posted a 14-5-9 night…with eight turnovers. Jack’s 29-5-14 and four steals led Chicago; Jones posted 20 points and eight boards, while Escalera put up 12-4-6 and Sheldon Maurer scored 12 off the bench.
Record: 4-4
11.20.88: vs Seattle (5-4). The Bulls return home to play the surprising Sonics, they of last-place prediction by the AP. The Bulsl had trouble with Seattle, needing a 28-15 fourth quarter to put Seattle away, 122-108. Jack posted 40-12-21-3-4, simply absurd numbers. He was 15-15 from the line. Cruz added 22-7-3, while Whitman added a tidy 19-6-8 line. Jones scored 18 with five boards. PF Larry Cockrell, who came to Seattle from Phoenix after losing his starting spot a year ago (surprising because he averaged 24.2 ppg and 23.0 ppg in the previous two years) led Seattle with 22. SG Paul Marshall, who is breaking out as a star in his second year (22.0 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 5.9 apg) added 21-4-8.
Record: 5-4
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PLAYER DETAILS
#42 PF Larry Cockrell - Seattle
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Height: 6-10
Weight: 267
DOB: 1/25/1962 (26)
College: North Carolina
Hometown: Erin, TN
Exp: 4
Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: A- C B D- C- D- C- B B- D- C C- C A+ C A-
Potential: A D B D D D D B B F C D
Health: Good
Status: Active Roster
Salary: $639,052
Length: 4
Stat Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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1988 NBA SEA 10 10 35.7 23.6 1.9 6.6 1.6 1.4 1.14 1.3 0.3 3.8
1987 NBA PHX 82 0 17.7 10.0 1.0 4.0 0.8 1.0 0.81 0.6 0.3 2.0
1986 NBA PHX 80 80 35.9 23.0 1.8 7.8 1.7 2.1 0.84 1.1 0.4 3.1
1985 NBA PHX 82 82 36.5 24.2 1.4 6.6 1.6 2.5 0.63 1.1 0.3 3.3
1984 NBA PHX 76 8 23.2 12.8 1.0 4.8 0.9 1.2 0.76 0.5 0.2 2.0
Career 330 180 28.6 17.7 1.3 5.8 1.3 1.7 0.76 0.8 0.3 2.6
Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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1988 10.1 16.7 .605 3.4 4.5 .756 8.6 12.5 .688 1.5 3.7 .405 0.0 0.5 .000
1987 4.0 7.5 .535 1.8 2.4 .758 3.2 5.1 .631 0.7 2.1 .324 0.1 0.3 .423
1986 9.5 18.4 .513 4.0 5.4 .740 7.9 13.1 .603 1.4 4.8 .295 0.1 0.5 .275
1985 10.0 18.0 .559 3.9 4.9 .810 8.3 13.1 .637 1.6 4.4 .357 0.2 0.5 .302
1984 5.0 9.0 .559 2.7 3.3 .802 4.3 6.4 .667 0.7 2.3 .295 0.1 0.3 .261
Career 7.3 13.4 .542 3.1 4.0 .776 6.0 9.5 .631 1.1 3.4 .323 0.1 0.4 .299
Stat Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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1988 NBA SEA 10 10 357 236 19 66 16 14 13 3 38 -4
1987 NBA PHX 82 0 1450 820 83 325 66 81 52 22 161 34
1986 NBA PHX 80 80 2868 1842 142 621 138 165 84 33 251 -128
1985 NBA PHX 82 82 2996 1984 114 543 131 209 92 23 268 -19
1984 NBA PHX 76 8 1764 972 78 367 68 89 36 16 153 -48
Career 330 180 9435 5854 436 1922 419 558 277 97 871 -165
Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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1988 101 167 34 45 0 5
1987 331 619 147 194 11 26
1986 756 1474 319 431 11 40
1985 824 1475 323 399 13 43
1984 382 683 202 252 6 23
Career 2394 4418 1025 1321 41 137
Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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1988 NBA SEA 10 .631 1.41 7.4 6.5 21.9 5.6 14.2 9.9 0.0 -61.3 -2.0 -0.4 105.7 105.9
1987 NBA PHX 82 .582 1.32 7.8 9.5 22.8 6.7 18.9 12.9 21.0 224.4 7.5 0.4 100.1 98.9
1986 NBA PHX 80 .553 1.25 7.0 8.4 26.6 5.7 18.9 12.4 21.6 470.1 15.7 -1.6 103.5 105.4
1985 NBA PHX 82 .601 1.35 6.6 10.5 26.3 4.7 17.5 11.2 21.8 502.2 16.7 -0.2 105.0 104.4
1984 NBA PHX 76 .612 1.42 7.2 9.4 21.2 5.8 19.6 13.1 20.2 253.0 8.4 -0.6 101.9 104.5
