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CHICAGO TRIBUNE : 12-20-11 : Milwaukee Bucks @ Chicago Bulls

Posted on January 30, 2012 at 06:06 AM.

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December 20, 2011

Home cooking
Bulls return home to beat Bucks
Bulls 106 Bucks 76

Rip Hamilton's legs look fresh as the evidence shows in this shot of him dunking.

Tom Thibodeau has not been happy with the Bulls defense as of late. While they continue to win, Thibs is still upset with how many points they have been giving up. Well the defense got back on track Tuesday night at the United Center. The Bulls returned home from Texas to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 106-76. "We played better defensively tonight. I thought we did a great job of closing out on shooters on the perimeter" coach Thibs said. The Bucks shooting 1-22 from the arc supports that statement from Thibodeau.

Offensively, the Bulls played very well. They got three players score 20 or more points; Rip Hamilton, Luol Deng, and Derrick Rose. They dished out 30 assists and shot 59% from the floor. Rip Hamilton has been playing very well as of late. For the season he is averaging 10.8 ppg. In his last five games he is averaging 17.2 ppg. This is the kind of play the Bulls front office was hoping for when they signed Rip.

Bulls stay home for one more game against the Cleveland Cavaliers (6-17) on Friday night. Following that game the Bulls head to Los Angeles for a prime time match up against the Lakers on Christmas day.

Milwakee Bucks (7-16) at Chicago Bulls (18-4)

Dec 20, 2011	1	2	3	4	Final
Milwakee	18	20	17	21	76
Chicago	28	27	26	25	106

Top Performers

Milwakee Bucks

J. Flynn - 20 pts, 8 ast, 5 reb

D. Gooden - 19 pts, 7 reb

Chicago Bulls

D. Rose - 20 pts, 13 ast, 5 reb

R. Hamilton - 23 pts, 4 reb, 4 ast

Team Stats Comparison
	MIL	CHI
FG Made-Att	36-82 (43%)	47-79 (59%)
3PT Made-Att	1-22 (4%)	2-7 (28%)
FT Made-Att	3-5 (60%)	10-10 (100%)
Rebounds	30	45
Assists	20	30
Turnovers	16	17
Steals	16	13
Blocks	3	2

Milwakee Bucks
STARTERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J. Flynn	35	9-11	1-3	1-2	5	8	6	0	4	20
B. Jennings	38	3-19	0-12	1-2	2	10	2	1	2	7
L. Mbah a Moute	38	5-6	0-1	0-0	2	1	4	0	3	10
D. Gooden	38	9-19	0-1	1-1	7	0	2	0	1	19
A. Bogut	32	4-8	0-0	0-0	8	0	0	1	3	8
BENCH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
E. Ilyasova	14	2-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	1	0	4
B. Udrih	14	2-7	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	4
M. Dunleavy	8	1-3	0-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	2
L. Sanders	10	1-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
S. Livingston	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
T. Harris	11	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0
C. Delfino	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Bulls
STARTERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
D. Rose	36	9-19	0-3	2-2	5	13	2	0	8	20
R. Hamilton	34	10-12	1-2	2-2	4	4	0	0	2	23
L. Deng	39	9-15	1-2	1-1	7	4	2	0	1	20
C. Boozer	34	7-16	0-0	1-1	6	1	2	0	0	15
J. Noah	31	2-2	0-0	2-2	9	3	3	1	2	6
BENCH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T. Gibson	20	3-3	0-0	2-2	3	2	1	1	1	8
C.J. Watson	13	3-5	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	6
R. Brewer	15	3-4	0-0	0-0	1	2	2	0	1	6
J. Butler	10	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	0	1	2
O. Asik	13	0-1	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	0
B. Scalabrine	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J. Lucas	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-