Bobcats 96-80 Bulls (4 Mar, 2009) Play-by-Play

Chicago Bulls

27-34, 10-23 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	24	19	19	18	80
CHA	32	24	23	17	96

Charlotte Bobcats

26-35, 17-15 home

Raja Bell makes 20-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Raja Bell makes 20-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Tyrus Thomas blocks Boris Diaw's two point shot
Gerald Wallace makes layup (Boris Diaw assists)
Emeka Okafor makes dunk (Boris Diaw assists)
Raymond Felton misses 22-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor makes layup (Raja Bell assists)
Emeka Okafor makes layup (Raymond Felton assists)
Vladimir Radmanovic misses 17-foot jumper
Joakim Noah blocks Emeka Okafor's layup
Vladimir Radmanovic misses 21-foot jumper
Brad Miller blocks Vladimir Radmanovic's layup
Raja Bell misses 17-foot jumper
Vladimir Radmanovic misses tip shot
Gerald Wallace makes dunk (Raymond Felton assists)
Emeka Okafor makes 13-foot jumper (Vladimir Radmanovic assists)
Raja Bell makes 15-foot jumper (Raymond Felton assists)
Vladimir Radmanovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (D.J. Augustin assists)
Vladimir Radmanovic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Raja Bell makes 9-foot jumper
Raymond Felton makes 23-foot jumper (Vladimir Radmanovic assists)
DeSagana Diop makes layup (Raymond Felton assists)
Gerald Wallace makes layup (Raymond Felton assists)
Gerald Wallace misses layup
Gerald Wallace misses tip shot
DeSagana Diop misses tip shot
D.J. Augustin makes driving layup
Tyrus Thomas blocks Gerald Wallace's layup
D.J. Augustin makes driving layup
Juwan Howard makes layup (D.J. Augustin assists)
Boris Diaw misses layup
Boris Diaw misses layup
DeSagana Diop makes dunk
Boris Diaw misses hook shot
Raja Bell makes layup
Raja Bell misses 11-foot two point shot
Boris Diaw misses 19-foot jumper
Raja Bell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Raja Bell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Raymond Felton assists)
Emeka Okafor makes 15-foot two point shot
Gerald Wallace misses layup
Cartier Martin misses 23-foot jumper
Raymond Felton misses 60-foot three point jumper
Raymond Felton makes 11-foot jumper
Boris Diaw makes layup (Raja Bell assists)
Raja Bell misses 23-foot jumper
Gerald Wallace misses three point jumper
Gerald Wallace misses 23-foot three point jumper
Raymond Felton makes 19-foot jumper
Joakim Noah blocks Emeka Okafor's layup
Tyrus Thomas blocks Boris Diaw's layup
Boris Diaw makes layup (Raymond Felton assists)
D.J. Augustin makes driving layup
Emeka Okafor misses layup
D.J. Augustin misses 25-foot three point jumper
Boris Diaw makes driving layup
Raymond Felton misses 24-foot three point jumper
Gerald Wallace misses 18-foot jumper
Boris Diaw misses 26-foot three point jumper
Gerald Wallace makes 22-foot jumper (D.J. Augustin assists)
Raymond Felton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Boris Diaw makes 11-foot two point shot
Boris Diaw makes driving layup
Raymond Felton makes 22-foot jumper (D.J. Augustin assists)
Boris Diaw makes 15-foot two point shot
Vladimir Radmanovic makes layup (Raymond Felton assists)
Joakim Noah blocks Emeka Okafor's layup
Raja Bell misses 18-foot jumper
DeSagana Diop makes layup (Raymond Felton assists)
Raymond Felton makes 21-foot jumper (D.J. Augustin assists)
Raymond Felton misses 19-foot jumper
Boris Diaw misses 26-foot three point jumper
Raymond Felton misses layup
Vladimir Radmanovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Alexis Ajinca misses 19-foot jumper
Alexis Ajinca misses 12-foot hook shot
Ben Gordon misses 16-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas misses layup
Tyrus Thomas makes layup
Tyrus Thomas makes 13-foot jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
John Salmons misses 9-foot two point shot
John Salmons misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tyrus Thomas misses layup
John Salmons makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Derrick Rose misses 16-foot jumper
John Salmons misses 26-foot three point jumper
Brad Miller misses 15-foot jumper
Ben Gordon makes layup (Brad Miller assists)
Ben Gordon misses jumper
Joakim Noah misses 5-foot hook shot
Kirk Hinrich misses 15-foot jumper
Brad Miller makes layup
Ben Gordon makes 20-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Kirk Hinrich misses 19-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Ben Gordon makes 23-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Kirk Hinrich makes 15-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich misses 18-foot jumper
Brad Miller makes 19-foot jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
Tyrus Thomas makes driving layup
Kirk Hinrich misses jumper
Derrick Rose misses 8-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas makes jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
John Salmons makes 17-foot jumper
John Salmons misses 25-foot three point jumper
John Salmons misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tyrus Thomas makes dunk (Derrick Rose assists)
Derrick Rose misses driving layup
Ben Gordon misses layup
DeSagana Diop blocks Ben Gordon's layup
Ben Gordon misses 19-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas misses 17-foot jumper
Cartier Martin blocks John Salmons's layup
John Salmons misses 26-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose makes 17-foot jumper
Ben Gordon makes 23-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor blocks Joakim Noah's layup
Brad Miller makes dunk (Derrick Rose assists)
Ben Gordon makes driving layup
John Salmons misses 23-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose misses 8-foot running jumper
Ben Gordon makes layup
Derrick Rose makes layup (John Salmons assists)
John Salmons makes layup
Derrick Rose makes 9-foot two point shot
Tyrus Thomas misses layup
Derrick Rose misses layup
John Salmons makes 17-foot jumper (Brad Miller assists)
Brad Miller misses 20-foot jumper
Derrick Rose misses three point jumper
Emeka Okafor blocks John Salmons's layup
Joakim Noah makes layup
Kirk Hinrich makes 18-foot jumper
Brad Miller misses layup
Brad Miller makes layup
Ben Gordon misses 20-foot jumper
Derrick Rose misses 18-foot jumper
Derrick Rose misses 17-foot jumper
Brad Miller misses tip shot
Brad Miller makes dunk (Ben Gordon assists)
Kirk Hinrich misses 16-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes three point jumper (Ben Gordon assists)
Brad Miller misses layup
Tyrus Thomas misses 18-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ben Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ben Gordon misses 24-foot three point jumper
Anthony Roberson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Aaron Gray misses hook shot
Tyrus Thomas makes tip shot
Anthony Roberson misses 20-foot jumper
Anthony Roberson makes layup
Kirk Hinrich misses 26-foot three point jumper