Career 330 .586 1.33 7.0 9.3 24.7 5.6 18.4 12.1 20.5 1388.5 46.3 -0.5 103.2 104.0
Playoff Averages:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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1987 NBA PHX 5 0 17.0 7.2 0.6 4.4 0.8 1.2 0.67 1.6 0.6 2.2
1985 NBA PHX 17 17 34.1 21.4 1.4 6.1 1.5 1.4 1.13 0.6 0.2 3.4
1984 NBA PHX 5 0 20.8 8.8 0.8 3.2 0.6 1.6 0.38 0.4 0.2 1.8
Career 27 17 28.4 16.4 1.1 5.3 1.2 1.4 0.38 0.8 0.3 2.9
Playoff Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% InsM InsA In% JsM JsA Js% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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1987 3.2 6.4 .500 0.8 1.0 .800 2.8 4.4 .636 0.4 1.6 .250 0.0 0.4 .000
1985 9.2 17.3 .534 2.8 3.8 .750 7.7 12.6 .609 1.5 4.3 .342 0.1 0.4 .167
1984 4.2 8.8 .477 0.2 0.6 .333 3.0 6.2 .484 1.0 2.4 .417 0.2 0.2 1.000
Career 7.2 13.7 .524 2.0 2.7 .736 5.9 9.9 .597 1.2 3.4 .344 0.1 0.3 .222
Playoff Totals:
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Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
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1987 NBA PHX 5 0 85 36 3 22 4 6 8 3 11 68
1985 NBA PHX 17 17 579 363 24 104 26 23 11 4 57 -42
1984 NBA PHX 5 0 104 44 4 16 3 8 2 1 9 -23
Career 27 17 768 443 31 142 33 37 21 8 77 3
Playoff Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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1987 16 32 4 5 0 2
1985 157 294 48 64 1 6
1984 21 44 1 3 1 1
Career 194 370 53 72 2 9
Playoff Efficiency:
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Season LGE TEAM G TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF
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1987 NBA PHX 5 .529 1.13 9.1 13.6 20.1 4.6 20.7 14.0 13.8 4.3 0.1 13.6 113.1 73.1
1985 NBA PHX 17 .565 1.23 7.0 6.2 25.0 4.9 17.7 11.0 16.5 50.7 1.7 -2.5 104.7 107.8
1984 NBA PHX 5 .489 1.00 5.4 14.3 21.4 5.0 15.2 10.1 7.7 -4.5 -0.2 -4.6 94.9 106.6
Career 27 .552 1.20 7.0 7.8 24.0 4.9 17.8 11.3 15.0 50.4 1.7 0.1 104.3 103.9
Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 40 7 11 3 3 1 4 16 28 8 11 0 2
Playoff 34 4 10 5 4 2 3 15 23 6 8 1 1
Career 47 7 16 7 5 3 7 20 38 17 19 2 4
Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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Total Player of the Game: 44
Total Player of the Week: 4
Total All-Star Appearances: 1
Total All-League Third Team : 1
1986 NBA All-League Third Team
1985 NBA All-Star
1985 NBA Rookie Game Participant
1984 NBA All-Rookie Second Team
1981 NIT Champion
1979 High School: All-American
1979 High School: Mr. Basketball (Tennessee)
1979 High School: All-State (Tennessee)
1979 High School: Rated ***** and #6 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
11.22.88: at Utah (10-2). Cripes, this schedule is brutal to start. Utah pounded Chicago, 119-103, behind 35-10-4 from the Evil Harris Connors, and 17 from reserve forward Dalton Stillman. The 17 are a career high. Amazing. Royal Bryant added 23, 9 boards, and 7 blocks. Utah was aided by a 37-25 first quarter…but really, the 40-25 third quarter did Chicago in. Jack’s 38-10-8 led the Bulls, but his five turnovers didn’t help. He also got no help. Jones had 18 and 10 boards, while Cruz scored 10. Bye Felicien and Sheldon Maurer added nine of the bench…Bye Felicien was 3-12 from the field. He has no business taking twelve shots in a month. Warmups, by himself, at the Y…anywhere. He took twelve in a game? Alfonso Alba should be ashamed. Then again, Alba was literally hired off the street with nothing more than amateur experience, and has a 210-46 record in three years, with three conference championships and a NBA ring. Who am I to judge? Still, though…Bye Felicien? Twelve shots?!
