The Chicago Bulls host the Indiana Indiana Pacers in one of the National Basketball Association games on Monday, Start Time at 8:00 PM ET, at United Center.
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The Pacers had a comeback fall just short on Monday as well but still own six wins in the last eight games.TV: 7 p.m. ET, FSN in, CSN PhiladelphiaABOUT THE PACERS (6-5): in forward Paul George had a shot to win it on Monday that missed the mark, but he did manage to post his seventh straight game with at least 26 points.
His inability to shoot from long range makes him a liability off the ball, and he’s not been an effective enough creator with the ball in his hands to justify taking possessions away from Jimmy Butler.
Rose scored a team-high 23 points with six assists and zero turnovers and bettered his previous 3-point output in one game by knocking down both attempts after going 1-for-18 from beyond the arc through his first nine games. I thought our flow was good all night, we had good pace.
The win over the Pacers gave the Bulls a 7-3 record which places them second in the Eastern Conference standings, just behind the conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers (8-2). The Pacers allow just 95 points per road game, ranking them fifth in the league.
When the Indiana Pacers made their summer transition to small-ball, the whole plan was contingent upon the team’s franchise cornerstone not only buying into his role as a stretch-4, but also being able to endure the physical toll of playing against power forwards while coming back from a horrific leg injury that sidelined him for nearly the entire 2014-15 season.
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Chicago’s last 19 games when playing Indiana. He also drew a charge on Tony Snell with 1:02 remaining and IN down 96-93, giving the Pacers another chance. The Pacers led 31-23 after the first quarter but struggled toward the end of the half as they only led 51-49 at the intermission and were shooting only 42 percent compared to the Celtics shooting 47 percent from the field. He said he was trying to avoid going out of bounds and got his steps crossed.
Turner was injured during last week’s victory at Boston.
“All of it’s positive”, Rose continued.
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Butler had 17 points on the night and was the primary defender on George all game. He said nothing was torn or broken, and he is day-to-day. Led by Mahinmi and Jordan Hill, IN had a 50-48 rebounding edge. Chicago improved to 5-1 at home…. Overall the Bulls won the FTA battle with 32 attempts, though they left a few points on the board hitting only 62.5% of them.
