Pacers 107-105 Bulls (1 Apr, 2009) Play-by-Play

Chicago Bulls

36-40, 12-28 away

105

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	24	28	27	26	105
IND	28	22	26	31	107

Indiana Pacers

32-43, 22-14 home

107

Roy Hibbert misses 7-foot jumper
Joakim Noah blocks Roy Hibbert's layup
Tyrus Thomas blocks Roy Hibbert's layup
Roy Hibbert makes dunk
Troy Murphy misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brandon Rush misses 27-foot three point jumper
Brandon Rush makes two point shot
Jarrett Jack misses 15-foot jumper
T.J. Ford makes two point shot
Troy Murphy makes dunk (Jarrett Jack assists)
Tyrus Thomas blocks Roy Hibbert's layup
T.J. Ford misses 26-foot three point jumper
T.J. Ford misses jumper
Brandon Rush makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jarrett Jack assists)
Jarrett Jack makes 2-foot two point shot
T.J. Ford makes 16-foot two point shot (Troy Murphy assists)
T.J. Ford makes 3-foot two point shot
T.J. Ford makes layup (Josh McRoberts assists)
Danny Granger makes 16-foot two point shot
Danny Granger makes 23-foot three point jumper (T.J. Ford assists)
Danny Granger makes 14-foot jumper (T.J. Ford assists)
Brandon Rush makes two point shot (T.J. Ford assists)
Josh McRoberts misses 19-foot jumper
Danny Granger makes 21-foot two point shot
Danny Granger misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jarrett Jack misses 18-foot jumper
Danny Granger misses 16-foot jumper
Rasho Nesterovic makes tip shot
Troy Murphy misses layup
Danny Granger misses 26-foot three point jumper
Danny Granger misses layup
Troy Murphy misses jumper
Jarrett Jack misses 26-foot three point jumper
Troy Murphy makes dunk (T.J. Ford assists)
Danny Granger makes dunk (T.J. Ford assists)
Brandon Rush misses 18-foot jumper
Brandon Rush makes slam dunk (T.J. Ford assists)
Danny Granger misses 26-foot three point jumper
T.J. Ford makes driving layup
Troy Murphy misses layup
Troy Murphy makes tip shot
Danny Granger misses 27-foot three point jumper
T.J. Ford makes two point shot
Roy Hibbert makes layup (Jarrett Jack assists)
Troy Murphy makes three point jumper (Jarrett Jack assists)
Roy Hibbert makes layup (Jarrett Jack assists)
Roy Hibbert misses layup
Troy Murphy misses 26-foot three point jumper
Troy Murphy makes two point shot (Jarrett Jack assists)
Roy Hibbert misses layup
Danny Granger makes 3-foot jumper
Brandon Rush misses 22-foot jumper
Brandon Rush makes dunk (Danny Granger assists)
Roy Hibbert misses 17-foot jumper
Jarrett Jack misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rasho Nesterovic misses 19-foot jumper
Danny Granger makes 9-foot jumper
T.J. Ford makes 15-foot jumper
Danny Granger makes 25-foot three point jumper (T.J. Ford assists)
T.J. Ford makes two point shot
Rasho Nesterovic misses 20-foot jumper
Josh McRoberts makes dunk (T.J. Ford assists)
Josh McRoberts makes layup (Jarrett Jack assists)
Troy Murphy misses layup
Jarrett Jack makes 9-foot two point shot
Josh McRoberts makes 1-foot two point shot
Danny Granger makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jarrett Jack assists)
Josh McRoberts makes layup (Troy Murphy assists)
Jarrett Jack misses layup
Josh McRoberts misses layup
T.J. Ford makes 12-foot two point shot
Danny Granger misses 25-foot three point jumper
Troy Murphy misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jarrett Jack misses layup
T.J. Ford misses 3-foot jumper
Jarrett Jack makes tip shot
T.J. Ford misses layup
Troy Murphy misses layup
Danny Granger misses 27-foot three point jumper
T.J. Ford misses layup
Danny Granger makes layup
Danny Granger makes 26-foot three point jumper (T.J. Ford assists)
Troy Murphy misses 20-foot jumper
T.J. Ford makes 10-foot two point shot
Derrick Rose makes layup (Ben Gordon assists)
Ben Gordon misses 28-foot three point jumper
