Preseason game one reaction, plus the Bulls London report
Notes and injury updates after the Bulls opened their preseason.
Chicago
Bulls
104
Chicago
Bulls
104
| Final - 10.2.2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bulls | 18 | 23 | 34 | 29 | 104 |
| Indiana Pacers | 20 | 23 | 19 | 33 | 95 |
Stories
Bulls 104, Pacers 95: Plenty Of Preseason Lessons Left To Learn
The Indiana Pacers dropped their opening preseason game to the Chicago Bulls, 104-95 on Friday night at Conseco Fieldhouse.
Open Preseason Thread: Bulls at Indiana Pacers
Hey! Bulls are back! The excitement that only a first-round playoff loss can instill has yet to be quenched. As it turns out, I'm out of town to watch a far more depressing and awful team, but I'll...
Preseason Open Thread #1: Indiana Pacers vs. Chicago Bulls
The Indiana Pacers open the preseason on Friday night against the Chicago Bulls from Conseco Fieldhouse.
GameThreads
Pacers Fans GameThread on Indy Cornrows
Bulls Fans GameThread on Blog a Bull
Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 18 | 23 | 34 | 29 | 104 |
| Indiana | 20 | 23 | 19 | 33 | 95 |
| Chicago | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luol Deng | 24 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 9-9 | 5-2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Tyrus Thomas | 18 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 3-0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 9 |
| Joakim Noah | 24 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4-0 | 4 |
| John Salmons | 27 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 2-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 15 |
| Derrick Rose | 30 | 8-13 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 17 |
| Taj Gibson | 29 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 7-8 | 9-5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5-0 | 19 |
| Chris Richard | 23 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Lindsey Hunter | 17 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 7 |
| James Johnson | 20 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6-0 | 4 |
| Derrick Byars | 23 | 4-11 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 12 |
| Jerome James | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jannero Pargo | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Kirk Hinrich | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Brad Miller | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Aaron Gray | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 35-84 | 3-12 | 31-36 | 43-14 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 21-0 | 104 | |
| .417 | .250 | .861 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 1 (23 pts) | |||||||
| Indiana | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Granger | 25 | 7-13 | 2-7 | 11-12 | 3-1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3-0 | 27 |
| Solomon Jones | 25 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 4-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3-0 | 11 |
| Jeff Foster | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Brandon Rush | 27 | 5-10 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1-0 | 13 |
| T.J. Ford | 24 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 5-1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4-0 | 6 |
| Dahntay Jones | 14 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Josh McRoberts | 26 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| A.J. Price | 22 | 0-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Luther Head | 26 | 5-7 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 14 |
| Roy Hibbert | 16 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 5-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4-0 | 9 |
| Rod Benson | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Lawrence Roberts | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Demetris Nichols | 5 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Troy Murphy | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Earl Watson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Mike Dunleavy | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Travis Diener | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Tyler Hansbrough | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 31-72 | 7-24 | 26-31 | 38-8 | 22 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 28-1 | 95 | |
| .431 | .292 | .839 | Team Reb: 10 | Total TO: 1 (14 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Karl Lane, William Mensah, Kevin Scott
Duration:2:19
Officials: - Karl Lane, William Mensah, Kevin Scott
Duration:2:19
