Monday, March 01, 2010

March 1 Open Thread: Atlanta (37-21) @ Chicago (31-28)

TIP-OFF: 8pm (EST)

TELEVISION
: SportSouth

CHAT: Daily Dime Live (in which I will participate)

RADIO: Hawks Radio Network, Audio League Pass

GAME NOTES: Hawks/Bulls

ATLANTA INJURY REPORT: None.

CHICAGO INJURY REPORT
: Joakim Noah is out. Luol Deng is a game-time decision (swollen left knee).

BY THE NUMBERS

Team Poss Off Eff eFG% FT Rate OR% TO%
ATL (off)
89.4
1.124
50.1 21.8
27.2 13.2
CHI (def)
92.1 1.055 48.1
27.1
25.4
14.8

Team Poss Off Eff eFG% FT Rate OR% TO%
ATL (def)
89.4
1.079
49.9 27.6
27.3 15.9
CHI (off)
92.1 1.043 47.1
21.8
27.7
15.9

FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY
: Chicago -1, 196 o/u

OTHER PERSPECTIVES: By the Horns, Blog-a-Bull

PREVIOUSLY, THE CHICAGO BULLS...playing without Joakim Noah, lost 100-90 in Indiana on the back-end of a back-to-back Saturday night.

The home team has each of the three games between these two so far this season. The Hawks won 118-83 on December 9th and 91-81 on February 5th. The Bulls won 101-98 (in OT) on December 19th. The Bulls are 19-9 at home on the season.

Consider this an open thread for all pre-game, in-game, and post-game (but pre-recap) thoughts.

1 comment:

JMar said...

It seems like Al Horford has had a lot of shots blocked over the last couple of weeks, particularly when he's trying to muscle up a shot in traffic, and far more than he usually does. Do the numbers back me up on this observation or am I off base?