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Detroit (6-11) at Chicago (6-9)
Game info: 8:00 pm EST Wed Dec 2, 2009
TV: FSD, CSCH Add to Calendar | Buy Tickets
By PAUL DIGIACOMO, STATS Senior Editor
Ben Gordon(notes) has probably been looking forward to facing the Chicago Bulls since signing with the Detroit Pistons over the summer. A sprained ankle, though, could prevent that from happening Wednesday night.
Gordon hopes to be able to play against his former team for the first time as the Pistons visit the Bulls.
Drafted third overall by Chicago in 2004, Gordon led the Bulls in scoring the past four seasons but said in July that they never offered him a contract once he hit the open market as an unrestricted free agent. Detroit signed him to a five-year deal worth $50-plus million.
“I mean they didn’t pursue me at all. They didn’t even make an offer so it was pretty much a one-man race,” Gordon told ESPN Radio 1000 in Chicago in July.
He got off to a strong start with Detroit (6-11) before getting hurt against Cleveland last Wednesday, averaging a team-high 19.8 points. Gordon missed the last two games, but practiced Monday and is listed as questionable.
“It’s feeling pretty good,” Gordon told the Pistons’ official Web site. “If it continues to progress the way it has been, hopefully I’ll be able to play on Wednesday.”
The Bulls (6-9) could have used Gordon’s scoring on their annual circus road trip. They opened the trip with a 101-87 win over Sacramento on Nov. 17 before dropping the last five matchups.
Chicago failed to score more than 100 in any of the five defeats while allowing opponents to average 109.2 points.
The Bulls had their best defensive effort since the win over the Kings on Monday night. They rallied from 14 down in the third quarter to take a two-point lead in the closing minutes, but Brad Miller(notes) missed a shot at the buzzer that would have tied it and Chicago fell 99-97.
“That’s a shot I’ve shot a lot,” Miller told the Bulls’ official Web site. “It just came up short. … It’s well in my range. I felt comfortable. Just didn’t make it. Now we’ve got to take advantage of these home games coming up and get back on the winning ways.”
Chicago plays 16 of its next 23 at the United Center before heading out on a season-high seven-game trip at the end of January. The Bulls have played the fewest home games in the league, going 4-1 and holding opponents to 86.8 points per game.
“I know how hard it is from last year to get back to .500,” point guard Derrick Rose(notes) said. “We’ve got to take advantage.”
The Bulls’ first chance to get on track comes against a Pistons team that ended a seven-game losing streak by beating Atlanta 94-88 on Sunday.
Detroit was led by another former Bull, Ben Wallace(notes), who had 11 of the team’s 24 offensive rebounds. Wallace, traded to Cleveland in February 2008 after spending a season and a half with Chicago, finished with 18 rebounds and 10 points.
“Ben was phenomenal again today,” coach John Kuester said. “It’s amazing the level that he is still grabbing rebounds.”
Wallace led the NBA in rebounding twice in his first stint in Detroit, averaging 13.0 in 2001-02 and 15.4 in ’02-’03. He has started every game this season, grabbing 9.9 boards per contest.
Wallace’s strong play is coming at a good time for the Pistons, who have been playing with a limited roster because of injuries to starters Richard Hamilton(notes) (ankle), Tayshaun Prince(notes) (back) and Gordon (ankle).
On Sunday, forward Charlie Villanueva(notes) was hit in the face while being fouled and suffered a broken nose. He is listed as questionable for Wednesday.
Chicago took three of four meetings with Detroit in each of the last three seasons, winning all six matchups at home.
If Ben plays tonight, it'd be awesome if he had a big game while being booed every time he touched the ball.
Both Bens.
What would we have thought 6 months ago if someone told us that we'd be starting Chucky Atkins, Ben Wallace, Jason Maxiell and a rookie second round pick?
:KING:
lol, i love that pic.
The two color background gets me every time.
Sounds like Charlie is going to sit out.
His hair hasn't set yet.
This is the turning point of the season!
Bold prediction: If the Pistons lose tonight, Stuckey will be blamed.
And it's NEVER warranted!
NEVER.
If Eli didn't shave it, he would totally have a unibrow.
I would too.
Can't control where it grows. Only where it stays.
Bolder prediction: if the Pistons win, Will Bynum will be credited.Quote:
Originally Posted by MoTown
And it's ALWAYS warranted!
Waiting...
You hear that, motherfuckers? Mickey Yorke got a phone call from Ernie Harwell.
Ryan Field is pulling studio duty tonight, which means he'll be the one to show us highlights from around the league. Fucking bullshit. That's Mickey's job.
79 points is probably going to be all it takes to win this game.
At this rate, we'll only lose by 48.
Guess you could say that he's "under pressure".Quote:
Originally Posted by TBeau
my eyes..
Kstat, what are your thoughts so far?
So I usually hate the Bulls announcers, but I just lol'd...
"Kwame Brown has really small hands, maybe some of the smallest in the NBA."
"Yeah, kind of like a T-Rex."
So there you have it. Kwame can now be referred to as T-Rex.
7
5
nvm
MAX
chucky ain't the chucky of old.
I flipped to the Badger game. You mean that in a good or bad way?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahoe
Bad...barely hitting the backboard/rim on 3pt shots.
Damn... I had a lil hope that maybe he was playing smart or something.
SUCKEY BLOCKED BY CHICAWGO
Are you supposed to say Chicago like Blaha does? It annoys me.
If you're from the Chicago area, you say it like Chicahgo with the 'ah' being a bit nasally like the Coneheads.
It's a bit of a joke around here when someone from the area says they don't have an accent, to make them say Chicago, Rockford, and sausage. You get Chicahgo, Rahckford, and Sahsage.
We can't win on the road with %50 of our original roster.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahoe
That said, Bynum's defense makes me long for Chucky Atkins. He was a special brand of terrible defensively tonight.
Lol
Bynum's D is the last of our problems, you're carrying the joke too far.
He was actually causing quite a bit of havoc/disarray for the Bulls in the 2nd half.
all on pressing and trapping. Whenever he was forced to guard his own man in the halfcourt, he got torched.
huh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kstat
Bynum was guarding Rose, and he did a great job on him too.