Atlanta Falters Late In Chicago, Loses 76-74 In Playoff Rematch
The Atlanta Hawks blew a 19 point lead and eventually fell to the Chicago Bulls 76-74 thanks to a big fourth quarter from Derrick Rose.
| Final - 1.3.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Hawks | 23 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 74 |
| Chicago Bulls | 15 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 76 |
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 23 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 74 |
| Chicago | 15 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 76 |
| Atlanta | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Williams | 32 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 8-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 14 |
| Josh Smith | 35 | 6-13 | 0-1 | 3-6 | 14-3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0-0 | 15 |
| Al Horford | 40 | 7-14 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 7-3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 16 |
| Joe Johnson | 40 | 3-17 | 2-9 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Jeff Teague | 34 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 3-6 | 1-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Tracy McGrady | 15 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Vladimir Radmanovic | 12 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Zaza Pachulia | 7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jannero Pargo | 13 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 3 |
| Willie Green | 7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Jerry Stackhouse | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Ivan Johnson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jason Collins | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Kirk Hinrich | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Donald Sloan | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28-80 | 4-15 | 14-25 | 44-10 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 17-1 | 74 | |
| .350 | .267 | .560 | Team Reb: 18 | Total TO: 1 (11 pts) | |||||||
| Chicago | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luol Deng | 43 | 7-15 | 1-4 | 6-8 | 8-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2-1 | 21 |
| Carlos Boozer | 27 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 9-2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2-0 | 11 |
| Joakim Noah | 16 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 2 |
| Ronnie Brewer | 22 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Derrick Rose | 43 | 8-22 | 3-8 | 11-13 | 1-0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 30 |
| Taj Gibson | 23 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 4 |
| Kyle Korver | 28 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 8-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4-0 | 2 |
| Omer Asik | 28 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3-0 | 2 |
| John Lucas III | 4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Butler | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Richard Hamilton | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Brian Scalabrine | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| C.J. Watson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 26-77 | 4-17 | 20-26 | 47-11 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 21-3 | 76 | |
| .338 | .235 | .769 | Team Reb: 11 | Total TO: 1 (14 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Jason Phillips, Curtis Blair, David Guthrie
Duration:2:19
Officials: - Jason Phillips, Curtis Blair, David Guthrie
Duration:2:19
