Bulls 102-96 Pacers (5 Apr, 2006) Play-by-Play

Indiana Pacers

35-38, 13-24 away

	1	2	3	4	T
IND	25	30	26	15	96
CHI	32	22	17	31	102

Chicago Bulls

34-40, 18-19 home

102

Mike Sweetney makes 5-foot hook shot
Andres Nocioni misses 19-foot jumper
Mike Sweetney misses layup
Andres Nocioni makes 21-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Kirk Hinrich makes three point jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Mike Sweetney makes layup (Luol Deng assists)
Luol Deng makes two point shot (Chris Duhon assists)
Luol Deng makes 7-foot jumper
Mike Sweetney misses 17-foot jumper
Mike Sweetney misses layup
Kirk Hinrich makes layup (Chris Duhon assists)
Andres Nocioni misses 13-foot jumper
Andres Nocioni makes 21-foot jumper
Chris Duhon misses 24-foot three point jumper
Luol Deng makes jumper (Andres Nocioni assists)
Kirk Hinrich makes layup (Tyson Chandler assists)
Tyson Chandler makes dunk (Chris Duhon assists)
Ben Gordon makes 22-foot jumper (Andres Nocioni assists)
Stephen Jackson blocks Ben Gordon's layup
Malik Allen makes 14-foot jumper
Luol Deng misses layup
Anthony Johnson blocks Ben Gordon's 27-foot three point jumper
Malik Allen makes 12-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Malik Allen misses 15-foot jumper
Tyson Chandler makes 8-foot hook shot (Kirk Hinrich assists)
David Harrison blocks Tyson Chandler's 6-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes 10-foot two point shot
Luol Deng misses 19-foot jumper
Malik Allen makes 21-foot jumper (Luol Deng assists)
Malik Allen makes 13-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Chris Duhon makes 18-foot jumper
Malik Allen misses 14-foot jumper
Andres Nocioni misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tyson Chandler makes layup (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Andres Nocioni makes driving layup
Andres Nocioni misses layup
Ben Gordon makes 20-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Jannero Pargo makes 20-foot jumper
Mike Sweetney misses 14-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes driving layup
Luol Deng makes layup
Andres Nocioni misses 8-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes 18-foot jumper
Luol Deng misses 23-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich misses 19-foot jumper
Andres Nocioni misses layup
Andres Nocioni misses layup
Andres Nocioni misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kirk Hinrich misses 21-foot jumper
Andres Nocioni makes jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Andres Nocioni makes 20-foot jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Malik Allen misses 15-foot jumper
Andres Nocioni makes 12-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Ben Gordon misses 21-foot jumper
Malik Allen makes 8-foot jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Malik Allen misses 22-foot jumper
Luol Deng misses layup
Jannero Pargo misses 18-foot jumper
David Harrison blocks Kirk Hinrich's layup
Jannero Pargo misses 23-foot jumper
Mike Sweetney misses 11-foot jumper
Chris Duhon makes two point shot (Mike Sweetney assists)
Ben Gordon makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Andres Nocioni misses layup
Tyson Chandler makes tip shot
Mike Sweetney makes layup (Andres Nocioni assists)
Chris Duhon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Andres Nocioni misses 27-foot three point jumper
Mike Sweetney makes layup
Ben Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
Ben Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tyson Chandler assists)
Mike Sweetney makes 6-foot two point shot
Kirk Hinrich misses 20-foot jumper
Ben Gordon makes layup
Ben Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ben Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper
Ben Gordon makes 23-foot jumper
Andres Nocioni makes layup
Ben Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Jermaine O'Neal makes layup (Stephen Jackson assists)
Stephen Jackson misses layup
Jermaine O'Neal makes 20-foot jumper (Jamaal Tinsley assists)
Stephen Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jeff Foster makes layup
Peja Stojakovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jermaine O'Neal assists)
Jermaine O'Neal misses layup
Stephen Jackson misses layup
Jeff Foster misses tip shot
Luol Deng blocks Jamaal Tinsley's layup
Jermaine O'Neal misses tip shot
Peja Stojakovic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes 19-foot jumper (Jamaal Tinsley assists)
Jermaine O'Neal misses 16-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes 22-foot two point shot
Jamaal Tinsley misses 24-foot three point jumper
Stephen Jackson makes layup (Jermaine O'Neal assists)
Jermaine O'Neal makes 9-foot jumper (Anthony Johnson assists)
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 20-foot jumper
Danny Granger makes 26-foot three point jumper
Danny Granger makes 20-foot jumper
Sarunas Jasikevicius makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Johnson assists)
Sarunas Jasikevicius makes three point jumper (Anthony Johnson assists)
Anthony Johnson makes layup
Danny Granger makes 5-foot jumper (David Harrison assists)
Austin Croshere misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Johnson makes 14-foot jumper
Anthony Johnson makes 15-foot jumper (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)
Kirk Hinrich blocks Sarunas Jasikevicius's 9-foot jumper
Jermaine O'Neal misses 18-foot jumper
Jermaine O'Neal misses 10-foot jumper
Jamaal Tinsley misses 21-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes layup (Jamaal Tinsley assists)
Peja Stojakovic misses jumper
Andres Nocioni blocks Jamaal Tinsley's layup
Jamaal Tinsley makes 23-foot three point jumper
Jermaine O'Neal misses layup
Luol Deng blocks Stephen Jackson's layup
Stephen Jackson makes layup (Jamaal Tinsley assists)
Stephen Jackson makes 9-foot jumper
Danny Granger makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jamaal Tinsley assists)
Danny Granger misses 44-foot three point jumper
Jeff Foster makes dunk (Jamaal Tinsley assists)
Peja Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jamaal Tinsley misses 24-foot three point jumper
Stephen Jackson makes 15-foot two point shot
Jamaal Tinsley misses 24-foot three point jumper
Stephen Jackson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jermaine O'Neal assists)
Peja Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jermaine O'Neal makes layup
Stephen Jackson misses 9-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 21-foot jumper
Tyson Chandler blocks Peja Stojakovic's layup
Stephen Jackson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tyson Chandler blocks Peja Stojakovic's layup
Jeff Foster makes layup (Stephen Jackson assists)
Stephen Jackson misses 17-foot jumper
Andres Nocioni blocks Stephen Jackson's layup
Stephen Jackson makes layup
Stephen Jackson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Danny Granger assists)
Danny Granger misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sarunas Jasikevicius makes 24-foot three point jumper (Anthony Johnson assists)
Danny Granger misses jumper
Stephen Jackson makes 21-foot jumper (Anthony Johnson assists)
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 20-foot jumper
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 24-foot three point jumper
Danny Granger misses three point jumper
Danny Granger makes 6-foot jumper (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)
Anthony Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ben Gordon blocks Sarunas Jasikevicius's 10-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 18-foot jumper
Jermaine O'Neal misses 14-foot jumper
Stephen Jackson makes jumper
Jeff Foster makes 23-foot jumper (Anthony Johnson assists)
Jermaine O'Neal misses 10-foot two point shot
Peja Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper

