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CHICAGO TRIBUNE : 12-17-11 : Chicago Bulls @ San Antonio Spurs

Posted on January 30, 2012 at 02:40 AM.

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December 17, 2011

Bulls blowout Spurs
Rose and company dominate aging Spurs
Bulls 118 Spurs 98

Without Tim Duncan in the lineup, Carlos Boozer dominated the paint.

Time is running out for Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs. They were trounced by the Chicago Bulls 118-98 Saturday night on their home floor at the AT&T Center. Suffering from a broken finger, Tim Duncan sat out their match up against the Bulls. The Spurs starting lineup was to small and they got steamrolled in the paint. Dejuan Blair and Richard Jefferson both stand at 6'7". Blair started at center while Jefferson started at power forward. It did not work out for the Spurs.

Carlos Boozer took advantage of the smaller lineup shooting 10-12 from the field and scored 21 points with 11 rebounds. Chicago's other big man Joakim Noah scored 13 points and also grabbed 11 boards. "We were able to pound the ball down low with success tonight. Not having Timmy (Duncan) out there made it easier" said Noah. Derrick Rose had another balanced night of scoring and dishing. Rose had 25 points and 9 assists.

Bulls now return home for two games against the Bucks (7-16) and the Cavaliers (5-17).

Chicago Bulls (17-4) at San Antonio Spurs (13-11)

Dec 17, 2011	1	2	3	4	Final
Chicago	34	28	26	30	118
San Antonio	24	20	28	26	98

Top Performers

Chicago Bulls

D. Rose - 25 pts, 9 ast, 5 stl

C. Boozer - 21 pts, 11 reb, 4 ast

San Antonio Spurs

M. Ginobili - 36 pts, 13-25 FG

T. Parker - 18 pts, 10 ast

Team Stats Comparison
	CHI	SAS
FG Made-Att	49-86 (56%)	43-83 (51%)
3PT Made-Att	6-9 (66%)	5-17 (29%)
FT Made-Att	14-17 (82%)	7-8 (87%)
Rebounds	42	31
Assists	29	25
Turnovers	10	13
Steals	11	7
Blocks	5	4

Chicago Bulls
STARTERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
D. Rose	36	10-21	1-1	4-4	1	9	5	1	3	25
R. Hamilton	36	7-10	2-3	0-0	4	1	1	0	0	16
L. Deng	38	6-13	3-3	0-0	7	4	3	0	1	15
C. Boozer	32	10-12	0-0	1-2	11	4	1	1	1	21
J. Noah	36	4-7	0-0	5-6	11	3	0	2	2	13
BENCH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
R. Brewer	11	3-5	0-0	2-2	1	1	0	0	1	8
C.J. Watson	13	3-9	0-2	1-1	1	3	1	0	0	7
T. Gibson	17	2-4	0-0	1-2	1	1	0	1	1	5
O. Asik	11	2-2	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	4
J. Butler	11	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	4
B. Scalabrine	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
J. Lucas	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0

San Antonio Spurs
STARTERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T. Parker	37	9-20	0-2	0-0	4	10	2	0	2	18
M. Ginobili	37	13-25	4-10	6-6	2	1	2	2	1	36
K. Leonard	38	6-9	0-0	1-2	8	1	1	1	2	13
R. Jefferson	38	3-6	1-3	0-0	2	3	0	0	2	7
D. Blair	38	7-10	0-0	0-0	6	6	0	0	2	14
BENCH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
G. Neal	9	3-4	0-1	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	6
J. Anderson	11	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	2
T.J. Ford	14	1-5	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	2
M. Bonner	9	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
T. Splitter	14	0-1	0-0	0-0	6	0	2	1	2	0
C. Joseph	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
D. Green	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-