Record: 5-5
11.24.88: at Seattle (5-6). The Bulls are 0-5 on the road.They finally break through with a 133-111 demolishing of the young Sonics at Key Arena. Jack had 33-6-12-4-4, shooting 10-14 from the field, and 13-13 from the line, to lead the way. Jones (26-8-4) and Cruz (18-4-3) were key contributors. Escalera scored 19. Maurer, proving his worth as a reserve, scored 11 in fifteen minutes. Larry Cockrell scored 22 for Seattle, while Paul Marshall scored 20, and rookie forward Chance Davis 19.
Record: 6-5
11.27.88: vs San Antonio (6-6). The Bulls return home and get a complete effort in absolutely destroying the Spurs. Jack’s 22-8-12-3-3 lead six players in double figures, as the Bulls romped, 112-77. Cruz (18), Jones (16), Nicky Lopez (13), Sheldon Maurer (11) and Eddie Shank (10) were more than enough for the Bulls, who shot 56% from the field. Marco Fortier’s 19 (9-21 FG) led the Spurs, who were held to 44%, including 2-12 from three (Chicago shot 4-5). King Harvey, who I wanted in a Chicago uniform, scored 16 with 11 rebounds. Chris Henderson, who spurned the Bulls for the Spurs (I actually don’t know that an offer was made) is averaging less than 13 minutes a game with San Antonio. He scored four points in 17 minutes. Oddly enough, the Spurs signed potential future Hall of Famer Isidro Brainard to a four-year deal in the offseason, despite his age (33). He has played sparingly this year, appearing in just two games. He played one minute here, and scored in it. He is a five-time All-Star, a former MVP, and three-time All-NBA First Teamer.
Record: 7-5
11.28.88: vs Milwaukee (2-11). If I could be a coach in this league, I would take over Milwaukee. I keep waiting for them to make the leap, but they are stuck in youth and ineptitude. The Bulls romped in this one, 127-100, behind Jack’s 44-15-10-2-7 (the seven are blocks). Sheldon Maurer, playing key minutes with Josh Jones mired in foul trouble, scored 22 with nine rebounds. Cruz added 14. Jones, who played just seven minutes in this one, scored four. Shank added 13. Emil Andrae led Milwaukee with 16, while Ivory Perez, returning to Chicago after leaving in the offseason, scored 13 on 3-10 shooting, and was booed everywhere. Richie Russell, the incredibly talented guard who is recovering from an injury, may be on his way out of Milwaukee. He scored six points with four assists in 29 minutes. The Pick After Jack is scoring just 6.7 points and 4.7 assists in the three games he has played thi syear. He had a down year last year, and is showing signs of losing interest with the Bucks.
Record: 8-5
11.30.88: at Charlotte (3-12). The Hornets, and their fans, get their first look at Jack. And they played well; however, the Bulls were a little too much, winning 116-106. Jones rebounded from his effort against the Bucks with a game-high 34, along with six boards and four assists. Jack added 24-11-4-4-2, while Cruz added 21 and 9 boards. Henry Martin and first-round C Dewey Teeter led Charlotte with 22 each, while Teeter added 10 boards. Brent Neilson, drafted away from Seattle in the expansion draft, scored 15 and added 12 assists…but with eight turnovers. Former Bull (for a season), now second-year man Michael Hicks scored 16 against the team that drafted him, then hung him out to dry in the expansion draft.
Record: 9-5