Fourth year guard Jamal Crawford hit at least one 3-pointer in 52 of the last 56 games, including 25 consecutive games.
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Posted April 21, 2004
Note-a-Bull Items, Part II
CDW/HP BULLS PLAYER OF THE MONTH
CDW has completed its fifth consecutive year of sponsoring the Bulls Player of the Month award. Here is a month-by-month listing of the winners, with accompanying stats:
Nov. | Tyson Chandler
13.0 ppg, 10.3 rpg, 1.30 bpg, 1.0 apg, 28.6 mpg
.494 FG%, .787 FT%.
December | Jamal Crawford
19.5 ppg, 6.0 apg, 3.8 rpg, 2.20 spg, 39.2 mpg
.389 FG%, .284 3-pt. FG%, .821 FT%.
January | Kirk Hinrich *
11.9 ppg, 6.1 apg, 3.5 rpg, 1.35 spg, 37.7 mpg
.386 FG%, .365 3-pt. FG%, .722 FT%.
February | Kirk Hinrich *
14.8 ppg, 8.1 apg, 4.5 rpg, 2.00 spg, 38.9 mpg
.397 FG%, .453 3-pt. FG%, .957 FT%.
March | Jamal Crawford
16.8 ppg, 4.6 apg, 3.5 rpg, 1.44 spg, 35.1 mpg
.375 FG%, .333 3-pt. FG%, .913 FT%.
April | Eddy Curry
18.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 1.33 bpg, 36.3 mpg
.490 FG%, .680 FT%.
* Denotes player also chosen as CDW/HP Player of the Year.
BULLS STREAKS
Jamal Crawford reached double figures in scoring in 55 of the last 69 games. He has also started each of the last 67 games.
Crawford hit at least one 3-pointer in 52 of the last 56 games, including 25 consecutive games.
Kirk Hinrich started 60 of Chicago’s last 61 games and has passed 4+ assists in 44 of his last 47 appearances.
Hinrich hit at least two 3-pointers in 25 of his last 34 games and led the Bulls in assists in 28 of his last 34 games.
Jannero Pargo scored in double figures in nine of the last 12, including three games of 20+ points.
When playing on the road, the Bulls connected on .424 from the floor, including .338 from 3-point range.
When playing at home, Chicago managed .404 from the field, including .345 from beyond the arc.
In wins, Chicago shot .440 from the floor, including .421 from 3-point range.
In losses, the Bulls shot.404 as a team, including .312 from downtown.
SUPER STARTERS
The Bulls started a franchise record 18 different players this season. The previous team record was 17 set during the 1999.2000 season. The NBA record for different starters by one team in a single season is 21 by the 2001.02 Denver Nuggets and the 1995.96 Philadelphia 76ers.
OUT WITH A BANG
Fourth-year Bulls forward Marcus Fizer was inserted into the starting line-up for Chicago’s final home game of the 2003.04 season and responded by tying his career-high 30 points (9-16 FG, 12-14 FT) and grabbing a career-high 20 rebounds in 47 minutes. He also set career-highs in free throws made (12), free throws attempted (14) and defensive rebounds (15).
Prior to Fizer’s outing, the last Bull to record a 30-20 performance was Horace Grant with 30 points and 20 rebounds on Dec. 26, 1992 at Indiana. Then in the season finale at Indiana (04/14), Fizer tallied 21 points and a game-high 16 boards.
Kirk Hinrich dished out an amazing 506 assists this season and his average of 6.7 apg ranked 7th in the NBA, despite the Bulls ranking last in the league in team field goal percentage.
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Rookie point guard Kirk Hinrich dished out an amazing 506 assists this season and his average of 6.7 apg ranked tied for 7th in the NBA, despite the Bulls ranking last in the league in team field goal percentage (.414). Here is a look at the league leaders in assists per game:
PLAYER | TEAM | APG | TEAM | FG% (RANK)
1. Jason Kidd, New Jersey | 9.2 | .441 (16)
2. Stephon Marbury, New York | 8.9 | .442 (12t)
3. Steve Nash, Dallas 8.8 | .459 | (3)
4. Baron Davis, New Orleans | 7.5 | .420 (27)
5. Sam Cassell, Minnesota | 7.3 | .462 (1t)
6. Eric Snow, Philadelphia | 6.9 | .428 (23t)
7t. Jason Williams, Memphis 6.8 | .445 (8)
7t. KIRK HINRICH, CHICAGO | 6.8 | .414 (29)
BACK-TO-BACK
During March, Chicago posted wins on back-to-back nights with thrilling victories at Toronto (96-91 on Mar. 19) and versus New York (87-81 on Mar. 20). Prior to those two victories, the Bulls had not posted back-to-back victories since Apr. 10 (102-101 @ Detroit) and Apr. 11 (104-101 OT @ New York) of 2002.
