Next for Hawks: Bulls
Next for Hawks
Who: vs. Bulls
When: 8 p.m.
TV; radio: TNT; 97.9 FM
-- The Hawks play the Bulls for the third and final time in the regular season. The teams have split their first two games, each winning at home.
-- The Bulls have lost their past six games at Philips Arena. In the teams' last meeting, a 94-76 Bulls win in Chicago on March 11, Chicago guard Derrick Rose lit up the Hawks for 34 points.
-- Going into Monday night's games, the Bulls led the NBA in defensive field-goal percentage at 42.7 percent and defensive 3-point field-goal percentage at 32.5 percent.
-- On Monday night against Sacramento, Bulls forward Taj Gibson (right big toe) was a game-time decision and forward Carlos Boozer (left ankle) was probable. The Hawks do not have anyone on the injury report.
About the Author
Ken Sugiura is a sports columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Formerly the Georgia Tech beat reporter, Sugiura started at the AJC in 1998 and has covered a variety of beats, mostly within sports.
