Bulls 87-81 Knicks (21 Mar, 2004) Play-by-Play

New York Knicks

32-38, 13-22 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NY	18	22	24	17	81
CHI	27	23	17	20	87

Chicago Bulls

20-49, 13-22 home

Eddy Curry made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Jamal Crawford.
Linton Johnson made Dunk. Assisted by Antonio Davis.
Jamal Crawford made 22 ft Jumper. Assisted by Antonio Davis.
Eddy Curry made 5 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Jamal Crawford.
Antonio Davis missed 20 ft Jumper.
Jamal Crawford missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jamal Crawford made Two Point Shot.
Jamal Crawford made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kirk Hinrich.
Kirk Hinrich missed 18 ft Jumper.
Antonio Davis made 5 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Kirk Hinrich.
Eddy Curry made Layup. Assisted by Kirk Hinrich.
Antonio Davis made Dunk. Assisted by Kirk Hinrich.
Kirk Hinrich made Dunk.
Tyson Chandler missed 18 ft Jumper. Blocked by Kurt Thomas.
Eddy Curry made Layup.
Kendall Gill missed 21 ft Jumper.
Jamal Crawford missed 20 ft Jumper.
Kendall Gill missed 16 ft Jumper.
Eddy Curry made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Tyson Chandler.
Paul Shirley made Jumper. Assisted by Ronald Dupree.
Jamal Crawford missed Layup.
Tyson Chandler missed Tip Shot.
Tyson Chandler made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Jamal Crawford.
Jamal Crawford missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kendall Gill made Layup. Assisted by Jamal Crawford.
Paul Shirley missed 16 ft Jumper.
Paul Shirley made Layup. Assisted by Tyson Chandler.
Kirk Hinrich missed 17 ft Jumper.
Eddy Curry made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kirk Hinrich.
Jamal Crawford missed Three Point Jumper.
Jamal Crawford missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jamal Crawford made Two Point Shot.
Kirk Hinrich missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kirk Hinrich made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jamal Crawford.
Jamal Crawford made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kirk Hinrich.
Eddy Curry made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Jamal Crawford.
Antonio Davis made 9 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Kirk Hinrich.
Kirk Hinrich missed 21 ft Jumper.
Jamal Crawford made Two Point Shot.
Antonio Davis missed 15 ft Jumper.
Eddy Curry missed Layup.
Antonio Davis missed Layup.
Jamal Crawford made Layup. Assisted by Linton Johnson.
Jamal Crawford missed 20 ft Jumper.
Kirk Hinrich missed Layup.
Linton Johnson missed 20 ft Jumper.
Kirk Hinrich missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Eddy Curry made Dunk. Assisted by Jamal Crawford.
Kirk Hinrich missed 20 ft Jumper.
Jamal Crawford missed 9 ft Jumper.
Kendall Gill made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kirk Hinrich.
Ronald Dupree missed Layup.
Ronald Dupree made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Jamal Crawford.
Kendall Gill missed 19 ft Jumper.
Eddy Curry missed 7 ft Hook Shot.
Jamal Crawford missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Antonio Davis missed Layup.
Antonio Davis missed Tip Shot.
Jamal Crawford made 16 ft Jumper.
Kirk Hinrich missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kendall Gill missed Layup.
Antonio Davis made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Jamal Crawford.
Jamal Crawford made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Antonio Davis.
Kendall Gill missed Layup.
Jamal Crawford missed 18 ft Jumper.
Kirk Hinrich missed 18 ft Jumper.
Kendall Gill missed 10 ft Jumper.
Eddy Curry made Layup.
Jamal Crawford made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kendall Gill.
Nazr Mohammed made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Kurt Thomas made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tim Thomas.
Tim Thomas missed 19 ft Jumper.
Shandon Anderson missed 12 ft Jumper.
Tim Thomas missed 11 ft Jumper.
Shandon Anderson missed Layup. Blocked by Antonio Davis.
Shandon Anderson missed Layup. Blocked by Antonio Davis.
Kurt Thomas made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tim Thomas.
Kurt Thomas missed 18 ft Jumper.
Tim Thomas missed Layup. Blocked by Linton Johnson.
Tim Thomas missed Layup.
Nazr Mohammed missed Layup. Blocked by Eddy Curry.
Stephon Marbury missed 21 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury made 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Stephon Marbury missed 19 ft Jumper.
Tim Thomas made Two Point Shot.
Tim Thomas made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Shandon Anderson missed 11 ft Jumper.
Tim Thomas missed 16 ft Jumper.
Vin Baker missed 12 ft Jumper.
Tim Thomas made 12 ft Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway made Two Point Shot.
Vin Baker made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Moochie Norris.
DerMarr Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
Vin Baker missed Layup. Blocked by Tyson Chandler.
Mike Sweetney missed Layup. Blocked by Tyson Chandler.
Vin Baker made Layup. Assisted by Anfernee Hardaway.
Anfernee Hardaway made 6 ft Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway missed 21 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anfernee Hardaway.
Shandon Anderson missed Layup. Blocked by Linton Johnson.
Stephon Marbury missed Layup. Blocked by Eddy Curry.
Anfernee Hardaway made Layup.
Stephon Marbury missed Layup.
Anfernee Hardaway missed 12 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shandon Anderson made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Nazr Mohammed made 6 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Shandon Anderson missed 7 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed 20 ft Jumper.
Shandon Anderson made 22 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kurt Thomas.
Kurt Thomas made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Kurt Thomas missed 20 ft Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway missed Layup. Blocked by Eddy Curry.
Nazr Mohammed missed Layup.
Kurt Thomas made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Anfernee Hardaway.
Stephon Marbury missed 21 ft Jumper.
Kurt Thomas made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Anfernee Hardaway missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shandon Anderson made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Shandon Anderson made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Anfernee Hardaway missed 15 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed 21 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury made Two Point Shot.
Kurt Thomas made Jumper. Assisted by Anfernee Hardaway.
Stephon Marbury missed 27 ft Three Point Jumper.
Stephon Marbury made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Vin Baker.
Stephon Marbury missed 19 ft Jumper.
Vin Baker made 13 ft Jumper.
Vin Baker missed Layup.
Moochie Norris missed 42 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Vin Baker.
Vin Baker made Layup. Assisted by Moochie Norris.
Mike Sweetney made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Anfernee Hardaway.
DerMarr Johnson missed 16 ft Jumper.
DerMarr Johnson made 7 ft Jumper. Assisted by Anfernee Hardaway.
DerMarr Johnson missed Layup.
Mike Sweetney missed Layup.
Vin Baker missed Layup.
Moochie Norris missed Layup. Blocked by Kendall Gill.
Stephon Marbury missed 13 ft Jumper. Blocked by Kirk Hinrich.
Vin Baker made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Moochie Norris.
Moochie Norris missed 10 ft Jumper. Blocked by Jamal Crawford.
Stephon Marbury missed 20 ft Jumper.
Vin Baker missed 14 ft Jumper. Blocked by Eddy Curry.
Kurt Thomas made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shandon Anderson.
Shandon Anderson missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway missed 23 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed Layup.
Shandon Anderson missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kurt Thomas made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.