Tim Thomas makes 27-foot three point jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
Ben Gordon misses layup
Derrick Rose misses 18-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas makes 19-foot jumper (Tim Thomas assists)
Derrick Rose makes 17-foot jumper (Joakim Noah assists)
Tyrus Thomas misses 19-foot jumper
Jarrett Jack blocks Joakim Noah's layup
Brad Miller misses 18-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose makes 18-foot two point shot
Derrick Rose makes two point shot
Derrick Rose misses 19-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses layup
Derrick Rose makes layup (Brad Miller assists)
Brad Miller makes layup
Tyrus Thomas misses 9-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas makes dunk (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Danny Granger blocks Ben Gordon's 11-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes 18-foot two point shot
Josh McRoberts blocks Brad Miller's 3-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes 12-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes 16-foot two point shot
Ben Gordon misses 21-foot jumper
Brad Miller makes jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Tim Thomas misses 7-foot jumper
Tim Thomas makes 4-foot jumper
Joakim Noah misses layup
Ben Gordon makes jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Ben Gordon misses 16-foot jumper
Brad Miller makes 20-foot jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
Derrick Rose misses 18-foot jumper
Tim Thomas makes driving layup
T.J. Ford blocks Derrick Rose's 4-foot jumper
Brandon Rush blocks Kirk Hinrich's 16-foot jumper
Brad Miller misses 11-foot jumper
Danny Granger blocks Ben Gordon's layup
Derrick Rose makes 20-foot jumper
Brad Miller misses 12-foot jumper
Derrick Rose makes two point shot
Ben Gordon makes 15-foot two point shot (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Derrick Rose misses 13-foot jumper
Tim Thomas misses 22-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas makes 19-foot jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
Tyrus Thomas misses 17-foot jumper
Ben Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose misses 18-foot jumper
Kirk Hinrich misses 19-foot jumper
Ben Gordon makes 19-foot two point shot
Derrick Rose makes 17-foot two point shot (Brad Miller assists)
Ben Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kirk Hinrich makes 20-foot jumper (Joakim Noah assists)
Derrick Rose makes jumper (Brad Miller assists)
Tim Thomas makes 16-foot jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Kirk Hinrich makes 24-foot three point jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
Brad Miller makes 4-foot jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
Kirk Hinrich makes two point shot (Brad Miller assists)
Brad Miller misses 27-foot three point jumper
Ben Gordon makes layup (Brad Miller assists)
Brad Miller makes 1-foot two point shot
Derrick Rose makes two point shot
Tyrus Thomas makes two point shot (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Kirk Hinrich misses 19-foot jumper
Tyrus Thomas makes layup (Ben Gordon assists)
Kirk Hinrich makes 19-foot jumper (Brad Miller assists)
Ben Gordon misses jumper
Brad Miller makes two point shot (Kirk Hinrich assists)
Kirk Hinrich makes 26-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose misses layup
Tyrus Thomas makes layup (Derrick Rose assists)
Kirk Hinrich misses 25-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose makes 6-foot jumper
Derrick Rose makes layup
Tyrus Thomas makes two point shot (Brad Miller assists)
Derrick Rose misses 10-foot jumper
T.J. Ford blocks Derrick Rose's layup
Kirk Hinrich misses layup
Ben Gordon makes 17-foot jumper (Brad Miller assists)
Ben Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper

