Game Thread #17: Bulls at Orlando Magic (UPDATE BELOW)

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Dec 7, 2005 5:38 PM CST in News

Real quick, since game is starting at 6CST...

Hinrich's out tonight after getting Dirk-ed. Deng got Dirk-ed as well but is expected to play.

Here's a nice column on former Magic guard Scott Skiles and how he turned around the Bulls.

Steve Francis may use tonight to get his revenge on Nocioni, who elbowed him in the head in their last meeting. If you saw the telecast, Dore and Kerr claimed they heard Francis tell the refs that he would get Nocioni back. Maybe he has a calendar with a big X on every date leading up to this one...

Ok, that's it. let's beat 'em like last time.

Update: Bulls get another win over Orlando, using a small, hot-shooting lineup in a 35 point 3rd quarter en route to a 102-93 victory.

And nothing says 'small' and 'hot-shooting' like Jannero Pargo, who played major minutes with Kirk Hinrich out with a concussion. Pargo shot 9-13, 5-8 on 3 pointers (including a half court shot to end the 3rd) netting 23 points without shooting a freethrow (that's Pargo for ya). Luol Deng was huge yet again, with 22 points (to go along with 10 rebounds) of his own.

Skiles stuck with this shorter (in the height sense) rotation, with Eddie Basden also getting 10 minutes while Othella Harrington and Tyson Chandler were limited to under 9 minutes combined. Tyson sat after his initial stint with some sort of internal ailment, speculated to be related to his hiatal hernia reported a couple weeks ago. Actually it may not be that, since he's going in for more tests. And Skiles disregards any questions related to it. In Skiles' case, I think he just doesn't want to play doctor to the press, but nevertheless it just adds to the mystery of Tyson's condition.

Ben Gordon also seemed to hurt is knee in the game, although he played for 30 minutes.

While Skiles' short lineup worked tonight, going small wasn't without it's drawbacks.The Bulls were outboarded on the offensive glass 11-4, and Dwight 'oh my god is he scary good' Howard had 16 boards by himself.

This kindof thing works in spurts, and I'm not going to be campaigning for more Jannero Pargo time. Consider it lightning in a bottle, and hope that Tyson gets his stamina back very soon.

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Bulls on HDTV

I just got hdtv, and I'm wondering why CSN doesn't broadcast the Bulls games in widescreen on their HD channel. Is this usually the case, or is it up to the local broadcaster?

(crap, I just saw Gordon go down. Looks bad).

by goldstone97 @ Blog a Bull on Dec 7, 2005 7:08 PM CST reply actions

HDTV

They only broadcast the home games in HD, and those are in wide-screen. You can still get the games on the Hi-Def channel, even if they're not being broadcast in it.

Same thing goes for WGN. And for the Sox and Cubs games on CSN and WGN.

by Moses Taylor on Dec 8, 2005 2:39 PM CST up reply actions

Thanks

for the info. The crazy thing about HD is that regular TV suddenly looks so crappy - I have NBA League Pass, but I find myself watching whatever game is in Hi-Def now (on TNT or whatever) and ignoring most the other games. I used to love game-hopping...

I guess the novelty will wear off soon enough.

by goldstone97 @ Blog a Bull on Dec 9, 2005 8:54 AM CST up reply actions

Probably not

I've been using it for several years and if it's not in HD, I'm not as interested.

Same thing goes for football and baseball. It's gotten to the point where I know which HD broadcasts are better than others (CBS is the best for football by far).

by Moses Taylor on Dec 9, 2005 3:03 PM CST up reply actions

CBS

I've heard this before about CBS being the best, unfortunately for whatever reason my TV antenna (I just get the off-air local HD channels, screw you comcast) gets no signal for channel 2. Any other chicago-area people have (or have even heard of) this problem?

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Dec 9, 2005 3:34 PM CST up reply actions

luol deng

on fire w/those mid-range jumpers. wow!

by CRG on Dec 7, 2005 7:45 PM CST reply actions

Pargooooooooo!

Nailing that half-court 3pter! an exclaimation point on the 3rd quarter 3pt barrage!

by CRG on Dec 7, 2005 7:52 PM CST reply actions

Pargo, etc....

He's having a nice night.
The Bulls should think about targeting Dwight Howard sometime in the future as a free agent signing.
Wow, he is a load. Do you think he is what the Bulls thought they might get from Tyson when they drafted him?

Kidd2323

by james@lifeinthecell on Dec 7, 2005 7:53 PM CST reply actions

the #1 player we're lacking

is a mean, muscular PF/C who can push people around and grab rebounds. (oh how we miss ye, AD!) If this muscleman had a nice inside game that would be wonderful as well!

by CRG on Dec 7, 2005 8:49 PM CST reply actions

what happened to tyson?

looking at the boxscore, he only played 5 mins... no mention in the recap at yahoo.

by smegmatic on Dec 7, 2005 9:40 PM CST reply actions

left early

w/stomach ailment

by CRG on Dec 7, 2005 9:42 PM CST up reply actions

deng-nabit!

Wow, Luol is looking more and more like the real deal every game. Still making inexperienced mistakes, but has great awareness at his age. I saw a lot of great defensive plays (block from behind on lay-up, broken up pass, fighting through screens, etc.) from lu last night. Everytime he hits the court, I can't help but think "bryan colangelo, 2005 NBA exec of the year? really!?!". man, that guys going to become as indispensable as Kirk, real quick.

by CookDing on Dec 8, 2005 11:47 AM CST reply actions