Chicago Bulls break two-game losing streak by snatching Boston Celtics' four-game winning streak
No one feared any other player more than the Celtics feared Derrick Rose that day. The 22-year-old player played with a wild intensity. He scored 36 points on a 10-19 shooting and went 15-19 in free throw attempts. The guard calculated his moves and played
for a duration of almost 39 minutes. The Boston Celtics who had recently recovered under the influence of Rajon Rondo’s return stumbled once again.
Stats
The Celtics were deprived of a four game winning streak as the Chicago Bulls broke their own two game losing accord, 90-79.
The Boston Celtics who recently clinched their 3,000 franchise victory were reduced to a 38 percent shooting by the Chicago Bulls.
Rookie Luke Harangody saw one of the most shocking games coming after one of his best played games. The player who in his previous game trounced a double-double that helped the Celtics win was drowned to a zero. Harangody played for a duration of 13 minutes
from off the bench but besides grabbing two rebounds he could not dig out even a single point.
Game stats
The Bulls were high in defence and the Celtics lacked their newly found streak. The Bulls came out with 48 rebounds whereas the Celtics could only assemble 27. The Bulls were highly charged as they went grabbing 11 offensive rebounds and limited the Celtics
to four only. The Bulls took the biggest lead with 13 points and bound the Celtics to nine only. The Bulls took more fast break points than the Celtics, 15-12.
Turning point
The game had almost passed most of its course and just 4:57 were remaining in the game when it all happened. Rose attacked the defenceless Celtics with a tirade of consecutive jumpers that perched them down with an 80-70 advantage over the Celtics.
Hottest player
Rose played amazingly well for the Bulls. He went 10 for 19 from the field. The 2008 NBA draft went 15 for 19 from the line. The round 1 pick was confident about his game and later acknowledged that he is still learning how to get fouled.
Weakest links
The Boston Celtics forward centre Glen Davis totally seemed out of form. The player was there for a duration of 43 minutes and in that time all the 131 kg player could grab was three rebounds and 11 points. The player went 4 for 17 from the field and was
held 0-0 in three point attempts.
Fun facts
Rose saw a hard time from Celtics' side for playing well. The poor guy kept getting slammed into big men of Boston like Shaquille O’Neal and Rajon Rondo.
"It hurts, definitely, running into a brick wall," was all the 22-year-old point guard could say.
Coming up next
For the Bulls, Monday vs. Detroit, Wednesday at Charlotte, Friday at Indiana.
For the Celtics, Monday vs. Houston, Wednesday vs. Sacramento, Friday vs. Charlotte.
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