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LA Clippers @ Chicago Bulls Home Opener

Posted on March 2, 2012 at 03:38 PM.

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This home opener was real defensive game. The Chicago Bulls came in at 2-1 while the Clippers were undefeated at 3-0. This was also the debut of J.R. Smith who we just picked up in a recent trade from the Knicks. The starting 5's were Rose, Smith, Deng, Boozer, Noah while LA had Paul, Billups, Butler, Griffin and Kenyon Martin. J.R. Smith in his debut started off on fire as he had 16 points in the first quarter. He also was 3-5 from 3 point range. I almost thought I was reading another result of his from his CBL (Chinese Basketball League) playing days. The second quarter he wasn't as hot while Derrick Rose and Luol Deng took control. The game was in the fourth and the Bulls were down 8 for a couple minutes until they tied it up. The tie would stay the same all the way through the fourth as J.R. Smith had a chance to win the game but it just rimmed out. This game went into Overtime. In overtime there wasn't much scoring until the final seconds. There was about 5 seconds left then 3 as Chauncey Billups went for three and got fould by Deng. The whole arena just went quiet with a lot of shock. Chauncey made his 3 free throws which won the game as he still lives up to the name Chauncey Big Shot Billups. J.R. Smith on his debut had this to say "it was a real great game it had a playoff like atmosphere". J.R. Smth in his debut with the Bulls had a team high for the year so far and his season high 39 points which he also was 8-20 from 3 point range, Derrick Rose had 9 points, Deng had 13, and Noah had 9 points.The Bulls loss 77-74. The Bulls fall to 2-2 on the season so far and their next game is against the Oklahoma City Thunder at home. So stay tuned.