Bulls
Chicago
Eastern Conference
Central
16
9
25
301
260
23
12
52
75
34
45
30
23
77
21
11
32
8
23
9
11
17
103
4
58
43
74
1923
128
7
44
23
52
77
12
89
32
94
32
33
3022
6060
19
05
26
1716
68
4
1210
99
8
25
62
87
21
46
13
41
2130
6060
5
4
80
19
12
63
4
2
50
7
1
8
3
9
3
3
30
60
8
3
38
23
8
35
4
3
75
7
2
9
2
4
2
3
22
60
1
0
0
17
6
35
12
9
75
2
6
8
2
4
1
4
21
60
9
5
56
16
8
50
10
9
90
5
2
7
1
6
3
1
30
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Jimmy
Butler
Jimmy Butler
True
44
11
21
52
4
7
57
9
10
90
1
4
5
7
4
1
2
1
35
8
none
Pau
Gasol
Pau Gasol
True
35
8
15
53
0
0
0
4
4
100
3
4
7
2
0
5
1
0
20
1
none
Joakim
Noah
Joakim Noah
True
33
1
8
12
0
0
0
2
6
33
6
7
13
3
0
1
1
4
4
5
none
Kirk
Hinrich
Kirk Hinrich
True
32
3
7
43
2
4
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
3
8
10
none
Mike
Dunleavy
Mike Dunleavy
True
29
2
7
29
1
3
33
0
0
0
1
3
4
0
0
0
0
1
5
-4
none
Nikola
Mirotić
Nikola Mirotić
False
26
4
7
57
2
4
50
3
4
75
0
1
1
3
3
1
0
3
13
6
none
Aaron
Brooks
Aaron Brooks
False
25
5
9
56
3
5
60
5
6
83
0
2
2
5
1
0
4
1
18
6
none
Tony
Snell
Tony Snell
False
8
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
2
none
E'Twaun
Moore
E'Twaun Moore
False
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
-4
none
Cameron
Bairstow
Cameron Bairstow
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Nazr
Mohammed
Nazr Mohammed
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
19
December
2014
Friday
FedExForum
Memphis
Grizzlies
Memphis
False
Knicks
New York
Eastern Conference
Atlantic
5
23
28
506
507
9
6
67
82
38
46
19
15
79
27
14
41
6
19
7
16
24
97
4
20
10
50
2123
811
38
54
33
61
411
14
425
22
43
31
54
2025
6060
34
32
94
2117
127
6
28
27
96
57
45
102
11
93
21
34
2923
6060
2
1
50
21
8
38
5
3
60
4
1
5
2
4
3
5
20
60
0
0
0
23
11
48
4
3
75
11
4
15
2
3
1
4
25
60
3
3
100
21
12
57
2
2
100
5
4
9
1
9
2
3
29
60
4
2
50
17
7
41
8
7
88
7
5
12
1
3
1
4
23
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Tim
Hardaway
Tim Hardaway
True
40
8
19
42
5
8
62
2
2
100
1
1
2
5
1
0
3
3
23
5
none
José
Calderón
José Calderón
True
35
5
10
50
0
0
0
2
2
100
0
3
3
2
1
0
1
0
12
4
none
Amar'e
Stoudemire
Amar'e Stoudemire
True
30
7
13
54
0
0
0
2
3
67
2
4
6
2
2
4
3
5
16
2
none
Cole
Aldrich
Cole Aldrich
True
25
5
8
62
0
0
0
3
4
75
4
6
10
3
1
1
3
3
13
0
double
Travis
Wear
Travis Wear
True
25
4
7
57
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
0
1
0
1
3
8
-11
none
Shane
Larkin
Shane Larkin
False
30
2
7
29
0
0
0
1
2
50
1
1
2
3
0
1
1
2
5
-6
none
Jason
Smith
Jason Smith
False
16
1
6
17
0
0
0
3
4
75
2
1
3
3
0
0
3
3
5
-5
none
Samuel
Dalembert
Samuel Dalembert
False
12
2
4
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
5
1
0
0
0
3
4
-10
none
Pablo
Prigioni
Pablo Prigioni
False
12
2
4
50
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
1
0
1
1
5
-10
none
Quincy
Acy
Quincy Acy
False
9
2
4
50
0
0
0
2
2
100
1
3
4
0
0
0
0
1
6
1
none
Carmelo
Anthony
Carmelo Anthony
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
J.R.
Smith
J.R. Smith
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
20
December
2014
Saturday
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Suns
Phoenix
True
The Bulls ( 16 - 9 ) held on to defeat the Knicks ( 5 - 23 ) at the United Center on Thursday . Chicago jumped out to a 10 - point first quarter lead but let the Knicks crawl back into the game in the third quarter . The lead was whittled to just one with one minute remaining , but a Pau Gasol layup put Chicago up three , and the Knicks were unable to get any closer , while Chicago salted the game away at the line . The Bulls got 35 points , five rebounds , seven assists and four steals from Jimmy Butler , who played 45 minutes . Playing without Derrick Rose , Chicago turned to Kirk Hinrich , who added eight points . Pau Gasol added 20 points , and Nikola Mirotic contributed 13 off the bench . Aaron Brooks had 18 points , including a trio of three - pointers . Chicago shot 45 percent from the field and knocked down 12 threes . New York , which was without Carmelo Anthony and J.R. Smith , got contributions from a number of starters , including 16 points , six rebounds and four blocks from Amar'e Stoudemire . Tim Hardaway , Jr. led the team with 23 points , while Cole Aldrich and Jose Calderon added 13 points and 12 points , respectively . Aldrich also had 10 rebounds 26 minutes . The Knicks shot 46 percent from the field and attempted only nine three - ponters , hitting six . They out - rebounded Chicago 41 - 32 but committed 16 turnovers , compared to the Bulls ' 11 . Up next , the Bulls travel to Memphis to take on the red - hot Grizzlies on Friday . New York returns home to host the Suns on Saturday .
