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On Friday afternoon the Chicago Bulls announced that Tyrus Thomas will undergo surgery Saturday to repair a fractured radius in his left forearm.

A year ago, the Bulls gave up 102.5 points per game. It wasn't the worst in the league, by any means, but it was the team's highest total in points allowed since the 1989-90 season - just before defense began to dominate the NBA.

Luol Deng scored 15 points and helped stop LeBron James on a drive in the final seconds as the Chicago Bulls ended Cleveland's three-game winning streak with an 86-85 win over the Cavaliers on Thursday night.

On July 31, 2008, Luol Deng signed a six-year deal with the Chicago Bulls worth $71 million.

Despite the loss of leading scorer Ben Gordon over the summer, scoring wasn't supposed to be a major issue for the Bulls this season, but so far, it has been.

Sign up if you want to do one in the future. I figure the Bulls have an easy blowout, and we all laugh at how it made sense the Bulls offense to start out cruddy against three good defensive teams.

Based on Friday's result, this might qualify as poor analysis. But before the contest, Boston coach Doc Rivers revealed that he thinks the Bulls are much better this season, even without leading scorer Ben Gordon.

How badly are the Pistons missing Rip Hamilton? Young, Black and Fabulous : You probably heard Jason Maxiell got married over the summer.

Are the Bulls better than a year ago when they finished seventh in the conference and lost an epic series against Boston in the first round? Maybe.

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Miami played the Bulls three times last year, and all three games were memorable for different reasons; and more importantly, all three were wins for the boys from South Beach.

Shamrocked: This was one of those days for the Bulls. They were coming off a big win over San Antonio, flew to Boston late Thursday night and got an up-close look at the 'A' game of the Celtics on Friday.

By Zach Lowe , CelticsHub.com @ October 30th, 2:02 pm CELTICS : 2-0 vs Bulls 1-0 Off.

Chicago Bulls at Boston Celtics Friday, October 30 8:00 PM ET Game 3, Home Game 2 TV: ESPN, CSN HD, WGN TD Banknorth Garden Referees: Tom Washington, Eric Lewis, Zach Zarba vs vs vs vs vs Kendrick Perkins vs Joakim Noah When last these two teams met, it was in a grueling 7 game series in the opening round of last year's playoffs.

If he does, the Celtics [ team stats ] center then must relive what followed in the second round against Orlando.

Auburn Hills He has the sweet contract and the soft, floating shot. He's the fresh new face of the made-over Pistons, and of all Ben Gordon's intriguing qualities, one rates pretty darn high.

By Zach Lowe , CelticsHub.com @ October 29th, 10:56 pm This is the fourth look at whether we have anything to fear from Eastern Conference teams outside the Holy Triumvirate of Cleveland-Boston-Orlando. .A Next up: The Bulls Last year's record : 41-41 In : James Johnson , Taj Gibson , Jannero Pargo Out : Ben Gordon Should we fear them? Oh Lord yes.

Vinny Del Negro's Bulls will seek to improve on their 41-41 record of last season.

The swimsuit model faked left and used her right hand against Derrick Rose . She was thinner than Tayshaun Prince but surprisingly skilled.

Usually there's somewhat of a consensus among the newspapers, magazines and Web sites that produce NBA previews.