Chicago Bulls vs. Sacramento Kings

Ahh, already the NBA season just started and I am already a few games behind. Well the Bulls defeated the Sacramento Kings on Dec. 29 with the final score of 108-98. The Bulls defeated the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day in a thriller with the final score of 88-87. The Bulls then lost the following evening to the Golden State Warriors 99-91. The Bulls are now 2-1 on the young season and will look to continue their success against the up and coming Los Angeles Clippers on Dec. 30 in L.A. The Bulls came out strong against Sacramento and then the Bulls got a little lackadaisical and let Sacramento creep back into the contest. The Bulls really struggled with fouls in this contest as Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah each had five fouls in this game, Omer Asik had four fouls as well in the game. The Bulls finished with 27 personal fouls in the game and Sacramento finished with 19. The Bulls went 16-21 from the free throw line as Sacramento went 20-34. If Sacramento would have knocked down all of their free throws, the Bulls may have not won this game. The Kings really gave the Bulls fits at times, but once again the Bulls bench shined through in this game. Ronnie Brewer led the bench mob with 12 points after going 5-5 from the field. C.J. Watson had eight points and nine assists, Kyle Korver and Taj Gibson each chipped in six points. Derrick Rose led the way for the Bulls with 19 points. Carlos Boozer had a double-double with 16 points and 13 rebounds, Richard Hamilton had 16 points in this game too. The Bulls had 25 assists in this game as opposed to only 13 by Sacramento. The Kings leading guy in assists was Jimmer Fredette and Chuck Hayes each with three assists. That is one thing that really benefited the Bulls in this game. The Kings got the ball in their hands and they were looking to score everytime, they were not looking to pass the ball. At the end of the day, basketball is a team game, you are not going to win when you try to play a one man game. The Bulls won this game by ten, but they will need to clean up their fouls. They cannot give up more free throws than they get if they want to win games in the future against better teams. The Bulls will finish up this road trip against Blake Griffin, Chris Paul and the Clippers on Friday night. The Bulls will then return home for the home opener against the Grizzlies on Sunday.