Game Preview: Charlotte Bobcats at San Antonio Spurs
Game Preview: Charlotte Bobcats at San Antonio Spurs
| Final - 2.29.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bulls | 20 | 30 | 15 | 31 | 96 |
| San Antonio Spurs | 22 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 89 |
Game Preview: Charlotte Bobcats at San Antonio Spurs
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Derrick Rose carried the Chicago Bulls to a gutty 96-89 road win over Tony Parker and the red-hot San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night. His game-high 29 points buoyed an otherwise inept offense , while Carlos Boozer and Richard Hamilton sat the entire fourth quarter.
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Derrick Rose oftentimes look like he had no help against the formidable Spurs on Wednesday night, but a few Bulls stepped up at different points in the game getting them a well-earned road victory.
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| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 20 | 30 | 15 | 31 | 96 |
| San Antonio | 22 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 89 |
| Chicago | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luol Deng | 37 | 3-8 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 9-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Carlos Boozer | 22 | 4-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Joakim Noah | 32 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 13-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 10 |
| Richard Hamilton | 15 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Derrick Rose | 35 | 10-23 | 1-5 | 8-8 | 1-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 29 |
| Ronnie Brewer | 28 | 4-9 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 5-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 8 |
| Taj Gibson | 25 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Omer Asik | 15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Kyle Korver | 14 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 8 |
| John Lucas III | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| C.J. Watson | 12 | 5-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 12 |
| Mike James | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Brian Scalabrine | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jimmy Butler | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 37-88 | 7-15 | 15-21 | 50-13 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 15-0 | 96 | |
| .420 | .467 | .714 | Team Reb: 12 | Total TO: 1 (13 pts) | |||||||
| San Antonio | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Jefferson | 19 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 6 |
| Tim Duncan | 32 | 8-21 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 10-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 | 18 |
| DeJuan Blair | 23 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 9-4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 9 |
| Danny Green | 29 | 4-8 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 11 |
| Tony Parker | 37 | 5-16 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 6-2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 11 |
| James Anderson | 24 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Gary Neal | 24 | 9-15 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 21 |
| Matt Bonner | 21 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Tiago Splitter | 18 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 5 |
| T.J. Ford | 7 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Manu Ginobili | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Eric Dawson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Cory Joseph | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Kawhi Leonard | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 37-86 | 8-20 | 7-12 | 42-10 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 19-2 | 89 | |
| .430 | .400 | .583 | Team Reb: 7 | Total TO: 1 (18 pts) | |||||||