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Bulls on the road for one more
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Jan. 15
Bulls @ Orlando
6:00 p.m.
WCIU
ESPN 1000
Jan. 16
Bulls @ Miami
6:00 p.m.
CSN-Chicago, ESPN2
ESPN 1000
Jan. 18
Bulls vs Golden State
8:30 p.m.
CSN-Chicago, ESPN
ESPN 1000
Jan. 19
Bulls vs Detroit
7:30 p.m.
WGN Superstation
ESPN 1000
Jan. 21
Bulls @ Memphis
4:30 p.m.
WGN, TNT
ESPN 1000
Jan. 23
Bulls vs Indiana
7:30 p.m.
CSN-Chicago
ESPN 1000
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.
Vote for the Bulls!
Voting for the this season's NBA All-Star Game ends Sunday! 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! The Bulls and Allstate, sponsor of this season's balloting, are asking you to show your support for the team. Visit Bulls.com or click here now to cast your vote today.
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Game Notes: Bulls at Orlando Magic
Ben Gordon scored 39 points off the bench in the first meeting between the teams this season
Hello ***,
After splitting the first two contests to begin a four-game road trip, the Bulls will try and add to the Orlando Magic's recent troubles when the teams meet Tuesday night (6:00 p.m. CT | WCIU | ESPN 1000).
The Magic are returning to Amway Arena after struggling on a western road trip, but a game there may not necessarily help end their slump.
Orlando (23-16) has an NBA-best 16 wins on the road this season, but is coming off a 1-3 trip. The Magic gave up at least 100 points in each of those four games, including a 119-115 loss to Utah on Saturday night.
"We've got to play harder," said Orlando center Dwight Howard, who had 29 points against the Jazz. "We need to play hard after our losses and not give up."
The Magic have an opportunity to bounce back when they face the Bulls (14-21), but they have lost two straight and six of eight at home since winning five of their first seven there this season. Orlando, which will be playing its first game at Amway Arena since a 96-94 loss to Houston on Jan. 4, also has dropped six of its last seven home games versus Chicago.
The Magic, though, beat the Bulls 112-110 in overtime on the road Dec. 31. That was the last game of a four-game winning streak for Orlando, marking the last time it had any consistent success.
Orlando forward Hedo Turkoglu hit a fadeaway jumper with seven-tenths of a second left in overtime to secure the win over Chicago. He finished with 17 points against the Bulls, but was held to just 10 on 4-of-10 shooting in Saturday's game. Turkoglu is second on the Magic with 19.0 points a contest.
Howard also had an outstanding game against the Bulls, finishing with 17 points, 22 rebounds and five blocks. He's averaging 20.8 points and 15.4 rebounds while shooting 59.3 percent from the field in his last five games versus Chicago.
The Bulls, meanwhile, were short-handed in the frontcourt in a 105-84 loss to Atlanta on Sunday. Rookie Joakim Noah was benched for the game after a unanimous vote by Bulls players.
Noah had a confrontation with assistant coach Ron Adams in practice before a win over Philadelphia on Friday night. He was inactive for that game for what the team called internal discipline, and the players told interim coach Jim Boylan after Friday's game they thought one game was not enough.
Boylan said Noah has been involved in "a couple of situations where he's been late or not doing what the Chicago Bulls do."
"So the cumulative aspect of this is definitely part of the reasoning for the players doing what they did," said Boylan, who is 5-4 since being promoted to head coach on Dec. 27 after Scott Skiles was fired.
Noah, the ninth overall pick in the 2007 draft, is averaging 4.2 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. It's uncertain how much time he will miss.
Chicago, though, got Luol Deng back Sunday after he missed three straight games with a sore Achilles' tendon. The fourth-year forward, averaging 18.3 points per game, had 28 against the Hawks.
"At the beginning of the game I was a little tight and wasn't able to get the normal lift that I usually get, but as the game went on it got better," Deng said.
Tune in to watch tonight's game at 6:00 p.m. CT on WCIU 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 21 Chris Duhon 6-1 | 185
Guard 12 Kirk Hinrich 6-3 | 190
Forward 5 Andrés Nocioni 6-7 | 225
Forward 32 Joe Smith 6-10 | 225
Center 3 Ben Wallace 6-9 | 240
Probable Magic Starters | Roster and Statistics
Guard 14 Jameer Nelson 6-0 | 190
Guard 1 Maurice Evans 6-5 | 220
Forward 15 Hedo Turkoglu 6-10 | 220
Forward 9 Rashard Lewis 6-10 | 230
Center 12 Dwight Howard 6-11 | 265
Injury Report
Luol Deng (left Achilles' tendonitis) is day-to-day. For a full report and the latest on Bulls' injuries, check out the AthletiCo Injury Report at Bulls.com.
Tony Battie (torn rotator cuff, left shoulder) is out for Orlando.
Since Boylan took over...
When Interim Head Coach Jim Boylan took over the reigns in Chicago, the Bulls had a record of 9-17 (.346), ranked 30th in the NBA in points per game (91.5), 30th in field goal percentage (.413) and 29th in three-point field goal percentage (323). In the nine games under Boylan's direction, the Bulls have posted a 5-4 (.556) mark and averaged 101.0 ppg and shot .429 from the floor and .339 from downtown.
Get more game notes, statistics and player bios at Bulls.com.
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