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CHICAGO TRIBUNE : 12-13-11 : Atlanta Hawks @ Chicago Bulls

Posted on January 26, 2012 at 06:37 PM.

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December 13, 2011

Bulls soar past Hawks
Rose's effort is the difference; Korver suffers injury
Bulls 102 Hawks 96

Derrick Rose dunks on Joe Johnson Tuesday night at the United Center.

Last year's MVP Derrick Rose is making his claim as this year's MVP. Rose continued his stellar play Tuesday night, beating the Atlanta Hawks 102-96. He finished the game with 28 points and 16 assists. Rose scored 11 of his 28 in the fourth quarter. While Derrick played well, he did get a good outing from the rest of the starting lineup. All five starters scored in double figures. Rip Hamilton scored 16 and looks more and more comfortable in the Bulls system.

Kyle Korver came in the game early in the second quarter and caught fire. Within six minutes Korver knocked down three shots. Moments after hitting those shots, Korver went up for a rebound and came down on his back. Coach Tom Thibodeau said "Kyle has a lower back injury and could miss a week or two. We'll miss him but same as always. Next man up." The next man up he could be referring to is rookie Jimmy Butler. We can expect to see some extended minutes for him.

Thibodeau and the Bulls jumped on a flight to Houston following the game to face off against the Rockets (11-8) Wednesday night. Its a quick turnaround game for the Bulls so lets hope they are ready.

Josh Smith gets past the Bulls defense and throws down a dunk.

Atlanta Hawks (10-9) at Chicago Bulls (15-4)

Dec 13, 2011	1	2	3	4	Final
Atlanta	26	23	24	23	96
Chicago	26	20	33	23	102

Top Performers

Atlanta Hawks

J. Johnson - 25 pts, 7 reb

J. Graham - 20 pts, 4 stl

Chicago Bulls

D. Rose - 28 pts, 16 ast

R. Hamilton - 16 pts, 5 ast

Team Stats Comparison
	ATL	CHI
FG Made-Att	43-83 (51%)	43-81 (53%)
3PT Made-Att	4-9 (44%)	8-20 (40%)
FT Made-Att	6-9 (66%)	8-10 (80%)
Rebounds	36	44
Assists	23	26
Turnovers	15	18
Steals	17	13
Blocks	3	5

Atlanta Hawks
STARTERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
K. Hinrich	35	3-4	0-1	0-0	2	6	3	0	4	6
J. Johnson	36	11-26	1-4	2-2	7	4	2	0	1	25
J. Graham	35	8-14	1-1	3-4	1	1	4	1	2	20
J. Smith	39	7-12	0-1	0-1	8	4	1	2	4	14
A. Horford	36	7-11	0-0	1-2	8	0	3	0	1	15
BENCH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J. Teague	10	3-4	0-0	0-0	0	2	1	0	1	6
T. McGrady	13	2-4	1-1	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	5
J. Pargo	5	1-2	1-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	3
Z. Pachulia	14	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	2
M. Williams	10	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	0
E. Thomas	6	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	0
W. Green	8	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0

Chicago Bulls
STARTERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
D. Rose	38	12-20	2-5	2-2	4	16	3	3	8	28
R. Hamilton	39	6-14	2-6	2-2	3	5	2	0	5	16
L. Deng	38	6-12	2-4	1-2	7	1	0	0	3	15
C. Boozer	31	6-15	0-0	0-0	9	0	2	0	0	12
J. Noah	34	4-4	0-0	3-4	8	0	2	1	0	11
BENCH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
K. Korver	6	3-3	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	7
O. Asik	15	3-5	0-0	0-0	8	0	0	0	0	6
R. Brewer	14	2-4	1-3	0-0	1	0	2	1	1	5
T. Gibson	18	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	2	1	0	0	2
C.J. Watson	11	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	0
B. Scalabrine	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J. Butler	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-