Surviving Without a Star: The Chicago Bulls

[StraightBaylien]

Bulls bounce back with clutch win against Timberwolves

Minnesota Timberwolves (3-3) at Chicago Bulls (5-1)
Nov 10, 2012 1 2 3 4 Final Minnesota 20 17 24 32 93 Chicago 22 20 25 30 97 Top Performers Minnesota Timberwolves Andrei Kirilenko - 18 PTS, 4 REB, 4 STL, 4 BLK Ricky Rubio - 15 PTS, 11 AST, 6 REB, 1 TO Chicago Bulls Luol Deng - 20 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 7-7 FT Joakim Noah - 17 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL, 2 BLK	Team Stats Comparison MIN CHI FG Made-Att 31/68 (45%) 34/69 (49%) 3PT Made-Att 7/16 (43%) 7/11 (63%) FT Made-Att 24/31 (77) 22/26 (84%) Rebounds 34 47 Assists 24 23 Turnovers 13 17 Steals 10 6 Blocks 8 8

[StraightBaylien]

Bulls vs. Celtics live on NBATV
7:00 PM, November 12, 2012
United Center, Chicago, Illinois

CHICAGO -- The scrappy rivalry of Boston and Chicago basketball is revived tonight as the Bulls host the Celtics at United Center in Chicago tonight.

Key Matchup -- Kevin Garnett / Joakim Noah

Attendance -- 21,712

Officials -- Joe Crawford, Mark Lindsay, Zach Zarba

Matchup Preview *|* November 12, 2012
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Boston Celtics (3-3, 1-2 Away)		Chicago Bulls (5-1, 4-1 Home)
Stats Comparison Paul Pierce (19.3 PPG) Points Leader Luol Deng (21.3 PPG) Kevin Garnett (8.5 RPG) Rebounds Leader Joakim Noah (11.2 RPG) Rajon Rondo (12.0 APG) Assists Leader Kirk Hinrich (4.5 APG) Kevin Garnett (1.5 BPG) Blocks Leader Luol Deng (1.3 BPG) 95.8 (13th) PPG Allowed 94.7 (10th) .452 (11th) Field Goal % .453 (10th) .405 (7th) 3-Point % .342 (19th) 10.7 (7th) Turnovers 12.0 (15th) .762 (17th) Free Throw % .847 (1st) Projected Starters Rajon Rondo Point Guard Kirk Hinrich Avery Bradley Shooting Guard Jimmy Butler Paul Pierce Small Forward Luol Deng Brandon Bass Power Forward Nazr Mohammed Kevin Garnett Center Joakim Noah Injury Report D.J. White INACTIVE - Coach's decision Rodney Carney INACTIVE - Coach's decision Shavlik Randolph INACTIVE - Coach's decision Daequan Cook INACTIVE - Coach's decision Fab Melo INACTIVE - Coach's decision Derrick Rose INACTIVE - Torn ACL Game Notes All player/team stats and rankings are from the 2012-13 NBA season (6 games played)

[timbeau0805]

This should be a good game. The Celtics gave me problems in my Bulls association (in which, I'll admit, I used Derrick Rose).

[sCrAMNewton51]

Following. Can't wait to see how you progress with Rose!

[saaddzz]

You should've simulated the whole season, and post the real life awards, and start in 13-14 season. Because it's kinda weird to re-do the whole 12-13 season, right? And also, i think Joakim Noah is more of a PF than Mohammed so Noah should be PF, and Mohammed a C.

[StraightBaylien]

Quote: Originally Posted by saaddzz

You should've simulated the whole season, and post the real life awards, and start in 13-14 season. Because it's kinda weird to re-do the whole 12-13 season, right? And also, i think Joakim Noah is more of a PF than Mohammed so Noah should be PF, and Mohammed a C.

I was actually thinking of this. I wanted to see what it would be like if Rose DID return this season, but it might make for a bigger deal if he returned at the beginning of the year. And I noticed this about half way into the 1st quarter of my first game starting Nazr, so I switched him to Center.

[StraightBaylien]

Bulls knock off Celtics in convincing fashion

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Bulls defeated the Boston Celtics 198-97 on Monday night in Chicago to advance to 6-1 on the year.

Behind great games from Joakim Noah and Luol Deng, the Bulls were able to maintain a double digit lead through most of the second half. To begin the third quarter, the Bulls outscored the Celtics 17-4, extending their lead to 20. After a Doc Rivers mandated timeout, the Celtics went on a 14-0 run to trim the lead to 6 by the end of the quarter. But the fourth proved to be Chicago's time as they increased their lead back to 15 before giving up a few mini-runs to Boston; who cut the lead to as little as 4 before eventually allowing the Chicago crowd to get the best of them.

"The game was in our grasp, we had our fingertips on it, but we couldn't quite reel it in. That team, that building is too much for most teams to handle. And they're doing this without their best player. Its unheard of... it's unheard of and its damn impressive."

-Celtics head coach Doc Rivers

Here's the box score from Monday night

97 108

Boston Celtics at Chicago Bulls
Nov 12, 2012	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Boston (3-4)	26	18	30	23	97
Chicago (6-1)	26	27	27	28	108

Boston Celtics
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Rajon Rondo	44	3-6	0-0	5-8	0	16	4	0	5	11
Avery Bradley	27	4-9	0-2	3-4	3	4	0	0	0	11
Paul Pierce	36	11-24	3-6	2-2	5	3	2	0	2	27
Brandon Bass	25	2-5	0-0	4-4	9	1	0	0	1	8
Kevin Garnett	33	8-11	0-0	0-0	12	2	0	1	1	16
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jason Terry	20	4-8	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	9
Jeff Green	19	2-6	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	4
Courtney Lee	9	3-8	2-4	1-1	1	1	0	0	1	9
Jared Sullinger (R)	11	1-2	0-0	0-0	7	0	0	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		38-79 (48%)	6-14 (42%)	15-19 (78%)	40	27	6	1	14	97

Chicago Bulls
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Kirk Hinrich	30	6-12	0-3	4-4	2	7	1	0	3	16
Jimmy Butler	32	4-11	1-2	2-2	6	1	3	1	0	11
Luol Deng	35	8-16	1-4	3-4	2	4	2	0	0	20
Joakim Noah	37	7-13	0-1	7-8	10	2	2	1	1	21
Nazr Mohammed	18	3-4	0-0	0-1	5	0	1	2	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Nate Robinson	24	3-8	1-4	2-2	3	5	2	0	3	9
Taj Gibson	18	3-6	0-1	1-2	5	1	0	0	0	7
Marco Belinelli	13	2-3	2-2	2-2	1	1	0	0	1	8
Carlos Boozer	14	2-3	0-0	4-4	7	0	0	1	1	8
Richard Hamilton	3	0-1	0-0	2-2	0	1	0	0	0	2
Marquis Teague (R)	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	0
TEAM TOTALS		38-77 (49%)	5-16 (31%)	27-31 (87%)	41	22	11	5	10	108