Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal, sidelined since December 11 with a stress reaction in his right fibula, participated in the team’s shoot-around Wednesday morning at Verizon Center and said he is a game-time decision to play against the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night. The Wizards scored 17 points off 16 Bulls’ miscues, many of them unforced errors in which the Bulls were trying to force passes into mismatches.
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The Wizards ripped off an 18-4 run after Doug McDermott’s four-point play brought the Bulls within four with 9 minutes, 34 seconds left.
The Bulls looked like they were in a good place before their latest two losses because they were on a six-game winning streak, but it is clear now that was fool’s gold.
The Washington Wizards headed into a road matchup with the Chicago Bulls excited for the return of Nene for some much-added depth. The Wizards were also sitting Marcin Gortat, Kris Humphries and Bradley Beal due to injuries, so this loss was pretty unacceptable for the Bulls to take lying down at home.
“It’s something that if you want to be a top team, if you want to be a contender for the title, you just can’t afford”, Gasol said.
NOTES: Bulls F/C Joakim Noah returned to action Monday against the Wizards after missing nine games with a left shoulder sprain….
“I don’t know if it’s a staph infection”. Beal averaged 19.8 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists, while shooting 38.9 percent from 3-point range, before getting hurt. Chicago is starting a stretch of four games in five days, so coach Fred Hoiberg said players such as Rose and F/C Pau Gasol might rest a game.
It was the first of three meetings between the teams. The 6’4 marksman had his rookie year cut short by an injury related to his current one, and missed time in 2013-14 and last season while suffering from similar stress-related pain to his lower right leg. It was Wall’s 21st double-double of the season…. Chicago PG Derrick Rose started the game needing 13 points to pass Ben Gordon (7,372 points) for 10th in all-time Bulls scoring…. Reggie Theus is ninth with 8,279 points….
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Warriors 111, Heat 103: Stephen Curry scored 31 points and Draymond Green added 22 points and 12 rebounds to lead Golden State to it 36th straight regular-season home win.
