Bulls 111-108 Hornets (2 Dec, 2006) Play-by-Play

Chicago Bulls

6-9, 3-8 away

111

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	28	31	24	28	111
NO	24	23	30	31	108

NO/Oklahoma City Hornets

8-8, 4-3 home

108

Desmond Mason misses 6-foot two point shot
Marc Jackson makes 15-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Rasual Butler makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Desmond Mason makes 4-foot two point shot (Rasual Butler assists)
Marc Jackson misses 13-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 17-foot jumper
Desmond Mason makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Rasual Butler misses 23-foot three point jumper
Luol Deng blocks Tyson Chandler's dunk
Desmond Mason makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Marc Jackson makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes jumper (Desmond Mason assists)
Rasual Butler makes 23-foot three point jumper (Desmond Mason assists)
Jannero Pargo misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jannero Pargo misses 13-foot jumper
Marc Jackson misses 19-foot jumper
Cedric Simmons misses 16-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 19-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 18-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses layup
Cedric Simmons makes layup (Rasual Butler assists)
Jannero Pargo makes three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Jannero Pargo misses 4-foot running jumper
Ben Wallace blocks Marc Jackson's layup
Desmond Mason misses 4-foot two point shot
Rasual Butler misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rasual Butler makes dunk (Tyson Chandler assists)
Marc Jackson misses 18-foot jumper
Marc Jackson misses jumper
Chris Paul makes jumper
Marc Jackson makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Marc Jackson makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Linton Johnson makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes running jumper
Marc Jackson makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes layup
Marc Jackson misses 18-foot jumper
Marc Jackson misses 16-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 9-foot jumper
Rasual Butler makes 16-foot jumper (Desmond Mason assists)
Marc Jackson makes 12-foot two point shot
Rasual Butler misses 16-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich blocks Chris Paul's 16-foot jumper
Rasual Butler makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Kirk Hinrich blocks Chris Paul's 5-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 11-foot jumper
Desmond Mason misses 17-foot jumper
Desmond Mason misses 6-foot jumper
Marc Jackson misses 20-foot jumper
Desmond Mason misses 5-foot running jumper
Rasual Butler misses 7-foot jumper
Rasual Butler makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Rasual Butler makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
P.J. Brown blocks Rasual Butler's layup
Desmond Mason misses 8-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo makes two point shot (Desmond Mason assists)
Rasual Butler makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Desmond Mason makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Rasual Butler makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Rasual Butler misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mike Sweetney blocks Jannero Pargo's 16-foot jumper
Desmond Mason misses 8-foot hook shot
Linton Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mike Sweetney blocks Marc Jackson's 9-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 24-foot three point jumper
Jannero Pargo makes 21-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo makes layup
Jannero Pargo misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 10-foot jumper
Rasual Butler makes 11-foot jumper
Desmond Mason makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Rasual Butler misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes jumper
Rasual Butler makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Rasual Butler makes 25-foot three point jumper
Rasual Butler misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tyson Chandler makes two point shot
Andres Nocioni makes 21-foot jumper (Luol Deng assists)
Kirk Hinrich makes 24-foot three point jumper (Andres Nocioni assists)
Andres Nocioni misses 19-foot jumper
Luol Deng misses 18-foot jumper
Chris Duhon misses 24-foot three point jumper
Andres Nocioni misses layup
Tyson Chandler blocks Luol Deng's layup
Tyson Chandler blocks Ben Wallace's layup
Kirk Hinrich misses 25-foot three point jumper
Andres Nocioni misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Luol Deng makes 18-foot jumper (Andres Nocioni assists)
Desmond Mason blocks Ben Wallace's layup
Ben Wallace misses 6-foot two point shot
Luol Deng misses 15-foot jumper
Chris Duhon makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
P.J. Brown makes hook shot
P.J. Brown misses 11-foot two point shot
Ben Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mike Sweetney assists)
Luol Deng makes 19-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Mike Sweetney makes 7-foot two point shot
Mike Sweetney misses layup
Mike Sweetney makes layup
P.J. Brown misses jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes 16-foot jumper
Andres Nocioni makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mike Sweetney assists)
Luol Deng misses 19-foot jumper
Andres Nocioni misses three point jumper
Luol Deng makes driving layup
Luol Deng misses jumper
Luol Deng makes layup (Mike Sweetney assists)
Tyrus Thomas misses two point shot
Luol Deng misses layup
Andres Nocioni makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Ben Gordon misses 15-foot jumper
Ben Gordon makes 6-foot running jumper
Ben Gordon makes 22-foot three point jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Kirk Hinrich misses 19-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas makes tip shot
Andres Nocioni makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Andres Nocioni makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tyrus Thomas assists)
Tyrus Thomas makes two point shot (Ben Wallace assists)
Ben Gordon misses 16-foot jumper
Andres Nocioni makes 5-foot running jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Luol Deng makes layup
Andres Nocioni makes 17-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Ben Gordon misses 24-foot three point jumper
Andres Nocioni makes jumper
Luol Deng makes jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Kirk Hinrich misses 17-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes 19-foot jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Andres Nocioni misses 24-foot three point jumper
Andres Nocioni misses 18-foot jumper
P.J. Brown misses 17-foot jumper
Andres Nocioni misses tip shot
Andres Nocioni makes layup
Andres Nocioni makes layup (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Ben Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luol Deng assists)
Ben Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tyson Chandler blocks Luol Deng's 3-foot jumper
P.J. Brown misses jumper
Luol Deng makes 4-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses 17-foot jumper
P.J. Brown misses dunk
Thabo Sefolosha makes 17-foot jumper
Mike Sweetney misses 4-foot two point shot
Kirk Hinrich makes driving layup
Luol Deng misses 20-foot jumper
Thabo Sefolosha makes 18-foot jumper (Luol Deng assists)
Linton Johnson blocks Andres Nocioni's layup
Luol Deng makes layup
Mike Sweetney makes layup
Andres Nocioni misses 8-foot two point shot
Luol Deng misses 18-foot jumper
Chris Duhon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ben Gordon makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Ben Wallace misses 4-foot hook shot
Andres Nocioni makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Andres Nocioni misses 24-foot jumper
Luol Deng makes dunk (Ben Wallace assists)
Ben Gordon misses 17-foot jumper
Luol Deng misses two point shot
Chris Paul blocks Kirk Hinrich's 16-foot jumper
Andres Nocioni makes layup
Andres Nocioni misses three point jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes three point jumper (Luol Deng assists)

