Gilbert Arenas' Shooting Slump May Have Ended
Gilbert Arenas' hot shooting of late offers hope to an Orlando Magic team that simply had to expect more from him after acquiring him from the Washington Wizards in December.
| Final - 3.4.2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bulls | 21 | 28 | 16 | 24 | 89 |
| Orlando Magic | 21 | 14 | 22 | 24 | 81 |
Gilbert Arenas' hot shooting of late offers hope to an Orlando Magic team that simply had to expect more from him after acquiring him from the Washington Wizards in December.
The Bulls have now beaten the Magic twice this year, using their deep frontcourt to neutralize Dwight Howard while harassing the Magic's 3-point shooters.
The Chicago Bulls rode 24 points from Derrick Rose and incredible offensive rebounding to an 89-81 win against the Orlando Magic on Friday night.
Last one of the night.
Next thread at 8:30.
[Thanks dantheman3k for today's game preview. Early start at 6, not only on CSNChicago but ESPN. A Funk-free night (if you're so inclined. I am). -ed.] The battle for #1 seed in the East is on. The...
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 21 | 28 | 16 | 24 | 89 |
| Orlando | 21 | 14 | 22 | 24 | 81 |
| Chicago | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luol Deng | 38 | 7-14 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1-0 | 16 |
| Carlos Boozer | 32 | 5-17 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 9-5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 12 |
| Joakim Noah | 16 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 7-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-0 | 2 |
| Keith Bogans | 16 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Derrick Rose | 35 | 9-20 | 0-5 | 6-8 | 4-0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 24 |
| Omer Asik | 31 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 13-5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6-0 | 5 |
| Ronnie Brewer | 21 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Taj Gibson | 15 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 5 |
| C.J. Watson | 12 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Kyle Korver | 18 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Rasual Butler | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Kurt Thomas | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Brian Scalabrine | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34-83 | 7-19 | 14-22 | 50-17 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 22-0 | 89 | |
| .410 | .368 | .636 | Team Reb: 15 | Total TO: 2 (17 pts) | |||||||
| Orlando | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hedo Turkoglu | 29 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 2 |
| Brandon Bass | 32 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5-0 | 16 |
| Dwight Howard | 43 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 4-12 | 10-5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4-1 | 20 |
| Jason Richardson | 38 | 6-13 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 16 |
| Jameer Nelson | 33 | 7-15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1-0 | 14 |
| Quentin Richardson | 5 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Gilbert Arenas | 14 | 0-5 | 0-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Ryan Anderson | 20 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 3 |
| J.J. Redick | 23 | 2-9 | 1-5 | 2-4 | 1-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Malik Allen | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Chris Duhon | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Daniel Orton | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Earl Clark | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 31-70 | 6-23 | 13-23 | 30-5 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 21-2 | 81 | |
| .443 | .261 | .565 | Team Reb: 11 | Total TO: 1 (17 pts) | |||||||