Bulls rout Hornets
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02/08/2012 -
New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carlos Boozer scored 18 points and the
Chicago Bulls barely needed Derrick Rose in an easy 90-67 win over the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday night.
The Hornets lost their seventh game in a row and needed a three-pointer from
Marco Belinelli with 0.5 seconds left to avoid a franchise-low in points
scored.
Indeed, the game started and ended as a laugher: Actor and comedian Will
Ferrell, in town shooting a movie, handled the intros for both teams before
the game.
Rose, who left Monday's win over New Jersey with lower back spasms, played
only 22 minutes and sat the entire fourth quarter. He had six points, six
assists and five rebounds.
"He says he feels pretty good," Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said of the reigning
MVP.
Chris Kaman had 17 points and nine rebounds off the bench to lead the Hornets
and Belinelli scored 13. New Orleans fell to 4-22.
The Bulls moved to 22-6 on the season and 5-2 on a nine-game road trip that
ends with visits to Charlotte and Boston. They won their fourth straight game
and third in a row by 20-plus points.
The best team in the Eastern Conference had no trouble with the worst team in
the Western Conference, leading by as many as 28 points in the wire-to-wire
win.
"The way the ball's moving, it's not sticking anywhere," said Thibodeau.
"We're getting good shots."
The Bulls shot 52.4 percent and led 23-14 after the first quarter. In the
second, they went up 15 on Taj Gibson's fastbreak dunk and took a 42-27 lead
on Kyle Korver's three-pointer from the left side in transition.
It was 44-31 at halftime and 70-46 going into the fourth quarter. The Bulls
went ahead by a game-high 28 points on John Lucas' three-pointer in the final
minutes.
Game Notes
The Bulls have won seven in a row over New Orleans and 10 of the last 12
meetings...Among Ferrell's introductions was this one: "At guard, No. 1, his
favorite movie is 'The Notebook' ... Derrick Rose!"
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Huskers' Lucky hospitalized for undisclosed reason
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska running back Marlon Lucky was hospitalized Monday for undisclosed reasons after Lincoln police responded to a call at his residence.
The Nebraska athletic department said in a release Monday that Lucky was admitted Sunday night.
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