The Chicago Bulls(4-3) had an all around productive night and they even had the win for about five minutes but after further review the official determined the last second shot was not released before the buzzer sounded and the Denver Nuggets(6-2) took away a victory from the Bulls 90-89.
Carmelo Anthony put up 20 points for the Nuggets and he traded baskets at the end of the game with Derrick Rose, who lead all scorers with 22 points, but it was Chauncey Billups who scored the last point for Denver hitting the first of his two free throws before purposefully missing the second. Chicago would get the rebound and call a timeout to set up their last play.
Brad Miller took the ball off of the inbounds pass and chucked up a shot as time expired and it was good just not in time though. The Bulls received great effort from everyone else;Luol Deng finished with 21 points six rebounds and five assists, Joakim Noah had a monster game with 12 points and 21 rebounds, John Salmons contributed 11 points five rebounds and five assists, and rookie Taj Gibson chipped in 10 points and six rebounds.
The loss drops the Bulls into a tie for first place with the Cavs but right now the Bulls own the tie breaker with a victory over Cleveland last week. I'm pretty impressed with what I have seen from this team they don't really have a lot of fire power on a consistent basis but all the players know their role and have the ability to pop off 20+ points on any given night. This team should have staying power barring any injuries but I doubt they have enough to honestly compete against the Bostons or Orlandos in the East.
GO BULLS!
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