PACERS

BULLS

TIME		IND	CHI
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Jermaine O'Neal vs. Mike Sweetney (Chris Duhon gains possession)	0	0
11:37	Mike Sweetney makes 5-foot hook shot	0	2
11:14	Jermaine O'Neal makes layup (Stephen Jackson assists)	2	2
10:57	Andres Nocioni misses 19-foot jumper	2	2
10:56	Jeff Foster defensive rebound	2	2
10:45	Stephen Jackson misses layup	2	2
10:45	Indiana offensive rebound	2	2
10:41	Jermaine O'Neal makes 20-foot jumper (Jamaal Tinsley assists)	4	2
10:23	Mike Sweetney misses layup	4	2
10:22	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	4	2
10:08	Stephen Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper	4	2
10:07	Jeff Foster offensive rebound	4	2
10:06	Jeff Foster makes layup	6	2
9:52	Andres Nocioni makes 21-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)	6	4
9:32	Peja Stojakovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jermaine O'Neal assists)	9	4
9:04	Kirk Hinrich makes three point jumper (Chris Duhon assists)	9	7
8:42	Jermaine O'Neal misses layup	9	7
8:41	Mike Sweetney defensive rebound	9	7
8:33	Mike Sweetney makes layup (Luol Deng assists)	9	9
8:15	Stephen Jackson misses layup	9	9
8:14	Jeff Foster offensive rebound	9	9
8:14	Jeff Foster misses tip shot	9	9
8:11	Andres Nocioni defensive rebound	9	9
8:06	Luol Deng makes two point shot (Chris Duhon assists)	9	11
8:06	Stephen Jackson technical foul (1st technical foul)	9	11
8:06	Anthony Johnson enters the game for Stephen Jackson	9	11
8:06	Kirk Hinrich makes technical free throw	9	12
7:54	Luol Deng blocks Jamaal Tinsley's layup	9	12
7:50	Jermaine O'Neal offensive rebound	9	12
7:50	Jermaine O'Neal misses tip shot	9	12
7:48	Anthony Johnson offensive rebound	9	12
7:45	Peja Stojakovic misses 26-foot three point jumper	9	12
7:43	Andres Nocioni defensive rebound	9	12
7:37	Luol Deng makes 7-foot jumper	9	14
7:20	Peja Stojakovic makes jumper	11	14
6:54	Jeff Foster personal foul (Andres Nocioni draws the foul)	11	14
6:43	Mike Sweetney misses 17-foot jumper	11	14
6:41	Jeff Foster defensive rebound	11	14
6:39	Mike Sweetney personal foul (Jermaine O'Neal draws the foul)	11	14
6:26	Peja Stojakovic makes 19-foot jumper (Jamaal Tinsley assists)	13	14
6:09	Mike Sweetney misses layup	13	14
6:07	Jeff Foster defensive rebound	13	14
6:01	Mike Sweetney shooting foul (Jermaine O'Neal draws the foul)	13	14
6:01	Tyson Chandler enters the game for Mike Sweetney	13	14
6:01	Jermaine O'Neal makes free throw 1 of 2	14	14
6:01	Jermaine O'Neal makes free throw 2 of 2	15	14
5:52	Kirk Hinrich makes layup (Chris Duhon assists)	15	16
5:33	Jermaine O'Neal misses 16-foot jumper	15	16
5:31	Kirk Hinrich defensive rebound	15	16
5:22	Jamaal Tinsley personal foul (Andres Nocioni draws the foul)	15	16
5:22	Chicago full timeout	15	16
5:22	Stephen Jackson enters the game for Anthony Johnson	15	16
5:07	Andres Nocioni misses 13-foot jumper	15	16
5:05	Kirk Hinrich offensive rebound	15	16
4:48	Andres Nocioni makes 21-foot jumper	15	18
