The Chicago Bulls defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 108-95 to start out the 2008-2009 NBA Season 1-0, with a win.

The game was close for most of the way. The Bucks led the Bulls 73-72 with 2:57 remaining in the third. The Bulls than went on a run powered by two Ben Gordon threes, threes from Hinrich and Nocioni, and a running bank shot by Deng to take a 85-75 lead early in the fourth quarter.

The Bulls then cruised to victory powered by great fourth quarter play by Ben Gordon. Gordon scored 10 points in the fourth, for his first double digit fourth quarter of the year.

Gordon came into the game looking rusty, only scoring 3 points in the first half. But Gordon scored 15 points in the second half to finish the game with 18 points and 3 assists.

Derrick Rose was very impressive in his NBA debut. Rose had 11 points, 9 assists, 4 rebounds, and 3 steals. If Rose continues this type of play throughout the season, he will likely find himself with the rookie of the year award at the end of the season.

Luol Deng broke out of his preaseason slump to score 21 points on 8-13 shooting. Hinrich also had a good game, finishing with 15 points and 7 assists.

The Bulls frontcourt looked nice tonight. Tyrus Thomas had 15 points and 10 rebounds, Drew Gooden had 13 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 steals, and Joakim Noah had 6 points and 6 rebounds. The Bulls defense still struggled a bit on the defensive end of the ball.

Rose and Thomas connected for a beautiful alley-oop, hopefully this becomes a common sight like the Paul to Chandler alley-oop.

Thabo Sefolosha was again horrible, scoring only 2 points in 11 minutes. Hopefully Del Negro ends the Sefolosha as a starter experiment soon. All it is going to do is make Gordon and Hinrich mad as both are far more capable starting shooting guards than Thabo Sefolosha.

The Bucks tonight were led by Michael Redd’s 30 points. Richard Jefferson couldn’t live up to all his pregame attacks on the Bulls, finishing with 15 points on 5-17 shooting.

The Bulls simply outran the Bucks. The Bulls dominated the Bucks in fastbreak scoring 20 to 1.

The Bulls are off to a great start, and actually looked like a strong, cohesive unit tonight.

The Bulls next game is Friday against the Boston Celtics in Boston.

Michael Redd Watch:

Michael Redd scored 30 points on the Bulls tonight. Who defended him best? Here is how many points Michael Redd scored on each Bulls guard tonight.

Thabo Sefolosha - 13
Kirk Hinrich - 9
Ben Gordon - 7
None - 1 (Technical Foul)

Hinrich and Gordon did a pretty good job guarding Redd, while Sefolosha was horrendous.

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Tags: alley-oop, Andres Nocioni, Ben Gordon, Chicago Bulls, Chris Paul, debut, Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah, Kirk Hinrich, Luol Deng, Michael Redd, Milwaukee BUcks, Richard Jefferson, Scott Skiles, Season Opener, Thabo Sefolosha, Tyrus Thomas, Tyson Chandler, Vinny Del Negro

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