Chicago can cheer. Bulls wins second Summer League game
This time Bulls played at home against New Jersey Nets. This game was big test for
Noah and
Thomas, because in NJ Nets starters was two good big guys - rookie center
Lopez and Chinese power forward
Yi Jianlian. The Bulls started it pretty cold, but they managed to tie up the game close to en of first quarter, which ended 31-28 for Nets. Second was going just right the first until the mid of quarter...
Rose was driving to the rim, but on the way he hit Lopez and fell on the floor. The crowd just sighed. Rose with help of his team mates walked to the bench.
Curry got on the floor to substitute him.
Rose didn't return on the court, but his team continued to fight. End of first half 61-57. In the absence of Rose, Bulls found another leader -
Jorge Garbajosa. He played really well, he shot from under the basket, from mid range and three pointers and he was successful. After the third score was 87-86 in favour of Bulls. In the last quarter
Garbajosa's great played joined
Thomas, who was dominating the paint. The game ended with a Bulls victory 122-110
Garbajosa was hot tonight. He scored 42 points grabbed 5 rebs and made 5 assists
The best players for Bulls was
Garbajosa with 42 points and
Thomas with 34 and 6 steals.
Curry successfully replaced Rose with 10 points, 5 assists and 5 steals.
The high point man for Nets was
B.Lopez with 21 point and 10 rebounds, including 6 offensive rebs.
M.Williams added 13 points and 10 assists.
Thomas continued last games great performance in the offense.
Vinny Del Negro:"My hopes for a better defence didn't materialize in this game, but thankfully we won. Of course we missed Rose, but thankfully his injury isn't serious and he'll be playing in next game. I really liked the way Thomas played tonight. He scored many points and didn't let Yi do the same. On the other hand Noah played pretty bad defensively. Yeah he had 13 rebounds, but Lopez grabbed 6 offensive rebs. Game at Miami will be our last in Summer League this year, so I hope players won't dissapoint me"
Next game @Miami