Boston Celtics @ Bulls
Season Matchup 1-0
Starting Lineups
Celtics--Rondo-----Carter---Pierce--Garnett--Dalembert
Bulls----Robinson--Hinrich--Deng----Boozer---Noah
Injury report
A.Bradley --- Sprained Shoulder -- Out/1-2 Months
D.Rose ------ Torn ACL ----------- Hurt/Season
R.Hamilton -- Torn Ligament Foot - Out/ 1-2 Weeks
Boston won the last matchup against Bulls due to a vintage performance from Barbosa and strong performances from Green and Sully.
For the Bulls, Expect strong performances from Robinson, Hinrich and Noah.
Lets see who steps up tonight
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1st Quarter
0-2 Nate with the baseline J to start the game.
2-2 Dalembert dunk inside
4-2 Rondo Mid J. Slow start for both teams with 5 shots from both sides. Bulls making 1, Boston 2.
6-2 Carter with the deflection and Dalembert with the finish.
6-4 Noah And-1 putback. Blown Freethrow
6-6 Deng Dunk on the break
8-6 Pierce dunk inside
8-6 Rondo is such a Boss that he can steal a ball Laying Down!!!
8-8 Deng layup.
10-8 KG Hook-Shot
12-8 Dalembert Putback
12-10 Deng Putback
14-10 Rondo to Carter Ally-Oop
16-10 Pierce Finally with a J to break the Ice. 2 Whole minutes without a bucket. 3:55 Remaining in the quarter.
18-10 Carter Dunk on the Baseline Drive.
18-12 Noah Putback
20-12 Pierce Dunk on the break
20-14 Gibson layup.
20-16 Mohomad layup
22-16 Green layup. Really picked up the pace now.
22-19 Belineli 3
24-19 Barbosa layup.
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End of 1st
Celtics shooting 50/0/na% from the floor and have played good defense in this low scoring game.
S.Dalembert -- 6pts/3reb/1blk
P.Pierce ----- 6pts/2reb/1ast
K.Garnett ---- 2pts/4reb
R.Rondo ------ 2pts/3reb/2ast/1stl/2blk
Bulls Shooting 31/33/0% and have grabbed numerous Orebs(8) but failed to convert them
L.Deng ----- 6pts/3reb
J.Noah ----- 4pts/4reb
K.Hinrich -- 0pts/3reb/2ast
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2nd Quarter
24-21 Robinson layup
26-21 Carter Dunk
29-21 Barbosa 3
29-23 Robinson mid J
31-23 Green layup
31-25 Noah Putback
33-25 Randolph Mid J
34-25 Green Freethrow
AND D.ROSE CHECKS IN THE GAME. He Will Be hurt all season long and play only 10 min a game with a Torn ACL. WUT?
34-27 Boozer Mid J
36-27 Pierce to Mozgov for the Soft Layup.
36-29 Robinson Floater
39-29 T-Mac with a wide Open 3
39-32 Boozer And-1 Putback
39-34 Teague Layup
41-34 Green Dunk
43-34 KG Fading mid J
45-34 KG mid J
45-36 Mohammed Putback
47-36 Carter Freethrows
47-39 Hinrich And-1 Layup
47-41 Noah DUnk
49-41 Melo Putback
51-41 Randolph Dunk
51-43 Noah Layup
53-43 Rondo hits a Mid J
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Halftime Report.
Celtics Shooting 53/28/75% and have picked up after a inefficient 1st Quarter and tuned up their defense also. Now all that's left is to bring Rebounding up to par and it's a blowout
V.Carter --- 8pts/1reb/1ast/1stl
J.Green ---- 7pts/3reb/1ast/1blk
L.Barbosa -- 5pts/4reb/4ast
R.Rondo ---- 4pts/4reb/3ast/2stl/2blk
Bulls Shooting 36/25/66% and have absolutely cleaned the Offensive boards. Maybe they are getting so many Orebs is because they are missing so much.
J.Noah ----- 10pts/5reb
K.Hinrich -- 3pts/5reb/4ast
Interesting stat, of the players attempting atleast 5 shots, only Boozer and J.Green are shooting over 50%
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3rd Quarter
55-43 Rondo to KG for the Oop to start the quarter
55-45 Boozer putback
57-45 KG Dunk
59-45 Carter steal and KG mid J
62-45 Carter 3.
62-47 Boozer layup.
