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Bulls hit the road for a pair of games
Tickets on sale now!
Tickets for every Bulls home game are on sale now at the United Center, Ticketmaster, online at Bulls.com or by calling 1.800.4NBA.TIX.
Dec. 3
Bulls vs Dallas
7:30 p.m.
CSN-Chicago
ESPN 1000
Dec. 5
Bulls @ Charlotte
6:00 p.m.
CSN-Chicago
ESPN 1000
Dec. 7
Bulls @ Detroit
6:00 p.m.
ESPN, CSN-Chicago
ESPN 1000
Dec. 8
Bulls vs Boston
7:30 p.m.
WGN Superstation
ESPN 1000
Dec. 11
Bulls vs Seattle
7:30 p.m.
WGN Superstation
ESPN 1000
Dec. 12
Bulls @ Indiana
6:00 p.m.
CSN-Chicago
ESPN 1000
Dec. 14
Bulls vs New York
7:30 p.m.
CSN-Chicago
ESPN 1000
Dec. 18
Bulls vs LA Lakers
7:30 p.m.
WCIU
ESPN 1000
Brew Pub Weekends
Bulls fans, remember that after every Friday and Saturday home game, Anheuser-Busch will be sponsoring Weekends in the Budweiser Select Brew Pub! The Budweiser Select Brew Pub will remain open an hour after each Friday and Saturday game at the United Center and will feature a live DJ.
Vote for the Bulls!
NBA All-Star Balloting is underway! The 2008 NBA All-Star Game, which will air live on TNT and ESPN Radio in the U.S., and in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, will be held at New Orleans Arena on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008.
Luol Deng, Ben Gordon, Kirk Hinrich, Andres Nocioni and Ben Wallace are representing Chicago on the ballot this season and need your vote! To show your support for the team, visit Bulls.com or click here now to cast your vote.
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Game Notes: Bulls vs. Dallas Mavericks
Chicago handed the Mavericks one of their 10 road losses last season
Hello ***,
Things might finally be turning around for the Chicago Bulls, who have won consecutive games for the first time this season.
They'll go for three in a row Monday when they host the Dallas Mavericks at the United Center (7:30 p.m. CT | CSN | ESPN 1000).
The Bulls (4-10), widely expected to be one of the Eastern Conference's best teams, struggled in losing 10 of their first 12 games. But they've rebounded with consecutive home wins, including a 111-95 win over Charlotte Saturday.
Slow starts are nothing new for Chicago. In 2004.05, the Bulls started 2-13 before finishing 47-35, and last season, they stumbled to a 3-9 start before a 49-33 finish.
They're hoping this season's early struggles will be similarly forgotten, and the last two games have been a step in the right direction. They held Atlanta to 30 first-half points in a 90-78 win last Tuesday, and Ben Wallace posted his first double-double of the season in Saturday's victory with 10 points and 19 rebounds.
"We're just trying to work on getting better as a team," Wallace said Saturday. "I think that we definitely think that we can be one of the elite teams in this league, but as of late we haven't been playing like it. Tonight we came out and put together a great effort collective, as a team."
Ben Gordon and Luol Deng each shot 13-for-21 against the Bobcats, with Gordon scoring 34 and Deng 29 - both season highs. The Bulls shot a season-best 54.3 percent from the field in that game, the first time they've been above 46 percent.
For the season, their 39.7 percent mark from the field is still the worst in the NBA.
"We are not going to shoot 50 percent every game," Bulls coach Scott Skiles said. "The wide-open ones, you have to make 80 percent of those and tonight we did."
The Mavericks (11-6) also think they're capable of more than they've been showing recently. Dallas has lost four of six since a 9-2 start, including a 112-108 overtime loss at New Orleans on Saturday.
Josh Howard, Jason Terry and Dirk Nowitzki each scored 19 points, but the Mavericks squandered a late five-point lead and were held scoreless for a pivotal 2:20 stretch of overtime.
"Our guys were battling. We were rebounding. We were getting after it. We left everything out there on the floor," Dallas coach Avery Johnson said. "The game never should have gone into overtime. ... Hopefully, we will learn from this situation and do better."
Nowitzki was 5-of-15 from the field in the game, and is averaging just 20.9 points, his lowest since the 1999.2000 season.
The Mavs have lost three straight road games, their worst since a four-game skid from March 3-11, 2004. They are 3-5 outside of Dallas after going 31-10 on the road last season.
Dallas has won 16 of the last 18 between the teams, but Chicago handed the Mavericks one of their 10 road losses in 2006.07, a 96-85 victory on Jan. 25. The Bulls limited them to 31.2 percent shooting and ended a seven-game losing streak to Dallas at the United Center.
Tune in to watch tonight's game at 7:30 p.m. CT on Comcast SportsNet Chicago and listen live on ESPN Radio 1000. Visit Bulls.com or click here now for a complete preview.
Probable Bulls Starters | Roster and Statistics
Guard 12 Kirk Hinrich 6-3 | 190
Guard 7 Ben Gordon 6-3 | 200
Forward 9 Luol Deng 6-9 | 220
Forward 24 Tyrus Thomas 6-8 | 215
Center 3 Ben Wallace 6-9 | 240
Probable Mavericks Starters | Roster and Statistics
Guard 31 Jason Terry 6-2 | 180
Guard 34 Devin Harris 6-3 | 185
Forward 5 Josh Howard 6-7 | 210
Forward 41 Dirk Nowitzki 7-0 | 245
Center 25 Erick Dampier 6-11 | 265
Injury Report
Joakim Noah (left ankle sprain) is day-to-day. For a full report and the latest on Bulls' injuries, check out the AthletiCo Injury Report at Bulls.com.
Devean George (left foot stress reaction) and Eddie Jones (sore right leg) are out for Dallas.
Nocioni named Bulls Player of the Month
Andrés Nocioni has been named the Bulls CDW/Sony Notebooks Player of the Month for November. The 6-7, 225-pound forward is the season's first winner of the award presented each month. In the opening month of the season (including one game in October), Nocioni appeared in all 13 games, including five starting assignments after his strong play to start the season pushed him into head coach Scott Skiles' first group. Visit Bulls.com for the full release.
Get more game notes, statistics and player bios at Bulls.com.
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