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Derrick Rose's toe may not be healthy enough to go on Friday against the Boston Celtics.
Rose missed Wednesday's game, as he was wearing a walking boot and he was seen in that same boot on Friday during a shootaround. However, he is still a game-time decision for the game against the C's.
"He'll warm up tonight and see if he can go," Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said Friday morning, according to ESPN.com. "He's feeling a lot better today."
Rose may feel a lot better, but his replacement could be just as good. John Lucas III filled in for Rose against the Washington Wizards and scored 25 points in 48 minutes.
The Chicago Bulls have won nine of their last 10 games while the Celtics have fallen to 4-5 with two straight loses after winning four straight games.

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During his first season in the NBA, Jordan averaged 28.2 ppg on 51.5% shooting. He quickly became a fan favorite even in opposing arenas, and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated with the heading "A Star is Born" just over a month into his professional career. Jordan was also voted in as an All-Star starter by the fans in his rookie season. Controversy arose before the All-Star game when word surfaced that several veteran players, led by Isiah Thomas, were upset by the amount of attention Jordan was receiving. This led to a so called "freeze-out" on Jordan, where players refused to pass him the ball throughout the game. The controversy left Jordan relatively unaffected when he returned to regular season play, and he would go on to be voted Rookie of the Year. The Bulls finished the season 38–44, and lost in the first round of the playoffs in four games to the Milwaukee Bucks.

Jordan's second season was cut short by a broken foot which caused him to miss 64 games. Despite Jordan's injury and a 30–52 record,the Bulls made the playoffs. Jordan recovered in time to participate in the playoffs and performed well upon his return. Against a 1985–86 Boston Celtics team that is often considered one of the greatest in NBA history, Jordan set the still-unbroken record for points in a playoff game with 63 in Game 2. The Celtics, however, managed to sweep the series.

Jordan had recovered completely by the 1986–87 season, and had one of the most prolific scoring seasons in NBA history. He became the only player other than Wilt Chamberlain to score 3,000 points in a season, averaging a league high 37.1 points on 48.2% shooting. In addition, Jordan demonstrated his defensive prowess, as he became the first player in NBA history to record 200 steals and 100 blocks in a season. Despite Jordan's success, Magic Johnson won the league's Most Valuable Player Award. The Bulls reached 40 wins, and advanced to the playoffs for the third consecutive year. However, they were again swept by the Celtics.

Carmelo Anthony scored 27 points but it was the Knicks defense in holding the hot Philadelphia 76ers offense down that led the team to an 85-79 win Wednesday night in New York.

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Jan 12, 2012 - Jump shots, turnovers and ugly execution ruled the New York Knicks 85-79 win over the Philadelphia 76ers Wednesday night in Madison Square Garden.
The premiere matchup of the night was the offense of Carmelo Anthony against the defense of Andre Iguodala. Sixers coach Doug Collins may admit as much, proven by his minute-for-minute matching of his star forward for the Knicks star forward.
The result was a back and forth battle between the two that saw Carmelo win the first and third quarters with a 9-16 success rate from the field, and Iguodala win the second and the fourth quarters, shutting Anthony out on field goals, 0-8.
Anthony did end up scoring 27 points to lead all scorers in the game, but needed those 24 field goal attempts to do it as well as eight made free throws, all in the second half. Anthony attempted 18 shots tagged 'jumpers' by Synergy Sports, nine of which were isolation plays.
It wasn't just Carmelo. The two teams bumped and slogged each other forcing a bunch of isolation sets, turnovers, and missed shots.
The flow of the game couldn't get rolling properly. The Knicks defense never let Philadelphia get into a ball movement habit, and the Sixers had only 10 assists for the night against 14 turnovers. Their shooting was poor as well, hitting on only 39.5 percent of their shots.
The Knicks on the offensive end were a smidge more effective in the assist category (13) and had plenty of opportunities to cash more in as the Sixers doubled Carmelo early on and Anthony and the rest of the Knicks did a nice job of moving the ball from side to side, even if their paltry 41 percent field goal percentage didn't allow for more evidence of the rotation.
The Knicks somehow overcame 21 turnovers through all of that ball sharing, though it did benefit Knicks rookie Josh Harrellson, who had 13 points in 23 minutes off the bench. Harrellson was the beneficiary of a few of those Carmelo double-teams, hitting on three of five from outside the three-point arc. Also, the steadying offensive hook shot of Amare Stoudemire(20 points, 10 rebounds) got the Knicks through a rough shooting night.
The Knicks had a pretty good lead built up into the fourth quarter until New York attempted four straight threes (Bill Walker, Iman Shumpert twice, Anthony) with the score 78-61 with nine minutes remaining and then saw their guests run off 10 unanswered points to make it close again.