62-47 KG runs the break for a Chasedown Block
64-47 KG mid J
64-49 Hinrich freethrows
64-51 Gibson Layup
66-51 Rondo layup
66-53 Deng layup
68-53 Rondo to KG Oop
68-55 Robinson floater
70-55 Sully layup off the post spin
72-55 Barbosa freethrows
72-57 ROSE WITH A MID J!!!
74-57 Barbosa layup
76-57 Green reverse DUnk
78-57 Rondo layup.
78-59 Noah Putback
78-61 Deng Mid J
78-63 Robinson layup.
80-63 Brabosa layup
80-65 ROSE LAYUP!!!
82-65 Barbosa layup
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End of 3rd
Celtics shooting 54/33/83% and are Rejecting the Bulls Left and Right. Overall a teriffic Defensive game for them with 9 Blocks and 5 steals
K.Garnett -- 16pts/5reb/1stl/1blk
L.Barbosa -- 13pts/4reb/5ast
R.Rondo ---- 8pts/5reb/9ast/2stl/2blk
J.Green ---- 9pts/4reb/1ast/3blk
Bulls Shooting 37/25/80% and are still anahilating the Off. Board (17 Orebs) but still trailing badly.
J.Noah ------ 12pts/9reb
N.Robinson -- 12pts/3reb/1ast
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4th Quarter
82-67 Hinrich Mid J
84-67 Barbosa Mid J
86-67 Barbosa Mid J
86-69 Boozer layup
88-69 Barbosa Stepback J
88-72 Boozer And-1 J
90-72 Dalembert Putback
92-72 Barbosa Steal an Layup.
92-73 Boozer Freethrow
95-73 Dalembert And-1 Layup.
97-73 Carter blows by Hinrich and Dunks it hard
99-73 Dalembert pulls the chair on boozer and KG finishes on the break.
99-75 Robinson layup
101-75 Rondo to Carter Jam.
101-77 Gibson Dunk
101-79 ROSE WITH ANOTHER MID J!!!
101-81 Teague Layup
103-81 Pierce layup
103-83 Noah Putback
105-83 Rondo to Carter Soft Oop.
107-83 Pierce Layup
107-85 Noah layup
109-85 Dalembert Dunk
112-85 Carter with the Steal and the Jordan Slam.
112-87 Hinrich with the steal and the Jam
114-87 Randolph Putback
114-89 Vlad. Rad. with the Mid J
116-89 Rondo with the And-1 Layup. Missed Freethrow
116-91 Belineli layup
118-91 Barbosa Layup.
119-91 Rondo Freethrow
119-93 ROSE LAYUP!!!
121-93 Randolph Freethrows. Game Over.
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Final Thoughts
Player of the game: R.Rondo -- 11pts/8reb/14ast/3stl/2blk
Box Score
Bulls shot 41/20/75% and except for Offensive rebounds(19) and Rebounding on a Whole (52-46) they did absolutely nothing.
J.Noah(16pts/10reb) Played good and the only one giving effort to actually win
C.Boozer(15pts/9reb) scored well in the second half
N.Robinson(14pts/3reb/1ast) played decent.
Celtics shot 57/30/76% and started the game shooting badly but inproved down the strech and stuffed the Bulls with their Defense (a Season High 10 Blocks - 10 Steals game), and Bench points(49)
R.Rondo(11pts/8reb/14ast/3stl/2blk) Played Great, Flirting with a Triple Double nad Controlling the Offense, Playing Tough Defense and Containing Robinson to 14pts(Averaging 21ppg).
L.Barbosa(23pts/5reb/5ast/1stl) was scoring Great Especially in the 3rd.
V.Carter(20pts/1reb/2ast/5stl) was Great at scoring the Ball and even Better at defense Holding Hinrich to 7 pts and Getting 5 steals on the way in just 28 minutes.
K.Garnett(18pts/5reb/1stl/1blk) had a good KG game, regulating Defense and scoring points
S.Dalembert(13pts/6reb/2blk) had a good game containing Noah aulthough he did give up tonnes of Orebs.
P.Pierce(10pts/2reb/3ast/1blk) had a decent game. Not an outstanding Game but a decent one.
J.Green(9pts/4reb/1ast/3blk) had a very good defensive game. But who didn't.
A.Randolph(8pts/5reb/1blk) had a nice game.
J.Sullinger(2pts/5reb/1ast) had a decent game
Everyone else had a forgettable game.
Celtics defeat a Confrence rival on their court in blowout fashion and have tonns of momentum winnig 9 straight and the team is really starting to jell together.
Next they look to return to the Garden to take on the Cavs.
Look Forward to the next game.