National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Chicago 112,
New Jersey 96
When: 8:30 PM ET, Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Where: United Center, Chicago, Illinois
Officials: #29 Steve Javie, #55 Bill Kennedy, #62 Brian Forte
Attendance: 22070
Where: United Center, Chicago, Illinois
Officials: #29 Steve Javie, #55 Bill Kennedy, #62 Brian Forte
Attendance: 22070
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Jersey | 26 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 96 |
| Chicago | 29 | 29 | 21 | 33 | 112 |
New Jersey Nets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Vince Carter - G | 37:13 | 8-16 | 0-2 | 6-6 | -5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| Devin Harris - G | 17:02 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Richard Jefferson - F | 35:23 | 6-13 | 1-1 | 8-10 | -8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 |
| Sean Williams - F | 22:22 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Josh Boone - C | 15:44 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Marcus Williams | 29:39 | 6-12 | 4-7 | 0-0 | -11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Bostjan Nachbar | 26:10 | 1-10 | 0-3 | 2-2 | -25 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| DeSagana Diop | 15:31 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Stromile Swift | 14:50 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Darrell Armstrong | 14:09 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Trenton Hassell | 7:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice Ager | 4:57 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-79 | 7-17 | 17-20 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 96 | |
| 45.6% | 41.2% | 85.0% | Team Rebs: 4 | Total TO: 16 | ||||||||||
Chicago Bulls
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Kirk Hinrich - G | 37:38 | 6-10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| Larry Hughes - G | 36:35 | 7-15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Luol Deng - F | 34:21 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Drew Gooden - F | 32:55 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| Joakim Noah - C | 20:11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Thabo Sefolosha | 30:12 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Ben Gordon | 30:11 | 7-12 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Andres Nocioni | 10:15 | 3-10 | 1-2 | 2-2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Tyrus Thomas | 7:08 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Demetris Nichols | 0:34 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chris Duhon | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Aaron Gray | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 44-89 | 11-17 | 13-18 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 112 | |
| 49.4% | 64.7% | 72.2% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NJ | None |
| CHI | Andres Nocioni |
Team Statistics
| New Jersey | Chicago | ||
| Fast Break Points | 11 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
| Points in the Paint | 42 | Points in the Paint | 46 |
| Biggest Lead | 4 | Biggest Lead | 25 |