CHICAGO -- Derrick Rose came to work unsure if hed be able to play.
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confidence intact and his teams future looking very bright. Luol Deng scored 23
points, Rose added 20 and the Chicago Bulls knocked off the NBAs last unbeaten
team with a 110-94 win over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night. Taj Gibson had
15 points and eight rebounds for Chicago (5-3), which won its fourth straight
game behind 11-of-19 shooting from 3-point range. "We got off to a good start,"
Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. "(The Pacers) missed some shots that they
usually make. Overall, I thought it was a good win. We played very unselfishly."
Indiana (9-1) was the NBAs first 9-0 team since the 2002-03 Dallas Mavericks,
who started 14-0. The nine wins to start a season matched a franchise record.
Nursing a sore right hamstring, Rose was effective in his 30 minutes on the
court. He weaved around and penetrated the leagues best defence, which hadnt
allowed more than 91 points to any opponent this year. Rose was injured Monday
against Cleveland, and did not play in Chicagos 96-80 win Friday at Toronto. "I
was just being smart about the situation," he said about not playing Friday.
"This is my first time having a hamstring injury. I dont know how it would go if
I had played last night. I dont think Id be able to play tonight." The
25-year-old former MVP shook off the rust after a pair of early off-balance
misses. He sank a floater in the lane 3 minutes in, followed by a 3-pointer 30
seconds later to ignite a 12-2 first-quarter run for Chicago. "They were giving
me shots," Rose said. "Ive got to take those shots. I saw some go in, so I kept
shooting." Rose cozied up at the 3-point arc in the second quarter, knocking
down all three attempts as the Bulls took a 25-point advantage into the half. He
finished 6 for 11 from beyond the arc. "Most of Roses 3s were pretty well
contested considering his speed," Pacers coach Frank Vogel contended. "You cant
just jam him. You have to give up something. You have to give them credit."
Kirk Hinrich came off the bench to contribute 13 points, eight assists and four
rebounds for the Bulls, who avenged a 97-80 loss at Indiana on Nov. 6. The
Pacers lost despite having all five starters -- and two reserves -- score in
double-digits. Roy Hibbert led Indiana with 14 points a day after posting
season-highs with 24 points and eight blocks. Chicago held Paul George to 12
points. He entered the game seventh in the NBA with 24.6 points per game. George
and Lance Stephenson combined to miss all seven of their 3-point attempts, and
the team made just 25 per cent. "I understand Im going to have nights like this
when shots arent falling," George said. "I just dont want to have many." The
Pacers were coming off their most lopsided win of the season, a 104-77 drubbing
of Milwaukee. Carlos Boozer and Chris Copeland were ejected with 21 seconds left
when a double-technical was called for pushing and shoving. NOTES: Chicago
reached triple-digits for the second time this season. . Deng led Chicago in
scoring for the fourth time this year. . Pacers forward Danny Granger (strained
left calf) was inactive Saturday. He has yet to play in a game this season.
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Hurricanes have placed backup goalie Anton Khudobin on injured reserve with an
unspecified lower-body injury.
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53 seconds into overtime as the Erie Otters came from behind to defeat the
visiting Guelph Storm 4-3 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action.
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. But the quarterback hopes to stay involved in football after officially
calling it quits Tuesday. "Id love to look at those opportunities as they
arise," Pierce said in an interview from his Winnipeg eatery. ABBOTSFORD, B.C.
-- Seven wins in a row, and the Abbotsford Heat are still looking for ways to
improve. The Heat defeated the Toronto Marlies 6-3 Sunday night in American
Hockey League action, which ties a franchise record for consecutive victories.
The streak has included overtime, shootouts, comebacks, and on Sunday, a blown
lead in the third period. "We look back at each game and know where we havent
done so well in certain areas, and known that weve been lucky to win some in
this streak as well," said Brett Olson, who scored the winning goal. "Were happy
with where were at. But weve just got to keep it all in perspective and learn
from each game, and maintain that confidence that when we get in tight
situations like this, that we can win." After the Marlies rallied from a
two-goal deficit to tie the game 3-3 in the third Olson converted a pass from
Knight off a Tyler Wotherspoon rush while playing four-on-four at 12:21 of the
third period. "Spooner made an unbelievable rush," said Olson of the rookie
defenceman Wotherspoon. "He bought time and basically sucked the guy in and was
able to kick it out to Knight. Knight fed it through a nice little hole, and I
didnt have to do much, to be honest with you. It was right on my tape, and I
just had to put it in the open net." It was just the second goal of the year for
Olson but a coachs hunch matched him with the Heats leading scorer on that
shift. "The big things is, they can get up and down the rink together and they
both can share the puck pretty well," said Abbotsford head coach Troy Ward.
"Theyve had some chemistry so it was kind of a gut feeling." Knight added a goal
and Michael Ferland also had a goal and an assist for the Heat (11-4-1), while
Chad Billins, Ben Street and Markus Granlund scored the others. "That was like a
playoff-atmosphere game, for the most part," said Olson. "There were a lot of
hits, there was a lot of hard work to the net, a lot of puck battles on the
walls, just great plays overall." Joey MacDonald made 24 saves for Abbotsford
and his most important may have been with four minutes to go when he came across
to glove a T.J. Brennan slap shot, a quality save even the Toronto defenceman
had to acknowledge with a stick tap.
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Smith and Jerry DAmigo scored for the Marlies (6-5-1) while Spencer Abbott
chipped in with two assists to extend his point streak to 11 games. Garret
Sparks stopped 24 shots for Toronto. Leivo opened the scoring for the Marlies at
8:09 when he took a pass at full speed from Abbott and made a move around a
defenceman to beat MacDonald through the five-hole. The Heat tied the game at
17:46 when Greg Nemisz blazed down the right wing and threw a puck to the net.
Sparks couldnt corral it and, with Nemisz in the crease, Billins raced in to
wrist it past the Marlies netminder for his team-leading sixth goal of the
season. The Heat took the lead at 5:02 when Street converted a two-on-one rush
with Ferland and Knight made it 3-1 two minutes and 31 seconds later. Ben
Hanowski fed the puck to Knight in the high slot as Olson went to the net to
provide traffic and Knight placed a hard wrist shot from the top of the circle
past Sparks. Toronto cut into the deficit while on a five-on-three power play.
Abbott found Smith open at the side of the net and the Marlies captain one-timed
it past MacDonald at 11:49. The Marlies tied the game at 6:10 of the third
period when DAmigo put one past MacDonald. After blocking a shot at his own blue
line, Sam Carrick rushed down the ice and tried to centre for David Broll. The
puck found its way to DAmigo at the side of the net with MacDonald sprawled.
"They pushed pretty hard and we took a lot of penalties in a row," said Ward.
"They scored a nice five-on-three goal. We seemed to be a little bit on edge.
Theyre a good hockey team. We would expect that from them. Its 3-1 and with a
couple of mistakes its 3-3." Despite giving up a two-goal cushion, the team
didnt get flustered, going on to score three more times, including a penalty
shot by Granlund and an empty netter by Ferland. The Heat now head on their
longest road trip of the season. "Its going to be a long one," said Billins.
"But you know, its fun too. Its a good time to really build up the team bonding.
Its going to be a battle, but youve just got to take it one game at a time. Weve
got to pull off some wins here."
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