BULLS

HORNETS

TIME		CHI	NO
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Ben Wallace vs. Tyson Chandler (Kirk Hinrich gains possession)	0	0
11:37	Andres Nocioni makes 21-foot jumper (Luol Deng assists)	2	0
11:17	Desmond Mason misses 6-foot two point shot	2	0
11:14	Andres Nocioni defensive rebound	2	0
11:10	Kirk Hinrich makes 24-foot three point jumper (Andres Nocioni assists)	5	0
10:48	Luol Deng shooting foul (Desmond Mason draws the foul)	5	0
10:48	Desmond Mason makes free throw 1 of 2	5	1
10:48	Desmond Mason misses free throw 2 of 2	5	1
10:48	NO/Oklahoma C defensive rebound	5	1
10:37	Andres Nocioni misses 19-foot jumper	5	1
10:33	Chris Duhon offensive rebound	5	1
10:30	Luol Deng misses 18-foot jumper	5	1
10:29	Marc Jackson defensive rebound	5	1
10:22	Marc Jackson makes 15-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	5	3
10:07	Chris Duhon misses 24-foot three point jumper	5	3
10:07	Andres Nocioni offensive rebound	5	3
10:04	Andres Nocioni misses layup	5	3
10:03	Tyson Chandler defensive rebound	5	3
9:52	Ben Wallace shooting foul (Desmond Mason draws the foul)	5	3
9:52	Desmond Mason misses free throw 1 of 2	5	3
9:52	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	5	3
9:52	Desmond Mason misses free throw 2 of 2	5	3
9:51	Luol Deng defensive rebound	5	3
9:45	Tyson Chandler blocks Luol Deng's layup	5	3
9:44	Tyson Chandler defensive rebound	5	3
9:40	Rasual Butler makes layup (Chris Paul assists)	5	5
9:15	Tyson Chandler blocks Ben Wallace's layup	5	5
9:14	Chris Paul defensive rebound	5	5
9:07	Desmond Mason makes 4-foot two point shot (Rasual Butler assists)	5	7
8:51	Kirk Hinrich misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	7
8:49	Tyson Chandler defensive rebound	5	7
8:41	Marc Jackson misses 13-foot jumper	5	7
8:38	Kirk Hinrich defensive rebound	5	7
8:22	Ben Wallace 3 second	5	7
7:58	Chris Paul misses 17-foot jumper	5	7
7:56	Chris Duhon defensive rebound	5	7
7:46	Andres Nocioni misses 23-foot three point jumper	5	7
7:45	Chris Paul defensive rebound	5	7
7:39	Desmond Mason makes layup (Chris Paul assists)	5	9
7:15	Kirk Hinrich makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Duhon assists)	8	9
7:01	Rasual Butler misses 23-foot three point jumper	8	9
7:00	Marc Jackson offensive rebound	8	9
6:54	Luol Deng blocks Tyson Chandler's dunk	8	9
6:52	Tyson Chandler offensive rebound	8	9
6:52	Chris Duhon shooting foul (Tyson Chandler draws the foul)	8	9
6:52	Tyson Chandler misses free throw 1 of 2	8	9
6:52	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	8	9
6:52	Tyson Chandler misses free throw 2 of 2	8	9
6:50	Andres Nocioni defensive rebound	8	9
6:39	Luol Deng makes 18-foot jumper (Andres Nocioni assists)	10	9
6:22	Desmond Mason makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)	10	11
6:11	Desmond Mason blocks Ben Wallace's layup	10	11
6:09	Ben Wallace offensive rebound	10	11
6:01	Ben Wallace misses 6-foot two point shot	10	11
5:58	Chris Paul defensive rebound	10	11
5:50	Marc Jackson makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	10	13
5:39	Tyson Chandler shooting foul (Chris Duhon draws the foul)	10	13
5:39	NO/Oklahoma C full timeout	10	13
5:39	Ben Gordon enters the game for Andres Nocioni	10	13
5:39	Jannero Pargo enters the game for Marc Jackson	10	13
5:39	Chris Duhon makes free throw 1 of 2	11	13
5:39	Chris Duhon misses free throw 2 of 2	11	13
5:37	Luol Deng offensive rebound	11	13
5:33	Luol Deng misses 15-foot jumper	11	13
