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CHICAGO TRIBUNE : 11-22-11 : Chicago Bulls @ Denver Nuggets

Posted on January 14, 2012 at 02:14 AM.

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November 22, 2011

Blowout in Denver
Bulls dominate short handed Nuggets
Bulls 106 Nuggets 69

Derrick Rose hangs on the rim after a throwing down a dunk.

The Denver Nuggets had all kinds of trouble with the Chicago Bulls Tuesday night. It looks like they'll be having trouble against the rest of the league as well. Last week their back up point guard, Andre Miller, went down with a broken jaw and is expected to miss 6-8 weeks. Then yesterday against the Clippers, Ty Lawson went down with a separated shoulder and he will now miss 2-4 weeks.

So the Nuggets were unable to call up a point guard in time for their match up with the Bulls Tuesday. They used Aaron Afflalo at the point and that turned out horrible for the Nuggets. Afflalo turned over the ball a whopping 15 times. The Bulls took quick advantage and built an early lead. The Bulls defense put on a strong performance highlighted by allowing only 11 points in the third quarter.

The offense was firing on all cylinders. Bulls had nine players with at least 8 or more points. Taj Gibson, who has started slowly this year had his best outing with 15 points and 9 boards off the bench. They got a total of 43 points off the bench. All five starters hit double figures. Next they travel to Indianapolis to take on the Pacers to renew their rivalry from last year's playoff. Bulls (10-2) have won eight in a row while Pacers (6-7) have won 2 in a row.

Taj Gibson posterizes Nene' Tuesday night in Denver.

Chicago Bulls (9-2) at Denver Nuggets (3-6)

Nov 22, 2011	1	2	3	4	Final
Chicago	26	29	28	23	106
Denver	17	20	11	21	69

Top Performers

Chicago Bulls

D. Rose - 19 pts, 9 ast, 6 stl

T. Gibson - 15 pts, 9 reb

Denver Nuggets

C. Brewer - 15 pts, 6 reb

A. Harrington - 11 pts, 3 reb

Team Stats Comparison
	CHI	DEN
FG Made-Att	45-92 (48%)	29-71 (40%)
3PT Made-Att	10-23 (43%)	6-24 (25%)
FT Made-Att	6-11 (54%)	5-8 (62%)
Rebounds	48	38
Assists	32	15
Turnovers	12	29
Steals	25	10
Blocks	5	7

Chicago Bulls
STARTERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
D. Rose	24	8-15	1-2	2-2	3	9	6	1	3	19
R. Hamilton	28	4-6	2-3	0-0	5	1	1	0	0	10
L. Deng	36	5-17	2-6	0-0	5	3	1	0	1	12
C. Boozer	27	5-13	0-0	1-2	3	1	1	0	1	11
J. Noah	34	5-7	0-0	1-4	14	4	4	0	0	11
BENCH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T. Gibson	26	7-9	0-0	1-2	9	4	4	2	1	15
C.J. Watson	25	3-6	2-4	0-0	2	5	6	2	2	8
K. Korver	17	3-8	2-6	0-0	3	0	0	0	2	8
R. Brewer	13	3-5	1-2	1-1	3	1	1	0	2	8
B. Scalabrine	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2
D. Hicks	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0
J. Butler	4	1-5	0-0	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	2

Denver Nuggets
STARTERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
A. Afflalo	48	4-7	0-2	0-0	4	3	2	0	15	8
C. Brewer	39	6-12	2-3	1-2	6	3	2	1	2	15
D. Gallinari	40	4-18	1-9	1-1	6	2	2	2	1	10
K. Faried	35	2-8	0-1	2-2	9	3	0	1	4	6
Nene'	32	2-6	0-0	0-2	6	1	2	2	4	4
BENCH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
A. Harrington	20	4-9	2-4	1-1	3	1	0	0	3	11
C. Andersen	11	3-4	0-1	0-0	3	0	1	1	0	6
J. Hamilton	6	2-4	1-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	5
D. Carroll	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2
R. Fernandez	10	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	2
T. Mozgov	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
K. Koufos	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-