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Bulls demolish Celtics for 3rd straight victory
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January 16, 2010, Saturday
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LUOL Deng scored 25 points to lead a strong effort from the starting unit as the Chicago Bulls defeated the Boston Celtics for the first time this season with a 96-83 victory on Thursday.
All five starters reached double figures for the Bulls (17-20), who recorded a third-straight win and avenged two lopsided defeats to Boston earlier in the season.
"That's the most complete game we've played all year," Chicago point guard Derrick Rose told reporters. "That's something we've been working on."
The Celtics (27-11) could not say the same. Playing their fourth game in five nights, they had drubbed Chicago by a combined 54 points in their two previous meetings but the ailing home team struggled this time around.
Playing without defensive captain Kevin Garnett, out with a hyper-extended knee, and offseason acquisition Rasheed Wallace, who has a foot injury, Boston fell 29-18 behind after the first quarter and only flirted with contention late in the game.
Paul Pierce, who led his team in scoring with 20 points, made a three-pointer to pull Boston to within 86-80 with 3:49 remaining but the streaking Bulls finished the game with a 10-3 run.
Pierce led his team in scoring with 20 points but made just 6 of 18 shots as the Celtics lost for the sixth time in their last 10 games.
"They just played with more effort than us," said Kendrick Perkins, who finished with 14 points and 10 boards. "I don't think our communication tonight was where it needed to be for us on the defensive end."
A veteran team, injuries were also an issue for Boston last season when it faced a hungry young Bulls side in the playoffs, eventually prevailing in an epic seven-game first-round series.
Chicago was every bit as tenacious against the Celtics on a night it got 17 points and eight rebounds from Rose. Center Joakim Noah added 15 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks.
The Bulls out-rebounded their opponent 50-39 and only trailed 2-0 before controlling the rest of the way.
In Salt Lake City, rookie Sundiata Gaines hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to end a frenzied series of comebacks and give the Utah Jazz a 97-96 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
LeBron James had led the Cavaliers on a 22-4 run earlier in the fourth quarter and put Cleveland up by six points with 33 seconds left, but the visitors couldn't clinch it from the free throw line.
Zildrunas Ilgauskas went 1-of-2 from the line with 5.6 seconds left and the Jazz needed only a field goal to tie it or 3-pointer to win it.
Utah's Ronnie Price flipped the ball to Gaines, who launched the game-winner.
James led Cleveland with 36 points.
All five starters reached double figures for the Bulls (17-20), who recorded a third-straight win and avenged two lopsided defeats to Boston earlier in the season.
"That's the most complete game we've played all year," Chicago point guard Derrick Rose told reporters. "That's something we've been working on."
The Celtics (27-11) could not say the same. Playing their fourth game in five nights, they had drubbed Chicago by a combined 54 points in their two previous meetings but the ailing home team struggled this time around.
Playing without defensive captain Kevin Garnett, out with a hyper-extended knee, and offseason acquisition Rasheed Wallace, who has a foot injury, Boston fell 29-18 behind after the first quarter and only flirted with contention late in the game.
Paul Pierce, who led his team in scoring with 20 points, made a three-pointer to pull Boston to within 86-80 with 3:49 remaining but the streaking Bulls finished the game with a 10-3 run.
Pierce led his team in scoring with 20 points but made just 6 of 18 shots as the Celtics lost for the sixth time in their last 10 games.
"They just played with more effort than us," said Kendrick Perkins, who finished with 14 points and 10 boards. "I don't think our communication tonight was where it needed to be for us on the defensive end."
A veteran team, injuries were also an issue for Boston last season when it faced a hungry young Bulls side in the playoffs, eventually prevailing in an epic seven-game first-round series.
Chicago was every bit as tenacious against the Celtics on a night it got 17 points and eight rebounds from Rose. Center Joakim Noah added 15 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks.
The Bulls out-rebounded their opponent 50-39 and only trailed 2-0 before controlling the rest of the way.
In Salt Lake City, rookie Sundiata Gaines hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to end a frenzied series of comebacks and give the Utah Jazz a 97-96 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
LeBron James had led the Cavaliers on a 22-4 run earlier in the fourth quarter and put Cleveland up by six points with 33 seconds left, but the visitors couldn't clinch it from the free throw line.
Zildrunas Ilgauskas went 1-of-2 from the line with 5.6 seconds left and the Jazz needed only a field goal to tie it or 3-pointer to win it.
Utah's Ronnie Price flipped the ball to Gaines, who launched the game-winner.
James led Cleveland with 36 points.
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