Suns Vs. Bulls: Bulls Squash Suns Without Derrick Rose
With Derrick Rose out, Carlos Boozer dominated the Phoenix Suns and led the Chicago Bulls to a blowout win.
| Final - 1.17.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Suns | 31 | 16 | 21 | 29 | 97 |
| Chicago Bulls | 39 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 118 |
With Derrick Rose out, Carlos Boozer dominated the Phoenix Suns and led the Chicago Bulls to a blowout win.
The Bulls sat Derrick Rose for Tuesday night's game against the Suns, but they turned out to more than not need him in a game where they hit their season high in points.
Unstop-a-BULL Carlos Boozer destroys the Phoenix Suns. Come read a recap from the Bright Side!
Next thread postgame.
The Suns face another tough test on Tuesday when the road trip leads the 4-8 Phoenix team into Chicago to face Derrick Rose and the Bulls.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | 31 | 16 | 21 | 29 | 97 |
| Chicago | 39 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 118 |
| Phoenix | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | 20 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Channing Frye | 18 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Marcin Gortat | 30 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 15-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3-0 | 14 |
| Jared Dudley | 26 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Steve Nash | 29 | 10-13 | 3-3 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 25 |
| Markieff Morris | 29 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4-0 | 4 |
| Hakim Warrick | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Ronnie Price | 18 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 5 |
| Shannon Brown | 23 | 4-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0-0 | 9 |
| Robin Lopez | 17 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 16 |
| Michael Redd | 14 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Josh Childress | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Sebastian Telfair | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 38-74 | 5-11 | 16-19 | 38-7 | 19 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 17-0 | 97 | |
| .514 | .455 | .842 | Team Reb: 2 | Total TO: 1 (9 pts) | |||||||
| Chicago | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luol Deng | 27 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 6-6 | 6-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 15 |
| Carlos Boozer | 31 | 14-21 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 6-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 31 |
| Joakim Noah | 28 | 6-10 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 12-6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 13 |
| Richard Hamilton | 20 | 5-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 11 |
| C.J. Watson | 33 | 8-12 | 3-3 | 4-4 | 4-0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 23 |
| Taj Gibson | 19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Omer Asik | 12 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 11 |
| Ronnie Brewer | 24 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Kyle Korver | 19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| John Lucas III | 14 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Butler | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Brian Scalabrine | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Mike James | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Derrick Rose | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 47-88 | 5-10 | 19-24 | 41-12 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 17-1 | 118 | |
| .534 | .500 | .792 | Team Reb: 4 | Total TO: 0 (18 pts) | |||||||