2011 Playoffs Bulls - Pacers: A look ahead to game two: who to play, how to play
As the Bulls look ahead to game two, they need some players to step up and perhaps others to step back to the bench.
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| Final - 4.16.2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana Pacers | 27 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 99 |
| Chicago Bulls | 23 | 28 | 20 | 33 | 104 |
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 27 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 99 |
| Chicago | 23 | 28 | 20 | 33 | 104 |
| Indiana | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Granger | 39 | 10-20 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 24 |
| Tyler Hansbrough | 35 | 10-19 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 4-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 22 |
| Roy Hibbert | 32 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 8-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5-0 | 11 |
| Paul George | 23 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Darren Collison | 34 | 7-15 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 6-1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 17 |
| Brandon Rush | 17 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Josh McRoberts | 12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 5-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 4 |
| Mike Dunleavy | 15 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Jeff Foster | 15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 4 |
| A.J. Price | 13 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 8 |
| T.J. Ford | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Dahntay Jones | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| James Posey | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Solomon Jones | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Lance Stephenson | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 39-84 | 10-18 | 11-17 | 34-13 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 25-1 | 99 | |
| .464 | .556 | .647 | Team Reb: 6 | Total TO: 2 (24 pts) | |||||||
| Chicago | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luol Deng | 41 | 7-13 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 10-5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-1 | 18 |
| Carlos Boozer | 26 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5-0 | 12 |
| Joakim Noah | 30 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 11-8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3-0 | 10 |
| Keith Bogans | 17 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Derrick Rose | 38 | 10-23 | 0-9 | 19-21 | 6-2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2-0 | 39 |
| Ronnie Brewer | 16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Kurt Thomas | 24 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Taj Gibson | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Kyle Korver | 21 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 13 |
| Omer Asik | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| C.J. Watson | 9 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Rasual Butler | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Brian Scalabrine | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 36-82 | 6-20 | 26-32 | 49-21 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 21-1 | 104 | |
| .439 | .300 | .813 | Team Reb: 14 | Total TO: 1 (18 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Joe Crawford, Violet Palmer, Bennett Salvatore
Duration:2:31
Officials: - Joe Crawford, Violet Palmer, Bennett Salvatore
Duration:2:31
