Bulls Team Report
(Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:40:25 PDT)
The Bulls have made a habit of late-season playoff pushes. Last year, they won 12 of their last 16 contests. In 2006, they finished with 12 wins in 14 games.
Both times, the Bulls finished with a 41-41 record and played an entertaining first-round playoff series—losing to Boston last year and to Miami in '06.
Well, it's time for another hot finish. After snapping their 10-game losing streak in Philadelphia on Saturday, the Bulls (32-37) were still within striking distance of a playoff spot.
At the end of Saturday's action, they trailed Toronto by 2 1/2 games for the final playoff spot in the East and were three games behind seventh-place Charlotte.
The Bulls' schedule is somewhat favorable, with eight of the last 13 games at home.
NBA Capsules
(Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:53:18 PDT)
Derrick Rose scored 23 points in his return from a a sprained left wrist, and the Chicago Bulls snapped their losing streak at 10 games with a 98-84 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night. Kirk Hinrich added 17 points and 11 assists, Brad Miller had 16 points, and Hakim Warrick 13 for the Bulls, 2 1/2 games behind Toronto for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern...
Bulls snap 10-game losing streak
(Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:51:27 PDT)
Derrick Rose scored 23 points in his return from a a sprained left wrist as the Chicago Bulls snapped their losing streak at 10 games with a 98-84 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday. Kirk Hinrich added 17 points and 11 assists, Brad Miller had 16 points, and Hakim Warrick 13 for the Bulls, 2 1/2 games behind Toronto for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
James becomes youngest to 15,000 points
(Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:07:31 PDT)
LeBron James became the youngest player to score 15,000 points, breaking Kobe Bryant's mark by more than two years in the first quarter of the Cleveland Cavaliers' 92-85 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday. James had 29 points against the Bulls to push his total to 15,026. Three points short of the milestone when the night began, James soared in for a hard right-handed dunk on a break...
James, Cavs beat Bulls 92-85
(Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:51:52 PDT)
If indeed LeBron James decides to leave Cleveland, fans in Chicago would certainly hail The King. They certainly let out enough cheers along with those oohs and aahs as he soared around the United Center on Friday night. James became the youngest player to score 15,000 career points, breaking Kobe Bryant's mark by more than two years, and the Cavaliers pulled away to beat the Bulls 92-85 for...
Deng to miss 2 to 3 more weeks
(Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:05:45 PDT)
Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng could miss two to three more weeks because of a strained right calf, putting his status for the rest of the season in question. Deng, averaging 18.0 points, missed his fifth straight game Friday night when Chicago played Cleveland after re-injuring his calf earlier in the week in Dallas.
Bobcats keeping Larry Brown?
(Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:09:45 PDT)
Michael Jordan is now the majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats and he apparently wants to keep head coach...
Bulls' Deng injury worsens?
(Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:50:48 PDT)
Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng has been out for eight days with a strained right calf already and now it's...
Nowitzki, Butler get Mavs back on winning track
(Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:11:29 PDT)
The Dallas Mavericks got back to their winning ways and avoided the first-quarter struggles that have bothered them lately. They also were thrilled to get Jason Terry back just two weeks after surgery to repair a broken bone in his face. Things would've really gone great if not for a lapse in the fourth quarter.
Michael Jordan' ownership bid of Bobcats approved by NBA board of governors
(Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:24:27 PDT)
Michael Jordan became a basketball star at North Carolina. Now he'll try to turn around the state's money-losing NBA team by becoming the first ex-player to be a majority owner in the league.
Knicks' Harrington wants to be a Net
(Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:24:12 PDT)
The New Jersey Nets have only won eight games so far this season, but that's not stopping players from...
Grizzlies extend undermanned Bulls' skid to 8
(Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:30:32 PDT)
The Chicago Bulls -- what's left of them -- are slipping further away from the last Eastern Conference playoff spot. Undermanned because of injuries and a suspension, the Bulls dropped their eighth straight Tuesday night, as O.J. Mayo scored 24 points in the Memphis Grizzlies' 104-97 victory. Mayo connected on 8-of-12 shots from the field, including going 4 of 5 from 3-point range, as six...
Dwyane Wade playing dirty?
(Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:27:03 PDT)
The Chicago Bulls got beat up by the Miami Heat the other night, 108-95, but that's not the only thing...
Bulls' Hinrich suspended; Suns coach Gentry fined
(Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:53:20 PST)
Chicago Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich has been suspended one game without pay by the NBA for making contact with a referee. The NBA also announced Saturday that Phoenix Suns coach Alvin Gentry has been fined $25,000 for improper conduct toward a referee and for failing to leave the court in a timely manner after his ejection.
Heat pull away from reeling Bulls, 108-95
(Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:33:29 PST)
The Heat-Bulls rivalry came back to life Friday night, replete with three technicals, a flagrant foul, and an ejection -- all on the same possession. Fighting words followed, too. Yep, playoff time must be near. Jermaine O'Neal scored a season-high 25 points, Quentin Richardson added 23 and the Miami Heat beat a Chicago team playing without its three top scorers 108-95 -- not only sending the...
Hinrich hit with 2 technicals, ejected
(Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:15:39 PST)
Chicago guard Kirk Hinrich was ejected with 4:43 left in the fourth quarter of the Bulls' game at Miami on Friday night after drawing two technical fouls. The sequence started with Heat guard Dwyane Wade driving the lane and a flagrant foul being called on the Bulls' Brad Miller. Hinrich drew one technical for complaining about that call, and moments later, drew another one.
Rose out for Bulls-Heat game with sprained wrist
(Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:51:26 PST)
Add Derrick Rose to what's nearly become an epidemic of medical problems for the Chicago Bulls, all coming at the worst possible time of the season. Rose was held out of Chicago's game in Miami on Friday night with a sprained left wrist, suffered the previous night in a collision with Orlando center Dwight Howard.
The Kings are looking to finish strong
(Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:10 PST)
I don't mind the talk of play-in tourneys, rumblings about how teams are dogging it as the season nears its...
Suicide lines: Rose's wrist; Green's green; Foyle's not finished
(Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:10:37 PST)
Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your Cheerios.
Bulls' Derrick Rose sprains wrist against Orlando
(Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:13:38 PST)
Bulls guard Derrick Rose has sprained his left wrist after another collision with Orlando's Dwight Howard. Rose drove the lane hard for a layup in the final minute of the first quarter against the Magic on Thursday night when he was knocked to the floor in a midair collision with Howard. Rose clutched his lower back and hand before slowly rising to his feet, making one of the free throws.
Magic roll past Bulls 111-82 as Rose sprains wrist
(Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:10:41 PST)
Dwight Howard insists he didn't intend to hurt Derrick Rose. He was just protecting the basket. So when Rose drove the lane hard and tried to finish over the towering center for the second time this season, the man who goes by "Superman" again delivered on his nickname. The Man of Steel. "I think if you hit something that doesn't move," Howard said, "you usually end...
Bulls fading in tough stretch
(Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:41:34 PST)
A year ago, the Chicago Bulls were piling up wins and building momentum that carried them into the playoffs and an epic showdown with the Celtics. Now? It's losses that are piling up, along with injuries. If the season ended now, the Bulls would be out of the playoffs. At 31-32 and with five straight losses, the Bulls were ninth in the Eastern Conference and trying to orchestrate another turn in...
