New Look Bulls Blows out Pistons in Preseason Showdown
The Chicago Bulls, coming off a disappointing season, had made a variety of adjustments, all starting at the draft lottery when they lucked out and got the number 1 overall pick, which they used to draft a Chicago Native point guard Derrick Rose, they had a new Head Coach, completely new coaching staff, and even a new Owner, General Managers and Assistant GMs were new, there was also the fury of trades that brought Sean Williams and Lamar Odom to Chicago, and the signing of the South Korean Ha Seung-Jin to fill out the roster.
It seems like all the changes and moves they made had paid off.
Of course, it's just a preseason game, so no body really cares about it, and it does not count for anything, but regardless of whether it counts or not, this landslide victory by the Chicago Bulls over the reigning central division champions Detroit Pistons, there old rivals, has to be some sort of a boost to the Bulls team.
"It's great, last year was a real disappointing year, we missed the playoffs, and the team was revamped, so to be able to get such a big win here, at home, regardless of the fact that it was just a preseason game or not, it's a great feeling we have right now." said Ben Gordon after the game, Gordon had a game high 28 points and was named the Jordan Player of the Game.
Lamar Odom, Derrick Rose, and Sean Williams all made their Bulls debut today, although their real debut comes a few days later in their first regular season game against Milwaukee, the 3 were playing good in this preseason debut. Odom had 23 points, alongside 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals in 25 minutes of play, while Derrick Rose had 20 points, 9 assists, and 3 rebounds in 23 minutes of play. Sean Williams was no less impressive as these two, but in a different way, he had 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 block, and 4 steals in just 9 minutes of play, and established himself as one of the better defensive players on the floor in his limited minutes.
For the Pistons, they were led by Rasheed Wallace, who had 23 points and 6 rebounds in the game, and Rip Hamilton, who had an all round performance of 19 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and a game high 5 steals; but it was not enough, as they turned the ball over 20 times and shot a miserable 7% from 3 point range as opposed to the Bulls' 47%, and only got to the line 4 times in the entire 40 minutes.
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P.S. After this game i might be switching to HOF....what do you guys think?
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