The first game of the season was a rematch of the first round in the eastern playoffs.
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The key matchups in the game were Chicago's guards, Duhon, Gordon, and Hinrich against
Washington's guards Arenas, Peeler, and Antonio Daniels. It was a close game until the bulls went on a 19-9 run. To close out the game Jannero Pargo hit 4 free throws. The
Chicago Bulls came out with the win 75-68. Holding the
Wizards to under 70 points for the first time this year.
Ben Gordon the rookie out of
UConn helped the
Bulls win with his
16pts, 2 reb, and 1 ast, also going 6/8 FG in 14 min which earned him player of the game honors. Right behing Gordon was
Andres Nocioni with 10 pts, and 2 ast in 13 min. But the
Bulls were not able to contain Gilbert Arenas and Anthony Peeler they combined for 39 points and 6 assists.
Stats
T. Chandler 8pts,3reb,2stl,14min
O.Harrington 8pts,1reb,11min
C.Duhon 7pts,2reb,3ast,5stl,13min
K.Hinrich 6pts,1ast,2stl,11min
E.Piatkowski 5pts,2ast,6min
J.Pargo 5pts,1reb,1ast,1stl,6min
L.Funderburke 4pts,5reb,1blk,8min
L.Deng 4pts,2reb,1ast,1blk,12min
J.Reiner 2pts,1reb,4min
A.Davis 2reb,1ast,2blk,13min