4:33	Kirk Hinrich shooting foul (Jermaine O'Neal draws the foul)	15	18
4:33	Jermaine O'Neal misses free throw 1 of 2	15	18
4:33	Indiana offensive rebound	15	18
4:33	Danny Granger enters the game for Jeff Foster	15	18
4:33	Jermaine O'Neal makes free throw 2 of 2	16	18
4:16	Chris Duhon misses 24-foot three point jumper	16	18
4:15	Jermaine O'Neal defensive rebound	16	18
4:05	Jermaine O'Neal bad pass (Chris Duhon steals)	16	18
3:59	Luol Deng makes jumper (Andres Nocioni assists)	16	20
3:40	Peja Stojakovic makes 22-foot two point shot	18	20
3:25	Kirk Hinrich makes layup (Tyson Chandler assists)	18	22
3:11	Jamaal Tinsley misses 24-foot three point jumper	18	22
3:09	Tyson Chandler defensive rebound	18	22
2:49	Tyson Chandler makes dunk (Chris Duhon assists)	18	24
2:47	Indiana full timeout	18	24
2:47	Ben Gordon enters the game for Kirk Hinrich	18	24
2:47	Anthony Johnson enters the game for Jamaal Tinsley	18	24
2:32	Stephen Jackson makes layup (Jermaine O'Neal assists)	20	24
2:14	Ben Gordon makes 22-foot jumper (Andres Nocioni assists)	20	26
1:54	Jermaine O'Neal makes 9-foot jumper (Anthony Johnson assists)	22	26
1:39	Stephen Jackson blocks Ben Gordon's layup	22	26
1:38	Chicago offensive rebound	22	26
1:38	David Harrison enters the game for Jermaine O'Neal	22	26
1:38	Sarunas Jasikevicius enters the game for Peja Stojakovic	22	26
1:38	Malik Allen enters the game for Andres Nocioni	22	26
1:29	Danny Granger shooting foul (Tyson Chandler draws the foul)	22	26
1:29	Tyson Chandler makes free throw 1 of 2	22	27
1:29	Tyson Chandler makes free throw 2 of 2	22	28
1:17	Sarunas Jasikevicius bad pass	22	28
59.7	Malik Allen makes 14-foot jumper	22	30
50.6	Tyson Chandler personal foul (Danny Granger draws the foul)	22	30
42.9	Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 20-foot jumper	22	30
40.9	Chris Duhon defensive rebound	22	30
35.9	Luol Deng misses layup	22	30
33.9	Tyson Chandler offensive rebound	22	30
30.9	Anthony Johnson blocks Ben Gordon's 27-foot three point jumper	22	30
27.9	David Harrison defensive rebound	22	30
21.9	David Harrison bad pass (Ben Gordon steals)	22	30
4.2	Malik Allen makes 12-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)	22	32
0.4	Danny Granger makes 26-foot three point jumper	25	32
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	25	32

Regular Season Series

IND leads 4-3

Pacers
91
Bulls
89

Game 1

15/1

Pacers
91
Bulls
89

Game 2

15/1

Bulls
101
Pacers
89

Game 3

22/1

Bulls
101
Pacers
89

Game 4

22/1

Bulls
85
Pacers
95

Game 5

23/3

Bulls
85
Pacers
95

Game 6

23/3

Pacers
96
Bulls
102

Game 7

5/4

Pacers
96
Bulls
102

Game 8

5/4

United Center

12:30 AM, 5 April 2006

Chicago, IL

Attendance: 21,199

Referees:
Bernie Fryer
Ron Olesiak
Ed Malloy

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	26	4	.867	-	W5
Milwaukee	16	12	.571	9	W2
Indiana	15	15	.500	11	W5
Chicago	13	17	.433	13	L2
Detroit	13	17	.433	13	W2

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