| Final - 2.16.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Celtics | 24 | 11 | 24 | 21 | 80 |
| Chicago Bulls | 18 | 26 | 16 | 29 | 89 |
The Bulls didn't have Derrick Rose and the Celtics had their top four guys on the floor but Chicago's defense, patient ball movement and dominant rebounding was too much for Boston, who yielded 89-80 in Chicago Thursday night.
The Bulls frontcourt dominated, but they received unexpected help from D-League callup Mike James.
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The Bulls look for revenge against the Celtics on National TV.
The Chicago Bulls will look to exact revenge for Sunday's loss to the Boston Celtics on Thursday.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 24 | 11 | 24 | 21 | 80 |
| Chicago | 18 | 26 | 16 | 29 | 89 |
| Boston | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Pierce | 34 | 6-16 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 14 |
| Kevin Garnett | 32 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 10-3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3-0 | 18 |
| Jermaine O`Neal | 21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5-0 | 6 |
| Ray Allen | 36 | 4-13 | 3-8 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 12 |
| Rajon Rondo | 44 | 7-17 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 7-1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 17 |
| Chris Wilcox | 26 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4-1 | 9 |
| Mickael Pietrus | 21 | 1-5 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 7-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 2 |
| JaJuan Johnson | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Avery Bradley | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Keyon Dooling | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Sasha Pavlovic | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Brandon Bass | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Marquis Daniels | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Greg Stiemsma | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| E`Twaun Moore | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 31-78 | 3-15 | 15-18 | 37-6 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 21-1 | 80 | |
| .397 | .200 | .833 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 2 (18 pts) | |||||||
| Chicago | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luol Deng | 44 | 7-15 | 6-9 | 3-4 | 4-0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3-0 | 23 |
| Carlos Boozer | 34 | 11-15 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 15-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 23 |
| Joakim Noah | 39 | 5-15 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 16-8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3-0 | 15 |
| Ronnie Brewer | 20 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| C.J. Watson | 27 | 3-11 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 4-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 11 |
| Kyle Korver | 27 | 0-5 | 0-5 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Omer Asik | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Taj Gibson | 13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| John Lucas III | 7 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Mike James | 17 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6-0 | 8 |
| Richard Hamilton | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Brian Scalabrine | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Derrick Rose | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jimmy Butler | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 30-76 | 10-21 | 19-28 | 52-16 | 27 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 20-1 | 89 | |
| .395 | .476 | .679 | Team Reb: 11 | Total TO: 1 (11 pts) | |||||||
