Game Notes For Home Opener Vs. 76ers
* The Nets have won 11 straight at home against the Bulls.
* The Nets’ first round victory of the Wizards in last season’s playoffs was their ninth playoff series win in the last six years, second most in the Eastern Conference over that span behind only Detroit.
* Last season, Jason Kidd joined Oscar Robertson as the only players to average a triple-double in a single postseason. Kidd averaged 14.6 points, 10.9 rebounds, and 10.9 assists in his 12 playoff games.
* Vince Carter’s 25.2 points per game last season was his highest average since his career-high average of 25.7 with the Raptors in 1999-2000.
* The Bulls’ first round victory over the Heat last season was their first playoff series win since winning the NBA Championship in 1998.
* The Bulls were second in the NBA last season with a .388 three-point percentage.
* Luol Deng set career-highs in points (18.8), rebounds (7.1) and shooting percentage (.517) last season.
* Chicago won two of their three games against Philadelphia last season, but have gone just 5-11 in their last 16 home games against the 76ers.
* The Bulls went 31-10 at the United Center last season, which was tied for the third-best home record in the league.
* Luol Deng averaged 23.0 points and shot a blistering 66.7% (30-for-45) from the field in three games against the 76ers last season.
* With two three-point field goals in the season opener, Kirk Hinrich passed Michael Jordan to move into 2nd place on the Bulls’ career list (557). The guard, who has made at least 126 three-pointers in all four of his NBA seasons, needs just 108 more to pass Scottie Pippen (664) and become the franchise’s all-time leader.
* Philadelphia lost its season opener despite outscoring Toronto 17-2 in fast break points. The 76ers averaged 14.0 fast break points per game in 2006-07.
* Kyle Korver continues to be a sniper as the Sixers’ Sixth Man, scoring 20 points in the season-opening loss to Toronto. Korver had 15 20+ point games last season – all of them coming off the bench.
* In seven career starts against the Bulls, Andre Iguodala is averaging 13.4 points per game and hitting just 39.1% of his shots. Like Luol Deng and Ben Gordon, fellow members of the 2004 draft class, Iguodala didn’t sign a contract extension before the Oct. 31st deadline, making all of them restricted free agents next summer.