BULLS

BOBCATS

TIME		CHI	CHA
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Joakim Noah vs. Emeka Okafor (John Salmons gains possession)	0	0
11:48	Ben Gordon misses 16-foot jumper	0	0
11:45	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	0	0
11:33	Raja Bell makes 20-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)	0	2
11:21	Tyrus Thomas misses layup	0	2
11:19	Tyrus Thomas offensive rebound	0	2
11:18	Tyrus Thomas makes layup	2	2
11:00	Raja Bell makes 20-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)	2	4
10:41	Tyrus Thomas makes 13-foot jumper (Derrick Rose assists)	4	4
10:22	Tyrus Thomas blocks Boris Diaw's two point shot	4	4
10:19	Derrick Rose defensive rebound	4	4
10:17	Raja Bell shooting foul (Ben Gordon draws the foul)	4	4
10:17	Ben Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2	5	4
10:17	Ben Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2	6	4
10:04	Gerald Wallace makes layup (Boris Diaw assists)	6	6
9:42	John Salmons misses 9-foot two point shot	6	6
9:41	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	6	6
9:32	Emeka Okafor makes dunk (Boris Diaw assists)	6	8
9:11	John Salmons misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	8
9:10	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	6	8
9:02	Raymond Felton misses 22-foot jumper	6	8
9:00	Tyrus Thomas defensive rebound	6	8
8:52	Tyrus Thomas misses layup	6	8
8:49	Boris Diaw defensive rebound	6	8
8:45	Emeka Okafor makes layup (Raja Bell assists)	6	10
8:40	Chicago full timeout	6	10
8:30	Boris Diaw shooting foul (Tyrus Thomas draws the foul)	6	10
8:30	Tyrus Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2	7	10
8:30	Tyrus Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2	8	10
8:15	Raja Bell bad pass (Ben Gordon steals)	8	10
8:00	John Salmons makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ben Gordon assists)	11	10
7:39	Emeka Okafor makes layup (Raymond Felton assists)	11	12
7:31	Boris Diaw shooting foul (Derrick Rose draws the foul)	11	12
7:31	Derrick Rose makes free throw 1 of 2	12	12
7:31	Vladimir Radmanovic enters the game for Boris Diaw	12	12
7:31	Derrick Rose makes free throw 2 of 2	13	12
7:16	Derrick Rose illegal defense foul (1st personal foul)	13	12
7:16	Raymond Felton makes technical free throw	13	13
7:07	Vladimir Radmanovic misses 17-foot jumper	13	13
7:05	Gerald Wallace offensive rebound	13	13
6:52	Raymond Felton bad pass (Tyrus Thomas steals)	13	13
6:46	Derrick Rose misses 16-foot jumper	13	13
6:45	Gerald Wallace defensive rebound	13	13
6:35	Joakim Noah blocks Emeka Okafor's layup	13	13
6:35	Charlotte offensive rebound	13	13
6:30	Vladimir Radmanovic turnover	13	13
6:13	John Salmons misses 26-foot three point jumper	13	13
6:11	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	13	13
6:03	John Salmons shooting foul (Vladimir Radmanovic draws the foul)	13	13
6:03	Brad Miller enters the game for Joakim Noah	13	13
6:03	Gerald Wallace makes free throw 1 of 2	13	14
6:03	Gerald Wallace makes free throw 2 of 2	13	15
5:48	Brad Miller turnover	13	15
5:28	Vladimir Radmanovic misses 21-foot jumper	13	15
