6 Miguel "Ali" Berdiel F/G 6-6 200 12/27/83 Santurce (Puerto Rico)/Valparaiso
16 Stanley Burrell G 6-3 210 9/16/84 Xavier
11 Earl Calloway G 6-3 175 9/30/83 Indiana
22 Josh Davis F 6-8 242 8/10/80 BC Kyiv (Ukraine)/Wyoming
29 Andre Emmett F 6-5 220 6/11/82 Belgacom Liege Basket (Belgium)/Texas Tech
54 Vladimir Gulobovic C 7-0 225 2/24/86 Serbia
23 Stephen Graham F 6-6 215 6/11/82 Indiana (NBA)/Oklahoma State
20 Justin Gray G 6-2 185 3/31/82 CEZ Basketball Nymburk (Czech Rep.)/Wake Forest
51 Aleks Maric C 6-11 270 10/22/84 Nebraska
44 Courtney Sims C 6-11 245 10/21/83 Iowa (NBADL)/Michigan
2 David Teague G 6-5 196 6/4/83 AEL (Greece)/Purdue
4 Shawne Williams F 6-9 225 2/16/86 Indiana (NBA)/Memphis
The Chicago Bulls feature new coach Vinny Del Negro and the #1 pick, Derrick Rose.
1 Derrick Rose G 6-3 190 10/04/88 Memphis
2 P.J. Couisnard G 6-4 217 10/17/84 Wichita State
3 Marcel Jones F 6-8 215 6/26/1985 Oregon State
6 Keith Langford G 6-4 215 09/15/83 S.A Spurs (NBA)/Kansas
13 Joakim Noah F 611 232 02/25/85 Chicago (NBA)/Florida
15 Cedric Simmons F 6-9 235 01/03/86 Chicago (NBA)/NC State
20 JamesOn Curry G 6-3 190 01/07/86 Chicago (NBA)/Oklahoma State
21 Chris Charles C 7-0 215 02/23/81 Elkhart Express (IBL)/Villanova
22 Brad Buckman F 6-9 270 01/11/84 UMobitelco (Romania)/Texas
24 Tyrus Thomas F 6-9 215 08/17/86 Chicago (NBA)/Louisiana State
34 Aaron Gray C 7-0 270 12/07/84 Chicago (NBA)/Pittsburgh
35 Demetris Nichols F 6-8 216 09/04/84 Chicago (NBA)/Iowa Energy (NBDL)/Syracuse
43 Doug Thomas F 6-8 245 09/20/83 Iowa Energy (NBDL)/Iowa
54 Will Daniels F 6-8 228 04/21/86 Rhode Island
The Indiana Pacers won their first game against Oklahoma City yesterday 95-78, leading wire-to-wire. OKC was led by the fourth pick in this year's draft, Russell Westbrook, who scored 18 pts on 50% shooting (33% from 3) with 4 rebounds and 5 assists in an impressive showing. Last year's fifth pick, Jeff Green, led all scorers with 21 points, but was only 7 of 19 from the floor and had 5 TO's. Hoosier alum DJ White chipped in 8 points and 4 caroms in 26 foul-plagued minutes.
Earl Calloway led five Pacer double-figure scorers with 16 points, while Andre Emmett chipped in 15 points off the bench. Calloway had a nice all-around game, adding 7 assists and 4 boards, while Vladamie Gulobovic add 8 rebounds. Returning Pacers Shawne Williams (13) and Stephen Graham (14) were both in double figures. Graham struggled with his shot (3 of 9 from the floor) and handle (4 TO's), but was perfect in his 8 charity attempts. Shawne Williams shot 50% from the field and had two steals, but committed 3 TO's and fouled out in only 20 minutes.
Today's opponent is coming off a 94-70 loss in the ballyhooed 1 vs. 2 matchup involving the Miami Heat. Overall #1 Derrick Rose struggled, scoring 10 points and dishing 4 assists, but doing it while only shooting 33% from the floor, 50% from the line, and committing 5 TO's. Meanwhile, Michael Beasley was impressive with 28 points and 9 rebounds. The Bulls saw four players score in double figures, with Demetrius Nichols and Keith Langford leading the way at 13. Returning players Joakim Noah and Tyrus Thomas started and combined for 19 pts and 17 boards, but also 10 fouls. JamesOn Curry and Cedric Simmons played off the bench, but were scoreless in a combined 20 minutes' action.
Gooooooooo! Faux Pacers!!!!!!!!!
