Hollinger: Rose-less Bulls are quite formidable
John Hollinger came away really impressed with the Bulls victory Wednesday night.
| Final - 3.28.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bulls | 21 | 33 | 22 | 22 | 98 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 23 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 77 |
John Hollinger came away really impressed with the Bulls victory Wednesday night.
The Atlanta Hawks dropped their second straight losing to Chicago 98-77.
The Chicago Bulls played without Derrick Rose, but the Atlanta Hawks played without energy, and thus the Bulls emerged with a 98-77 road win.
The Bulls continue to avoid a 2-game losing streak by getting their defense back in order against the Atlanta Hawks.
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The Bulls head into Atlanta to face a possible future playoff foe, doing surprisingly well without Al Horford.
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| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 21 | 33 | 22 | 22 | 98 |
| Atlanta | 23 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 77 |
| Chicago | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luol Deng | 35 | 8-14 | 5-8 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 22 |
| Carlos Boozer | 30 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 9-1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 20 |
| Joakim Noah | 24 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Ronnie Brewer | 37 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 7-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 4 |
| C.J. Watson | 24 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Omer Asik | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 6-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Taj Gibson | 24 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 6-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 19 |
| John Lucas III | 24 | 3-8 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 10 |
| Kyle Korver | 21 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Brian Scalabrine | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Butler | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Richard Hamilton | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Derrick Rose | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 38-81 | 9-16 | 13-20 | 45-13 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 13-0 | 98 | |
| .469 | .563 | .650 | Team Reb: 12 | Total TO: 1 (15 pts) | |||||||
| Atlanta | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Johnson | 28 | 5-11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 12 |
| Josh Smith | 31 | 8-21 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 7-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3-0 | 19 |
| Zaza Pachulia | 31 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 10-2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Kirk Hinrich | 28 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Jeff Teague | 37 | 5-14 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 13 |
| Marvin Williams | 25 | 5-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Willie Green | 21 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Jason Collins | 13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 2 |
| Ivan Johnson | 11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 4 |
| Tracy McGrady | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jerry Stackhouse | 5 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Erick Dampier | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Vladimir Radmanovic | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jannero Pargo | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Al Horford | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 32-80 | 5-17 | 8-9 | 36-8 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 16-0 | 77 | |
| .400 | .294 | .889 | Team Reb: 6 | Total TO: 0 (9 pts) | |||||||