5:28	Ben Gordon defensive rebound	13	15
5:20	Brad Miller misses 15-foot jumper	13	15
5:18	Vladimir Radmanovic defensive rebound	13	15
5:07	Brad Miller blocks Vladimir Radmanovic's layup	13	15
5:05	Vladimir Radmanovic offensive rebound	13	15
5:00	Tyrus Thomas shooting foul (Emeka Okafor draws the foul)	13	15
5:00	Kirk Hinrich enters the game for Tyrus Thomas	13	15
5:00	Emeka Okafor makes free throw 1 of 2	13	16
5:00	Emeka Okafor makes free throw 2 of 2	13	17
4:41	Ben Gordon makes layup (Brad Miller assists)	15	17
4:24	Kirk Hinrich shooting foul (Emeka Okafor draws the foul)	15	17
4:24	Emeka Okafor makes free throw 1 of 2	15	18
4:24	Emeka Okafor makes free throw 2 of 2	15	19
4:09	Brad Miller traveling	15	19
3:54	Raymond Felton bad pass (Kirk Hinrich steals)	15	19
3:41	Ben Gordon misses jumper	15	19
3:39	Raymond Felton defensive rebound	15	19
3:31	Derrick Rose personal foul (Vladimir Radmanovic draws the foul)	15	19
3:31	Charlotte full timeout	15	19
3:31	Joakim Noah enters the game for Derrick Rose	15	19
3:16	Raja Bell misses 17-foot jumper	15	19
3:13	Vladimir Radmanovic offensive rebound	15	19
3:11	Vladimir Radmanovic misses tip shot	15	19
3:10	Joakim Noah defensive rebound	15	19
3:06	John Salmons bad pass (Vladimir Radmanovic steals)	15	19
3:02	Gerald Wallace makes dunk (Raymond Felton assists)	15	21
2:40	Joakim Noah misses 5-foot hook shot	15	21
2:36	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	15	21
2:21	Emeka Okafor makes 13-foot jumper (Vladimir Radmanovic assists)	15	23
2:10	Kirk Hinrich misses 15-foot jumper	15	23
2:09	Brad Miller offensive rebound	15	23
2:06	Brad Miller makes layup	17	23
1:51	Raja Bell makes 15-foot jumper (Raymond Felton assists)	17	25
1:37	Ben Gordon makes 20-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)	19	25
1:27	Ben Gordon personal foul (Raja Bell draws the foul)	19	25
1:27	D.J. Augustin enters the game for Raymond Felton	19	25
1:27	Raja Bell makes free throw 1 of 2	19	26
1:27	Raja Bell makes free throw 2 of 2	19	27
1:07	Joakim Noah backcourt	19	27
1:00	Vladimir Radmanovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (D.J. Augustin assists)	19	30
48.9	Kirk Hinrich misses 19-foot jumper	19	30
47.9	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	19	30
35.9	Vladimir Radmanovic misses 26-foot three point jumper	19	30
34.8	Joakim Noah defensive rebound	19	30
34.8	Vladimir Radmanovic personal foul (Joakim Noah draws the foul)	19	30
27.1	Kirk Hinrich makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ben Gordon assists)	22	30
6.5	Raja Bell makes 9-foot jumper	22	32
2.0	Ben Gordon makes 23-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)	24	32
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	24	32

Regular Season Series

CHA leads 2-0

Bulls
101
Bobcats
110

Game 1

17/12

Bulls
80
Bobcats
96

Game 2

4/3

Bobcats
106
Bulls
113

Game 3

12/4

Spectrum Center

12:00 AM, 4 March 2009

Charlotte, NC

Attendance: 14,216

Referees:
Ron Garretson
James Capers
Pat Fraher

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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