NBA: Raging Bulls Charge Past Celtics

NBA: Raging Bulls Charge Past Celtics

The raging Chicago Bulls defended strongly before stunning the Boston Celtics with surprising moves and paved the victory with the final score of 89-80 at the United Center on Thursday.

Chicago only had a 44-35 lead in the halftime and stalled briefly at the start of the fourth quarter before Taj Gibson ignited a 20-11 run to seal the win.

The Celtics were dominantly leading the game earlier, with the lead score of 24-18 in the first quarter, but were put in the disadvantage side in the second quarter of the game.

Mike James trumped Rajon Rondo who scored eight points in the first quarter.

Carlos Boozer and Luol Deng led the Bulls for the win having scored 23 points each with Deng having 10 assists and Boozer with 15 rebounds. Noah also contributed 16 rebounds for the Bulls.

"It's tough to win that way when you're giving teams second and third and fourth opportunities," Paul Pierce, Celtics forward said.  Pierce scored 14 points.

"It's definitely demoralizing. You work so hard on defense, challenge the shot and then they get an extra opportunity. You know that about the Chicago Bulls. You know Joakim Noah. You know Carlos Boozer. Those guys are terrors on the boards."

Posted by Andre Monohan on Saturday February 18 2012, 5:37 AM EST. Ref: Yahoo. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0