KNICKS

BULLS

TIME		NY	CHI
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
12:00	Jumpball. Nazr Mohammed vs. Eddy Curry. Jamal Crawford gains possession.	0	0
11:45	Eddy Curry made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Jamal Crawford.	0	2
11:26	Nazr Mohammed made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.	2	2
11:07	Linton Johnson made Dunk. Assisted by Antonio Davis.	2	4
10:48	Kurt Thomas made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tim Thomas.	4	4
10:30	Linton Johnson Bad Pass	4	4
10:14	Tim Thomas missed 19 ft Jumper.	4	4
10:11	Antonio Davis Defensive Rebound.	4	4
10:00	Eddy Curry Traveling	4	4
9:47	Shandon Anderson missed 12 ft Jumper.	4	4
9:45	Eddy Curry Defensive Rebound.	4	4
9:36	Jamal Crawford made 22 ft Jumper. Assisted by Antonio Davis.	4	6
9:18	Nazr Mohammed Bad Pass	4	6
9:03	Eddy Curry made 5 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Jamal Crawford.	4	8
8:45	Tim Thomas missed 11 ft Jumper.	4	8
8:45	Kirk Hinrich Defensive Rebound.	4	8
8:38	Antonio Davis missed 20 ft Jumper.	4	8
8:37	Tim Thomas Defensive Rebound.	4	8
8:30	Shandon Anderson missed Layup. Blocked by Antonio Davis.	4	8
8:26	Shandon Anderson Offensive Rebound.	4	8
8:26	Shandon Anderson missed Layup. Blocked by Antonio Davis.	4	8
8:25	Antonio Davis Defensive Rebound.	4	8
8:21	Jamal Crawford Offensive Foul	4	8
8:21	Jamal Crawford Foul	4	8
8:04	Kurt Thomas made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tim Thomas.	6	8
7:48	Jamal Crawford missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	8
7:47	Nazr Mohammed Defensive Rebound.	6	8
7:33	Kurt Thomas missed 18 ft Jumper.	6	8
7:31	Jamal Crawford Defensive Rebound.	6	8
7:22	Nazr Mohammed Shooting Foul	6	8
7:22	Eddy Curry made Free Throw 1 of 2.	6	9
7:22	Eddy Curry made Free Throw 2 of 2.	6	10
7:05	Tim Thomas missed Layup. Blocked by Linton Johnson.	6	10
7:03	Tim Thomas Offensive Rebound.	6	10
7:01	Tim Thomas missed Layup.	6	10
7:01	Kirk Hinrich Defensive Rebound.	6	10
6:35	Nazr Mohammed missed Layup. Blocked by Eddy Curry.	6	10
6:33	Tim Thomas Offensive Rebound.	6	10
6:28	Stephon Marbury missed 21 ft Jumper.	6	10
6:26	Jamal Crawford Defensive Rebound.	6	10
6:13	Jamal Crawford made Two Point Shot.	6	12
6:03	New York Full Timeout.	6	12
5:56	Stephon Marbury Bad Pass	6	12
5:43	Jamal Crawford made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kirk Hinrich.	6	15
5:33	Stephon Marbury made 7 ft Two Point Shot.	8	15
5:16	Kirk Hinrich missed 18 ft Jumper.	8	15
5:13	Shandon Anderson Defensive Rebound.	8	15
5:05	Stephon Marbury missed 19 ft Jumper.	8	15
5:03	Eddy Curry Defensive Rebound.	8	15
4:56	Antonio Davis made 5 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Kirk Hinrich.	8	17
4:37	Tim Thomas made Two Point Shot.	10	17
4:24	Kirk Hinrich Bad Pass. Stolen by Stephon Marbury.	10	17
4:20	Antonio Davis Shooting Foul	10	17
4:20	Shandon Anderson made Free Throw 1 of 2.	11	17
4:20	Kendall Gill enters the game for Linton Johnson.	11	17
