| Final - 12.30.2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bulls | 29 | 28 | 26 | 31 | 114 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 28 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 101 |
Derrick Rose put in what Joakim Noah called one of Rose's best performances ever against the Clippers on Friday night. How much of it was him, and how much was the Clipper defense?
Recap sometime Saturday.
Next thread at midnight. Hopefully that's not terrible timing.
Use this thread for comments during the second half of Clippers-Bulls.
Chris Paul plays his first regular season home game as a member of the Los Angeles Clippers Friday night, and his opposing number is the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player in Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls.
Blake Griffin and the Los Angeles Clippers are playing host to reigning MVP Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls on Friday night in a game scheduled for a 10:30 p.m. ET tip-off on NBA TV.
Home opener for the Clippers and Chris Paul!
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 29 | 28 | 26 | 31 | 114 |
| LA Clippers | 28 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 101 |
| Chicago | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luol Deng | 41 | 7-14 | 1-4 | 4-5 | 8-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 19 |
| Carlos Boozer | 30 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 10 |
| Joakim Noah | 34 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 9-10 | 8-5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5-0 | 19 |
| Richard Hamilton | 31 | 8-18 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 16 |
| Derrick Rose | 42 | 8-14 | 3-4 | 10-11 | 8-3 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3-0 | 29 |
| Taj Gibson | 19 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Ronnie Brewer | 13 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 7 |
| Omer Asik | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 5-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| C.J. Watson | 7 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Kyle Korver | 9 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Brian Scalabrine | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| John Lucas III | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jimmy Butler | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 39-78 | 7-17 | 29-34 | 45-15 | 29 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 19-1 | 114 | |
| .500 | .412 | .853 | Team Reb: 6 | Total TO: 0 (13 pts) | |||||||
| LA Clippers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caron Butler | 38 | 6-11 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 1-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 16 |
| Blake Griffin | 41 | 14-25 | 0-0 | 6-10 | 13-6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-1 | 34 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 25 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5-0 | 12 |
| Mo Williams | 32 | 5-10 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 13 |
| Chris Paul | 44 | 7-14 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Randy Foye | 19 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Brian Cook | 17 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-0 | 2 |
| Ryan Gomes | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Trey Thompkins | 8 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Chauncey Billups | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Reggie Evans | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Eric Bledsoe | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Travis Leslie | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 41-80 | 7-15 | 12-20 | 31-9 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 22-2 | 101 | |
| .512 | .467 | .600 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 0 (11 pts) | |||||||