The Bulls (16 - 9) held on to defeat the Knicks (5 - 23) at the United Center on Thursday. Chicago jumped out to a 10 - point first quarter lead but let the Knicks crawl back into the game in the third quarter. The lead was whittled to just one with one minute remaining, but a Pau Gasol layup put Chicago up three, and the Knicks were unable to get any closer, while Chicago salted the game away at the line. The Bulls got 35 points, five rebounds, seven assists and four steals from Jimmy Butler, who played 45 minutes. Playing without Derrick Rose, Chicago turned to Kirk Hinrich, who added eight points. Pau Gasol added 20 points, and Nikola Mirotic contributed 13 off the bench. Aaron Brooks had 18 points, including a trio of three - pointers. Chicago shot 45 percent from the field and knocked down 12 threes. New York, which was without Carmelo Anthony and J.R. Smith, got contributions from a number of starters, including 16 points, six rebounds and four blocks from Amar'e Stoudemire. Tim Hardaway, Jr. led the team with 23 points, while Cole Aldrich and Jose Calderon added 13 points and 12 points, respectively. Aldrich also had 10 rebounds 26 minutes. The Knicks shot 46 percent from the field and attempted only nine three - ponters, hitting six. They out - rebounded Chicago 41 - 32 but committed 16 turnovers, compared to the Bulls' 11. Up next, the Bulls travel to Memphis to take on the red - hot Grizzlies on Friday. New York returns home to host the Suns on Saturday.
The Bulls (16 - 9) held on to defeat the Knicks (5 - 23) at the United Center on Thursday. Chicago jumped out to a 10 - point first quarter lead but let the Knicks crawl back into the game in the third quarter. The lead was whittled to just one with one minute remaining, but a Pau Gasol layup put Chicago up three, and the Knicks were unable to get any closer, while Chicago salted the game away at the line. The Bulls got 35 points, five rebounds, seven assists and four steals from Jimmy Butler, who played 45 minutes. Playing without Derrick Rose, Chicago turned to Kirk Hinrich, who added eight points. Pau Gasol added 20 points, and Nikola Mirotic contributed 13 off the bench. Aaron Brooks had 18 points, including a trio of three - pointers. Chicago shot 45 percent from the field and knocked down 12 threes. New York, which was without Carmelo Anthony and J.R. Smith, got contributions from a number of starters, including 16 points, six rebounds and four blocks from Amar'e Stoudemire. Tim Hardaway, Jr. led the team with 23 points, while Cole Aldrich and Jose Calderon added 13 points and 12 points, respectively. Aldrich also had 10 rebounds 26 minutes. The Knicks shot 46 percent from the field and attempted only nine three - ponters, hitting six. They out - rebounded Chicago 41 - 32 but committed 16 turnovers, compared to the Bulls' 11. Up next, the Bulls travel to Memphis to take on the red - hot Grizzlies on Friday. New York returns home to host the Suns on Saturday.
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<DREB> 4 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Pau Gasol <TEAM> Chicago Bulls <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 35 <PTS> 20 <FG> 8 15 53 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 4 4 100 <REB> 7 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 5 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 3 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Aaron Brooks <TEAM> Chicago Bulls <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 18 <FG> 5 9 56 <FG3> 3 5 60 <FT> 5 6 83 <REB> 2 <AST> 5 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nikola Mirotić <TEAM> Chicago Bulls <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 13 <FG> 4 7 57 <FG3> 2 4 50 <FT> 3 4 75 <REB> 1 <AST> 3 <STL> 3 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kirk Hinrich <TEAM> Chicago Bulls <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 32 <PTS> 8 <FG> 3 7 43 <FG3> 2 4 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Mike Dunleavy <TEAM> Chicago Bulls <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 29 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 7 29 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Joakim Noah <TEAM> Chicago Bulls <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 4 <FG> 1 8 12 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 6 33 <REB> 13 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 6 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nazr Mohammed <TEAM> Chicago Bulls <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Cameron Bairstow <TEAM> Chicago Bulls <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> E'Twaun Moore <TEAM> Chicago Bulls <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-9 <MIN> 4 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tony Snell <TEAM> Chicago Bulls <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-10 <MIN> 8 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tim Hardaway <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 40 <PTS> 23 <FG> 8 19 42 <FG3> 5 8 62 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 2 <AST> 5 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Amar'e Stoudemire <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 30 <PTS> 16 <FG> 7 13 54 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 3 67 <REB> 6 <AST> 2 <STL> 2 <BLK> 4 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 2 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Cole Aldrich <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 13 <FG> 5 8 62 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 3 4 75 <REB> 10 <AST> 3 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 4 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> José Calderón <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 35 <PTS> 12 <FG> 5 10 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Travis Wear <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 8 <FG> 4 7 57 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Quincy Acy <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 9 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 4 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Pablo Prigioni <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 12 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jason Smith <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 16 <PTS> 5 <FG> 1 6 17 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 3 4 75 <REB> 3 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 2 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Shane Larkin <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 30 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 7 29 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 2 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Samuel Dalembert <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-9 <MIN> 12 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 5 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 3 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> J. R. Smith <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Carmelo Anthony <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none