BULLS

PACERS

TIME		CHI	IND
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Joakim Noah vs. Roy Hibbert (Tyrus Thomas gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Derrick Rose makes layup (Ben Gordon assists)	2	0
11:45	Roy Hibbert illegal defense	2	0
11:27	Roy Hibbert misses 7-foot jumper	2	0
11:26	Kirk Hinrich defensive rebound	2	0
11:02	Ben Gordon misses 28-foot three point jumper	2	0
11:00	Troy Murphy defensive rebound	2	0
10:56	Kirk Hinrich personal foul (Danny Granger draws the foul)	2	0
10:56	T.J. Ford enters the game for Danny Granger	2	0
10:56	Tim Thomas enters the game for Kirk Hinrich	2	0
10:49	Joakim Noah blocks Roy Hibbert's layup	2	0
10:48	Joakim Noah defensive rebound	2	0
10:41	Tim Thomas makes 27-foot three point jumper (Derrick Rose assists)	5	0
10:26	Tyrus Thomas personal foul (Brandon Rush draws the foul)	5	0
10:15	Tyrus Thomas blocks Roy Hibbert's layup	5	0
10:15	Roy Hibbert offensive rebound	5	0
10:12	Roy Hibbert makes dunk	5	2
9:55	Tyrus Thomas bad pass (Jarrett Jack steals)	5	2
9:48	Troy Murphy misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	2
9:45	Joakim Noah defensive rebound	5	2
9:36	Ben Gordon misses layup	5	2
9:34	Roy Hibbert defensive rebound	5	2
9:29	Brandon Rush misses 27-foot three point jumper	5	2
9:27	Joakim Noah defensive rebound	5	2
9:14	Derrick Rose misses 18-foot jumper	5	2
9:12	Roy Hibbert defensive rebound	5	2
9:08	Jarrett Jack bad pass	5	2
8:47	Tyrus Thomas makes 19-foot jumper (Tim Thomas assists)	7	2
8:37	Brandon Rush makes two point shot	7	4
8:19	Derrick Rose makes 17-foot jumper (Joakim Noah assists)	9	4
8:12	Jarrett Jack misses 15-foot jumper	9	4
8:11	Joakim Noah defensive rebound	9	4
8:00	Tyrus Thomas misses 19-foot jumper	9	4
8:00	Derrick Rose offensive rebound	9	4
7:39	Joakim Noah 3 second	9	4
7:28	T.J. Ford makes two point shot	9	6
7:09	Jarrett Jack blocks Joakim Noah's layup	9	6
7:07	Jarrett Jack defensive rebound	9	6
7:05	Troy Murphy makes dunk (Jarrett Jack assists)	9	8
6:58	Chicago full timeout	9	8
6:43	Roy Hibbert shooting foul (Tyrus Thomas draws the foul)	9	8
6:43	Tyrus Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2	10	8
6:43	Tyrus Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2	11	8
6:24	Troy Murphy offensive foul (Tyrus Thomas draws the foul)	11	8
6:24	Troy Murphy turnover	11	8
6:24	Brad Miller enters the game for Joakim Noah	11	8
6:13	Brad Miller misses 18-foot jumper	11	8
6:13	Brandon Rush defensive rebound	11	8
5:58	Tyrus Thomas blocks Roy Hibbert's layup	11	8
5:56	Troy Murphy offensive rebound	11	8
5:50	T.J. Ford misses 26-foot three point jumper	11	8
5:50	Derrick Rose defensive rebound	11	8
5:43	Ben Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper	11	8
5:41	Chicago defensive rebound	11	8
5:30	T.J. Ford misses jumper	11	8
5:28	Derrick Rose defensive rebound	11	8
5:20	Derrick Rose makes 18-foot two point shot	13	8
5:03	Brandon Rush makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jarrett Jack assists)	13	11
4:35	shot clock violation	13	11
4:24	Jarrett Jack lost ball (Ben Gordon steals)	13	11
4:18	Derrick Rose makes two point shot	15	11
4:09	Brandon Rush bad pass (Tyrus Thomas steals)	15	11
4:01	Tim Thomas bad pass (Jarrett Jack steals)	15	11
3:58	Jarrett Jack makes 2-foot two point shot	15	13
3:40	Derrick Rose misses 19-foot jumper	15	13
3:39	Troy Murphy defensive rebound	15	13
3:33	T.J. Ford makes 16-foot two point shot (Troy Murphy assists)	15	15
3:06	Ben Gordon misses layup	15	15
3:05	Roy Hibbert defensive rebound	15	15
3:01	T.J. Ford makes 3-foot two point shot	15	17
2:39	Derrick Rose makes layup (Brad Miller assists)	17	17
2:39	Roy Hibbert shooting foul (Derrick Rose draws the foul)	17	17
2:39	Indiana full timeout	17	17
2:39	Josh McRoberts enters the game for Troy Murphy	17	17
2:39	Rasho Nesterovic enters the game for Roy Hibbert	17	17
2:39	Danny Granger enters the game for Jarrett Jack	17	17
2:39	Derrick Rose misses free throw 1 of 1	17	17
2:35	Rasho Nesterovic defensive rebound	17	17
2:21	T.J. Ford makes layup (Josh McRoberts assists)	17	19
2:02	Brad Miller makes layup	19	19
2:02	Rasho Nesterovic shooting foul (Brad Miller draws the foul)	19	19
2:02	Kirk Hinrich enters the game for Derrick Rose	19	19
2:02	Brad Miller makes free throw 1 of 1	20	19
1:43	Danny Granger makes 16-foot two point shot	20	21
1:27	Tyrus Thomas misses 9-foot jumper	20	21
1:25	T.J. Ford defensive rebound	20	21
1:14	Danny Granger makes 23-foot three point jumper (T.J. Ford assists)	20	24
1:01	Tyrus Thomas makes dunk (Kirk Hinrich assists)	22	24
48.4	Danny Granger makes 14-foot jumper (T.J. Ford assists)	22	26
34.9	Danny Granger blocks Ben Gordon's 11-foot jumper	22	26
33.9	T.J. Ford defensive rebound	22	26
27.7	Brandon Rush makes two point shot (T.J. Ford assists)	22	28
10.1	T.J. Ford personal foul (Kirk Hinrich draws the foul)	22	28
5.1	Kirk Hinrich makes 18-foot two point shot	24	28
0.0	T.J. Ford lost ball (Brad Miller steals)	24	28
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	24	28

Regular Season Series

CHI leads 4-3

Pacers
91
Bulls
104

Game 1

16/11

Pacers
91
Bulls
104

Game 2

16/11

Bulls
91
Pacers
98

Game 3

22/2

Bulls
91
Pacers
98

Game 4

22/2

Pacers
106
Bulls
112

Game 5

28/3

Pacers
106
Bulls
112

Game 6

28/3

Bulls
105
Pacers
107

Game 7

1/4

Bulls
105
Pacers
107

Game 8

1/4

Gainbridge Fieldhouse

12:00 AM, 1 April 2009

Indianapolis, IN

Attendance: 15,687

Referees:
Bennett Salvatore
James Capers
Leon Wood

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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