| Final - 4.5.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Celtics | 22 | 27 | 17 | 20 | 86 |
| Chicago Bulls | 18 | 20 | 29 | 26 | 93 |
Notes from the Bulls win over the Celtics, none of which include a Derrick Rose update: Luol Deng's great 4th quarter, Joakim Noah on 'poopy-faces', and more.
The Chicago Bulls (43-13) outscored the Boston Celtics (30-24) by a score of 55-37 in the second half as they pulled out a 93-86 win without star point guard Derrick Rose.
Talk Bulls vs. Celtics at BlogABull
The Celtics have been playing well lately, though they did lose last night to the Spurs. Bulls still have the rebounding advantage even if Derrick Rose isn't around to help out in other ways.
Update from Thursday shootaround for Derrick Rose's availability to face the Celtics.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 22 | 27 | 17 | 20 | 86 |
| Chicago | 18 | 20 | 29 | 26 | 93 |
| Boston | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Pierce | 40 | 8-21 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 8-1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 22 |
| Brandon Bass | 33 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 5-2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Kevin Garnett | 37 | 5-16 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 14-1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4-1 | 12 |
| Avery Bradley | 26 | 4-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5-0 | 9 |
| Rajon Rondo | 37 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Greg Stiemsma | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 2 |
| Ray Allen | 31 | 5-10 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 14 |
| Keyon Dooling | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Ryan Hollins | 12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Jermaine O`Neal | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Mickael Pietrus | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Marquis Daniels | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| E`Twaun Moore | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| JaJuan Johnson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 33-77 | 5-13 | 15-18 | 36-7 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 24-1 | 86 | |
| .429 | .385 | .833 | Team Reb: 8 | Total TO: 1 (21 pts) | |||||||
| Chicago | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luol Deng | 41 | 9-21 | 0-4 | 8-8 | 6-4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5-0 | 26 |
| Carlos Boozer | 33 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 14-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 12 |
| Joakim Noah | 34 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 9-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2-0 | 17 |
| Richard Hamilton | 20 | 4-11 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 9 |
| C.J. Watson | 38 | 5-16 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 2-0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Ronnie Brewer | 20 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| John Lucas III | 9 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Omer Asik | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Taj Gibson | 14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Kyle Korver | 13 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Jimmy Butler | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Mike James | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Brian Scalabrine | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Derrick Rose | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 33-80 | 5-16 | 22-26 | 44-14 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 18-0 | 93 | |
| .412 | .313 | .846 | Team Reb: 10 | Total TO: 0 (10 pts) | |||||||
