Indiana Pacers vs Chicago Bulls Live Streaming NBA Online on 1:00 pm EDT Sat April 16, 2011
Taking aim are the Indiana Pacers, a team that seemingly has been rebuilding since that infamous 2004 brawl at Detroit and has only one starter, Danny Granger(notes), who has been in the league more than three years. Things weren’t looking good for the Pacers when they fired coach Jim O’Brien after a 17-27 start, but they got better under Frank Vogel. Indiana Pacers vs Chicago Bulls Live. They stopped firing up ill-advised 3-pointers and started going to the rim. Vogel moved Paul George and Tyler Hansbrough into the starting lineup, re-established the 7-foot-2 Hibbert as a go-to player and gave point guard Darren Collison more freedom.
Chicago replaced the fired Vinny Del Negro with Thibodeau, a longtime NBA assistant, and gutted the roster. By the time the makeover was finished, the Bulls had added the low-post scorer they were craving in Carlos Boozer and enough role players to give them one of the deepest rotations. As the wins mounted, the sting of missing out on LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in free agency faded. Indiana Pacers vs Chicago Bulls Live Webcast. That laser-like focus helped the Bulls match their best record since the 1997-98 season, when Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen completed their second championship three-peat.
