Final

Series (Game 3 of 4)

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Series starts 12/13

Game 1: Saturday, December 13th
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Bulls113
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Game 2: Monday, December 29th
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Nets87
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Game 3: Wednesday, February 25th
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Nets111
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Game 4: Saturday, April 4th
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Bulls103
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Bulls 99

(26-32, 10-21 away)

Nets 111

(26-32, 13-17 home)

Coverage: YES

7:30 PM ET, February 25, 2009

IZOD Center, East Rutherford, NJ

1 2 3 4 T
CHI 26 23 29 2199
NJ 25 25 24 37111

Top Performers

Chicago: K. Hinrich 14 Pts, 2 Reb, 5 Ast, 1 Blk

New Jersey: D. Harris 42 Pts, 4 Reb, 6 Ast

2nd Qtr Play-By-Play

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2nd Quarter Summary

TIMECHICAGOSCORENEW JERSEY
12:00Start of the 2nd Quarter
11:56 26-25Vince Carter bad pass
11:51John Salmons makes layup (Derrick Rose assists)28-25 
11:33 28-27Bobby Simmons makes jumper
11:14Brad Miller misses layup28-27 
11:12Brad Miller offensive rebound28-27 
11:07Brad Miller misses 5-foot jumper28-27 
11:07 28-27Jarvis Hayes defensive rebound
10:55 28-27Keyon Dooling misses 11-foot running jumper
10:53Tim Thomas defensive rebound28-27 
10:48John Salmons makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tim Thomas assists)31-27 
10:30 31-27Sean Williams misses 10-foot jumper
10:30Kirk Hinrich defensive rebound31-27 
10:18Kirk Hinrich turnover31-27 
9:53 31-27Keyon Dooling misses 26-foot three point jumper
9:52Brad Miller defensive rebound31-27 
9:44Kirk Hinrich misses 17-foot jumper31-27 
9:42 31-27Vince Carter defensive rebound
9:30 31-27Vince Carter misses 20-foot jumper
9:27 31-27Jarvis Hayes offensive rebound
9:10 31-29Bobby Simmons makes layup (Keyon Dooling assists)
8:56Brad Miller bad pass (Jarvis Hayes steals)31-29 
8:45 31-29Jarvis Hayes misses 28-foot three point jumper
8:44John Salmons defensive rebound31-29 
8:37Derrick Rose makes 18-foot jumper33-29 
8:22 33-29Vince Carter misses two point shot
8:21 33-29Sean Williams offensive rebound
8:18 33-31Sean Williams makes two point shot
8:14Chicago full timeout
8:14Joakim Noah enters the game for Brad Miller33-31 
8:14 33-31Devin Harris enters the game for Vince Carter
7:58Tim Thomas lost ball (Keyon Dooling steals)33-31 
7:48 33-34Bobby Simmons makes three point jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)
7:26John Salmons makes 17-foot jumper35-34 
7:07 35-34Bobby Simmons misses 25-foot three point jumper
7:05Joakim Noah defensive rebound35-34 
6:56Tim Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper35-34 
6:54Joakim Noah offensive rebound35-34 
6:52Joakim Noah makes two point shot37-34 
6:35 37-34Keyon Dooling misses 24-foot three point jumper
6:33 37-34Sean Williams offensive rebound
6:09 37-36Keyon Dooling makes 20-foot jumper
5:50Tim Thomas misses 14-foot two point shot37-36 
5:50 37-36Bobby Simmons defensive rebound
5:46 37-36Keyon Dooling misses 18-foot jumper
5:45Tim Thomas defensive rebound37-36 
5:33Tim Thomas makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kirk Hinrich assists)40-36 
5:26New Jersey full timeout
5:26Tyrus Thomas enters the game for Tim Thomas40-36 
5:26 40-36Brook Lopez enters the game for Sean Williams
5:15 40-36Brook Lopez bad pass (Joakim Noah steals)
5:11 40-36Jarvis Hayes shooting foul (John Salmons draws the foul)
5:11John Salmons makes free throw 1 of 241-36 
5:11Ben Gordon enters the game for Kirk Hinrich41-36 
5:11 41-36Yi Jianlian enters the game for Keyon Dooling
5:11John Salmons makes free throw 2 of 242-36 
4:45 42-38Jarvis Hayes makes 19-foot jumper (Devin Harris assists)
4:24Joakim Noah makes layup (Derrick Rose assists)44-38 
4:01 44-38Tyrus Thomas blocks Yi Jianlian's layup
4:00 44-38Yi Jianlian offensive rebound
3:58 44-38Yi Jianlian misses layup
3:57John Salmons defensive rebound44-38 
3:53 44-38Jarvis Hayes shooting foul (Derrick Rose draws the foul)
3:53 44-38Vince Carter enters the game for Bobby Simmons
3:53Derrick Rose makes free throw 1 of 245-38 
3:53Luol Deng enters the game for John Salmons45-38 
3:53Derrick Rose misses free throw 2 of 245-38 
3:51 45-38Yi Jianlian defensive rebound
3:42Joakim Noah shooting foul (Devin Harris draws the foul)45-38 
3:42 45-39Devin Harris makes free throw 1 of 2
3:42 45-40Devin Harris makes free throw 2 of 2
3:24Tyrus Thomas misses 13-foot jumper45-40 
3:23Tyrus Thomas offensive rebound45-40 
3:18Yi Jianlian blocks Tyrus Thomas's two point shot45-40 
3:17 45-40Brook Lopez defensive rebound
3:04 45-40Devin Harris misses 9-foot running jumper
3:03 45-40Yi Jianlian offensive rebound
3:02 45-42Yi Jianlian makes layup
2:57Chicago 20 Sec. timeout
2:57 Official timeout
2:43Tyrus Thomas misses layup45-42 
2:42Tyrus Thomas offensive rebound45-42 
2:40Tyrus Thomas makes two point shot47-42 
2:25 47-44Devin Harris makes driving layup (Vince Carter assists)
2:15Derrick Rose makes driving layup49-44 
1:55 49-46Yi Jianlian makes 12-foot jumper (Devin Harris assists)
1:38Ben Gordon misses 21-foot jumper49-46 
1:37 49-46Vince Carter defensive rebound
1:16 49-48Vince Carter makes 22-foot jumper
0:58Tyrus Thomas misses 19-foot jumper49-48 
0:57Joakim Noah offensive rebound49-48 
0:57 49-48Brook Lopez personal foul (Joakim Noah draws the foul)
0:57 49-48Sean Williams enters the game for Brook Lopez
0:49Sean Williams blocks Tyrus Thomas's layup49-48 
0:47Tyrus Thomas offensive rebound49-48 
0:41Tyrus Thomas bad pass (Jarvis Hayes steals)49-48 
0:37 49-50Sean Williams makes two point shot (Devin Harris assists)
0:12Tyrus Thomas misses 18-foot jumper49-50 
0:11Tyrus Thomas offensive rebound49-50 
0:09Luol Deng offensive foul (Sean Williams draws the foul)49-50 
0:09Luol Deng turnover49-50 
0:02Derrick Rose personal foul (Devin Harris draws the foul)49-50 
0:02New Jersey 20 Sec. timeout
0:02 49-50Bobby Simmons enters the game for Yi Jianlian
0:02Kirk Hinrich enters the game for Derrick Rose49-50 
0:02 49-50Keyon Dooling enters the game for Sean Williams
0:02John Salmons enters the game for Ben Gordon49-50 
0:01 49-50Kirk Hinrich blocks Keyon Dooling's 21-foot jumper
0:00 49-50New Jersey offensive rebound
0:00End of the 2nd Quarter