Bulls 99-94 Kings (7 Jan, 2009) Box Score

Sacramento Kings

8-28, 2-17 away

	1	2	3	4	T
SAC	23	19	25	27	94
CHI	22	27	26	24	99

Chicago Bulls

15-20, 11-5 home

Sacramento Kings

starters
John SalmonsJ. Salmons
Brad MillerB. Miller
Mikki MooreM. Moore
Beno UdrihB. Udrih
Kevin MartinK. Martin
bench
Kenny ThomasK. Thomas
Spencer HawesS. Hawes
Jason ThompsonJ. Thompson
Donte GreeneD. Greene
Shelden WilliamsS. Williams
Bobby JacksonB. Jackson
Bobby BrownB. Brown
Francisco GarciaF. Garcia
Quincy DoubyQ. Douby
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32	5-12	0-3	2-2	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	4	-10	12
35	9-12	0-1	0-0	1	11	12	3	1	2	3	3	+3	18
15	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	+4	4
29	3-6	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	5	0	0	1	1	+7	6
39	8-15	2-4	11-14	0	1	1	1	2	0	7	5	+2	29
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	0-3	0-0	3-4	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	4	-10	3
31	2-5	0-0	3-4	2	5	7	0	0	1	0	5	-7	7
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	-4	2
12	2-3	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	-8	5
24	4-12	0-4	0-0	0	5	5	1	2	0	2	2	-2	8
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	36-71	3-13	19-24	5	30	35	16	5	4	20	27		94
	50.7%	23.1%	79.2%

Chicago Bulls

starters
Tyrus ThomasT. Thomas
Thabo SefoloshaT. Sefolosha
Aaron GrayA. Gray
Derrick RoseD. Rose
Ben GordonB. Gordon
bench
Michael RuffinM. Ruffin
Drew GoodenD. Gooden
Luol DengL. Deng
Andres NocioniA. Nocioni
Cedric SimmonsC. Simmons
Joakim NoahJ. Noah
Larry HughesL. Hughes
Lindsey HunterL. Hunter
Kirk HinrichK. Hinrich
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
36	5-13	0-0	4-4	3	3	6	2	3	0	3	5	-6	14
26	2-6	0-1	4-4	2	4	6	3	2	1	1	2	-6	8
6	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	-3	2
35	7-12	0-1	2-2	1	2	3	8	0	0	2	1	+14	16
36	6-14	1-4	11-11	2	2	4	1	1	2	0	1	+10	24
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	4-11	0-0	10-12	3	7	10	1	0	0	2	2	-7	18
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	1-11	1-4	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	+6	3
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	1-4	0-0	0-0	4	2	6	1	1	1	1	3	+17	2
28	4-10	0-1	2-3	1	4	5	3	1	0	3	2	+9	10
13	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	-9	2
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	32-83	2-11	33-36	17	25	42	21	9	5	16	20		99
	38.6%	18.2%	91.7%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

CHI leads 1-0

Kings
94
Bulls
99

Game 1

7/1

Kings
94
Bulls
99

Game 2

7/1

Bulls
109
Kings
88

Game 3

31/1

Bulls
109
Kings
88

Game 4

31/1

United Center

1:30 AM, 7 January 2009

Chicago, IL

Attendance: 18,060

Referees:
Joe Forte
David Jones
David Guthrie

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	16	12	.571	-	W3
Golden State	15	12	.556	0.5	W1
LA Clippers	16	13	.552	0.5	L1
Phoenix	14	13	.519	1.5	L2
Sacramento	13	17	.433	4	L4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	25	4	.862	-	W4
Milwaukee	15	12	.556	9	W1
Indiana	14	15	.483	11	W4
Chicago	13	16	.448	12	L1
Detroit	12	17	.414	13	W1

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Sacramento Kings

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Regular Season Series

CHI leads 1-0

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