The Toronto Raptors’ Last Hope: That the Chicago Bulls Are Spent
April 13th, 2010 by Stephen Brotherston Leave a reply »No one can accuse the Chicago Bulls of leaving anything on the table in their next to last game of the season.
There was no holding back.
And in the month of April, the Bulls' best players have dragged their team back from the brink of playoff elimination to be just one win away from the eighth and final seed in the East.
But the Toronto Raptors have not been eliminated. Despite the Bulls beating the Raptors at the ACC in game 80 and then taking down the Celtics at the United Center in game 81, the Bulls still haven’t reached their goal.
And with the playoff clinching game against the Bobcats coming on the back-to-back in Charlotte on Wednesday are the Bulls spent?
In the win at home against the Celtics, four of the Bulls starters played nearly the entire game.
Joakim Noah, over 46 minutes, 16 rebounds, 3 blocks, 9 points. Derrick Rose, over 45 minutes, 22 shots, and 39 points. Luol Deng, over 43 minutes, 12 boards, 10 shots, 7 points. Kirk Hinrich, over 41 minutes, 20 shots, 30 points. A career high in scoring for Rose and a season high in scoring for Hinrich.
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