4:20	Shandon Anderson made Free Throw 2 of 2.	12	17
4:03	Eddy Curry made Layup. Assisted by Kirk Hinrich.	12	19
3:48	Tim Thomas made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.	15	19
3:31	Antonio Davis made Dunk. Assisted by Kirk Hinrich.	15	21
3:14	Shandon Anderson missed 11 ft Jumper.	15	21
3:12	Antonio Davis Defensive Rebound.	15	21
3:05	Stephon Marbury Shooting Foul	15	21
3:05	Tyson Chandler enters the game for Antonio Davis.	15	21
3:05	Eddy Curry missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	15	21
3:05	Chicago Offensive Rebound.	15	21
3:05	Vin Baker enters the game for Nazr Mohammed.	15	21
3:05	Eddy Curry missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	15	21
3:03	Tim Thomas Defensive Rebound.	15	21
2:51	Kirk Hinrich Personal Foul	15	21
2:51	Chicago Full Timeout.	15	21
2:49	Tim Thomas Bad Pass. Stolen by Kirk Hinrich.	15	21
2:47	Kirk Hinrich made Dunk.	15	23
2:20	Tim Thomas missed 16 ft Jumper.	15	23
2:18	Tyson Chandler Defensive Rebound.	15	23
2:01	Tyson Chandler missed 18 ft Jumper. Blocked by Kurt Thomas.	15	23
2:01	Eddy Curry Offensive Rebound.	15	23
2:01	Eddy Curry made Layup.	15	25
2:01	Tim Thomas Shooting Foul	15	25
2:01	Moochie Norris enters the game for Stephon Marbury.	15	25
2:01	Anfernee Hardaway enters the game for Shandon Anderson.	15	25
2:01	Eddy Curry missed Free Throw 1 of 1.	15	25
2:00	Tim Thomas Defensive Rebound.	15	25
1:39	Vin Baker missed 12 ft Jumper.	15	25
1:37	Eddy Curry Defensive Rebound.	15	25
1:25	Kendall Gill missed 21 ft Jumper.	15	25
1:23	Vin Baker Defensive Rebound.	15	25
1:08	Tim Thomas made 12 ft Jumper.	17	25
54.9	Jamal Crawford missed 20 ft Jumper.	17	25
52.7	Kendall Gill Offensive Rebound.	17	25
48.9	Kendall Gill missed 16 ft Jumper.	17	25
47.4	Tyson Chandler Offensive Rebound.	17	25
39.4	Eddy Curry made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Tyson Chandler.	17	27
27.9	Moochie Norris Offensive Foul	17	27
27.9	Moochie Norris Foul	17	27
27.9	Ronald Dupree enters the game for Kirk Hinrich.	17	27
1.3	Jamal Crawford Personal Foul	17	27
0.1	Kendall Gill Shooting Foul	17	27
0.1	Tim Thomas missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	17	27
0.1	New York Offensive Rebound.	17	27
0.1	Tim Thomas made Free Throw 2 of 2.	18	27
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	18	27

Regular Season Series

CHI leads 2-1

Bulls
104
Knicks
99

Game 1

3/1

Knicks
101
Bulls
96

Game 2

18/1

Knicks
81
Bulls
87

Game 3

21/3

Bulls
82
Knicks
96

Game 4

8/4

United Center

12:30 AM, 21 March 2004

Chicago, IL

Attendance: 21,465

Referees:
Tom Washington
Marc Davis
Derek Richardson

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	64	18	.780	-	W2
New York	50	32	.610	14	W5
Philadelphia	47	35	.573	17	W8
Brooklyn	32	50	.390	32	L2
Toronto	25	57	.305	39	L4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	49	33	.598	-	L2
Cleveland	48	34	.585	1	L1
Indiana	47	35	.573	2	W1
Chicago	39	43	.476	10	L1
Detroit	14	68	.171	35	L1

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