United They Fall: Bulls 92, Pistons 85
Pistons fall to the Bulls 92-85 at the United Center, again.
| Final - 12.2.2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Pistons | 10 | 28 | 19 | 28 | 85 |
| Chicago Bulls | 24 | 24 | 26 | 18 | 92 |
Stories
Bulls 92, Pistons 85: Given the current state of the team, a must-win that was won
Recap of Ben Gordon's return to Chicago. He stunk, but so did most everyone.
Open Game Thread #16 OVERFLOW: Bulls vs Detroit Pistons
Lets see if the overflow worked this time...
Game Preview #16: Bulls vs Detroit Pistons
Game preview of Ben Gordon's return to the Chicago
Another Masked Man in D-Town
Charlie Villanueva gets fitted for a mask.
Update on Charlie Villanueva's Broken Nose & Ben Gordon's Ankle Injury
Updates on the Pistons injuries.
GameThreads
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Pistons Fans GameThread on Detroit Bad Boys
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit | 10 | 28 | 19 | 28 | 85 |
| Chicago | 24 | 24 | 26 | 18 | 92 |
| Detroit | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Jerebko | 27 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5-0 | 7 |
| Jason Maxiell | 15 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 6-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 6 |
| Ben Wallace | 30 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Rodney Stuckey | 35 | 4-16 | 0-0 | 9-11 | 9-3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4-0 | 17 |
| Chucky Atkins | 11 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Ben Gordon | 30 | 6-16 | 2-8 | 4-5 | 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5-0 | 18 |
| Will Bynum | 33 | 4-9 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 10 |
| Kwame Brown | 23 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 4-8 | 5-3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Chris Wilcox | 17 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 9 |
| Austin Daye | 14 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 5 |
| DaJuan Summers | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Richard Hamilton | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Tayshaun Prince | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Charlie Villanueva | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 30-78 | 4-16 | 21-31 | 40-17 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 28-0 | 85 | |
| .385 | .250 | .677 | Team Reb: 12 | Total TO: 0 (20 pts) | |||||||
| Chicago | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luol Deng | 42 | 5-15 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 8-4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 14 |
| Taj Gibson | 19 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6-0 | 9 |
| Joakim Noah | 45 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 14-3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4-0 | 7 |
| John Salmons | 41 | 7-12 | 3-4 | 5-6 | 1-0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4-0 | 22 |
| Derrick Rose | 38 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 7-9 | 4-1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1-0 | 19 |
| Brad Miller | 30 | 6-12 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 7-1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3-0 | 16 |
| Lindsey Hunter | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 0 |
| Jannero Pargo | 10 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 5 |
| Jerome James | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Kirk Hinrich | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Tyrus Thomas | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Aaron Gray | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| James Johnson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 33-69 | 4-9 | 22-30 | 41-12 | 24 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 27-1 | 92 | |
| .478 | .444 | .733 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 1 (21 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Eddie F. Rush, Phil Robinson, Michael Smith
Duration:2:29
Officials: - Eddie F. Rush, Phil Robinson, Michael Smith
Duration:2:29