AMONG NBA’S HOTTEST TICKET
Tickets to Chicago Bulls home games were among the top sellers in the league. The Bulls averaged 19,736 fans (3rd in the NBA) at the United Center this season. Chicago had 11 sellouts this season and went 3-8 when playing in front of a full United Center. The Bulls also hosted the seven largest crowds in the NBA this season.
The largest home crowd in the NBA this season came on Mar. 13 versus the L.A. Lakers when the United Center was packed with 23,067 fans. The other top six United Center draws were (in order): 22,411 vs. Seattle (11/15); 22,378 vs. Philadelphia (11/07); 22,315 vs. Boston (01/03); 22,282 vs. Cleveland (12/20); 22,202 vs. New York (01/17); 22,076 vs. Memphis (02/21). Besides Chicago, the largest crowd by any other NBA team this season is held by Detroit. The Pistons have filled The Palace of Auburn Hills to its capacity of 22,076 on several occasions.
CRAWFORD FIVE-O
When Bulls guard Jamal Crawford went for a career-high 50 points (18-34 FG, 8-11 FT) at Toronto (04/11), he became the first Chicago player to score 50-plus points in a game since Michael Jordan scored 55 points against Washington during the 1997 playoffs (04/27/97). Crawford’s 50 points marked the first time that a Bull scored at least 50 in a regular season contest since Jordan dropped 50 points (18-33 FG, 13-14 FT) at Miami during the 1996-97 season (11/06/96).
Crawford joined Philadelphia’s Allen Iverson (50 vs. ATL, 11/29), Seattle’s Rashard Lewis (50 at LAC, 10/31) and Orlando’s Tracy McGrady (51 at DEN, 11/14; 62 vs. WAS, 03/10) as the only players to score 50 or more points in an NBA game this year.
FOUR SCORE AND 19 YEARS AGO
When Chicago fought off the L.A. Clippers on Apr. 2 at the United Center for a 114-110 overtime thriller, four Bulls players scored 20+ points for the first time in over 19 years. Eddy Curry tallied a team-high 27, Jamal Crawford scored 24, Kirk Hinrich added 21 and Jannero Pargo came off the bench and chipped in 20. Prior to that game, the last time four Bulls scored 20+ points in the same game came on Nov. 16, 1985 during a 132-128 overtime loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Chicago Stadium. That night Chicago was playing its ninth game since second-year star Michael Jordan broke his left foot and Orlando Woolridge led all Chicago scorers with 25 points, while Dave Corzine had 23, George Gervin 22 and Sidney Green finished with 21.
BOOK HIM PARGO
Jannero Pargo went for a career night in his first game after being signed for the remainder of the season. The 6-1 point guard established career highs in points and assists en route to tying three different milestones against Milwaukee on Mar. 26. Pargo came off the bench and scored 34 points, on 13-22 FG shooting and 7-12 3FG, and added 9 assists.
His previously bests were 18 (vs. DEN, 04/15/03) and 5 assists (three times). On the night, he tied a Bulls franchise record with 7 three-pointers (Michael Jordan vs. GS, 01/18/90; Jalen Rose at ATL, 01/20/03) and tied United Center records with 5 three-balls in a half (Craig Hodges vs. IND, 03/13/89) and 4 three-pointers in the second quarter (most recently Rick Fox, LAL, 03/11/03).
COOL HAND KIRK
On the year, Kirk Hinrich averaged 6.8 apg while committing 2.68 tpg, good for a 2.53 A/TO ratio, ranking him 26th in the league (tied Portland’s Derek Anderson). During the month of March, Hinrich produced 7.5 apg (112), trimmed his turnovers per game down to 2.53 tpg (38) and raisied his assists to turnover ratio to 2.95 A/TO for the month.
Note-a-Bull Items, Part II