5:33	Chris Paul defensive rebound	11	13
5:13	Chris Paul makes jumper (Desmond Mason assists)	11	15
4:56	Chris Duhon makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)	14	15
4:46	Chris Duhon personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	14	15
4:46	P.J. Brown enters the game for Chris Duhon	14	15
4:37	Rasual Butler makes 23-foot three point jumper (Desmond Mason assists)	14	18
4:20	Kirk Hinrich bad pass (Chris Paul steals)	14	18
4:18	Chris Paul bad pass (Luol Deng steals)	14	18
4:13	Ben Gordon discontinue dribble	14	18
3:57	Jannero Pargo misses 24-foot three point jumper	14	18
3:56	P.J. Brown defensive rebound	14	18
3:40	P.J. Brown makes hook shot	16	18
3:33	Tyson Chandler offensive foul (Kirk Hinrich draws the foul)	16	18
3:33	Tyson Chandler turnover	16	18
3:21	Desmond Mason personal foul (P.J. Brown draws the foul)	16	18
3:21	Cedric Simmons enters the game for Tyson Chandler	16	18
3:13	P.J. Brown misses 11-foot two point shot	16	18
3:11	Jannero Pargo defensive rebound	16	18
2:54	Ben Gordon personal foul (Jannero Pargo draws the foul)	16	18
2:54	Chicago full timeout	16	18
2:54	Jannero Pargo misses free throw 1 of 2	16	18
2:54	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	16	18
2:54	Jannero Pargo misses free throw 2 of 2	16	18
2:53	P.J. Brown defensive rebound	16	18
2:42	Cedric Simmons shooting foul (P.J. Brown draws the foul)	16	18
2:42	P.J. Brown misses free throw 1 of 2	16	18
2:42	Chicago offensive rebound	16	18
2:42	Mike Sweetney enters the game for Ben Wallace	16	18
2:42	P.J. Brown makes free throw 2 of 2	17	18
2:26	Rasual Butler turnover	17	18
2:26	Marc Jackson enters the game for Rasual Butler	17	18
2:06	Ben Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mike Sweetney assists)	20	18
1:45	Jannero Pargo misses 13-foot jumper	20	18
1:44	Mike Sweetney defensive rebound	20	18
1:39	Luol Deng makes 19-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)	22	18
1:31	Mike Sweetney shooting foul (Jannero Pargo draws the foul)	22	18
1:31	Jannero Pargo makes free throw 1 of 2	22	19
1:31	Jannero Pargo makes free throw 2 of 2	22	20
1:13	Mike Sweetney makes 7-foot two point shot	24	20
59.9	Desmond Mason lost ball (Kirk Hinrich steals)	24	20
52.9	Mike Sweetney misses layup	24	20
50.9	Mike Sweetney offensive rebound	24	20
50.8	Mike Sweetney makes layup	26	20
44.3	P.J. Brown personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	26	20
44.3	Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2	26	21
44.3	Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2	26	22
33.9	P.J. Brown misses jumper	26	22
32.5	Desmond Mason defensive rebound	26	22
28.2	Ben Gordon personal foul (Jannero Pargo draws the foul)	26	22
28.2	Jannero Pargo makes free throw 1 of 2	26	23
28.2	Andres Nocioni enters the game for Ben Gordon	26	23
28.2	Jannero Pargo makes free throw 2 of 2	26	24
5.7	Kirk Hinrich makes 16-foot jumper	28	24
1.9	Marc Jackson misses 19-foot jumper	28	24
0.4	Mike Sweetney defensive rebound	28	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	28	24

Regular Season Series

CHI leads 1-0

Bulls
111
Hornets
108

Game 1

2/12

Bulls
111
Hornets
108

Game 2

2/12

Hornets
93
Bulls
104

Game 3

3/3

Hornets
93
Bulls
104

Game 4

3/3

Paycom Center

12:00 AM, 2 December 2006

Oklahoma City, OK

Attendance: 19,164

Referees:
Bennett Salvatore
Tony Brown
Michael Smith

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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