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and 16 appearances in 2007. * Toronto has won four straight games against the Bulls for the first time since taking 16 in a row from March 1999 to December 2002. * Toronto has lost three straight and nine of its last 10 away from home. * Chris Bosh is averaging 25.5 points is in last 15 road games. * The Bulls are trying to win consecutive games for only the second time since Dec. 31 (March 4-6). * The Bulls will have a losing record at home for the sixth time since Michael Jordan’s final season with the club (1997-98).

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* The Bulls have taken two of the first three games in the season series with Milwaukee, with the home team holding serve each time. * Sunday’s loss to Orlando was the Bulls’ fourth in their last five games. They have not won a game when scoring less than 100 points since February 14 (99 points). * The Bucks have dropped six in a row to fall to 26-54, their second straight season with 54 losses. Another loss would match the franchise’s third most in a single season, accomplished in its inaugural 1968-69 season. * Andres Nocioni led the Bulls with 22 points on Sunday, matching his total for his previous four games combined. * Luol Deng has averaged 20.3 points per game and shot .539 from the field against teams currently below .500, as opposed to 14.6 and .421, respectively, versus teams at .500 or better. * Michael Redd has averaged 31.5 points per game against the Bulls since 2005-06, the second-highest rate by any opponent versus Chicago over that span (LeBron James – 33.5, minimum 5 games).

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* Chicago has won four of its last six games against Cleveland. * Cleveland’s 118-114 win at Charlotte on April 2 broke the Cavaliers’ six-game road losing skid. * The Bulls have lost 12 of their last 17 games, including the last three in a row. * LeBron James is averaging 36.3 ppg versus the Bulls this season. But he has struggled in the 4th quarter of these games, averaging just 4.3 ppg on 29.4% shooting. * Zydrunas Ilgauskas is averaging 18 ppg and 8.5 rpg over his last 10 contests. * Joakim Noah pulled down a career-high 20 rebounds the last time these teams played in Chicago. That is the most rebounds by a rookie in a game versus Cleveland since of the 1991-1992 season.

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* Orlando has taken the two previous games against the Bulls in 2007-08, running the Magic’s record to 4-1 versus Chicago since the beginning of last season. * With last night’s loss at Miami, the Bulls have been eliminated from playoff contention. * The Magic’s loss at New York on Sunday was the fifth in their last eight games. Since February 22, Orlando is 14-0 when scoring at least 100 points, compared to 0-7 otherwise. * The last time Larry Hughes faced the Magic, he poured in 40 points while leading Cleveland to a 118-111 victory on February 11. It was his highest point total in four years. * Hedo Turkoglu’s three-point field-goal percentage is 124 points higher at home (.469) than on the road (.345), the largest such improvement in the Eastern Conference (minimum 100 three-point FGA both home and road). * Dwight Howard’s career-high streak of 10-rebound games has reached 22, the longest active streak in the league. No one else is working on a streak longer than six games (Shawn Marion, injured).

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* Chicago has won seven of its last 10 games against Washington.
* The Bulls’ 101-98 win over Cleveland on Thursday was just their seventh game all season which has been decided by three points or less (4-3). Only the Jazz and Raptors (6 each) have played in fewer such games this year.
* Chicago is shooting a league-low 43.2% this season. The Bulls shot 53.5% in their win over the Cavs on Thursday, raising their record this year to 8-0 when they shoot better than 50.0% from the floor.
* Larry Hughes had 25 points and a season-high nine assists in Thursday’s win over Cleveland. In his previous six games, Hughes had scored in double figures just once.

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* Chicago and Cleveland have split their two meetings so far this season, with the home team winning both matchups. The Cavaliers have won seven of the last eight meetings with the Bulls at Quicken Loans Arena.
* The Bulls have lost 10 of their last 11 road games, including having lost six road games in a row. Chicago has given up more 100 or more points in nine of the past 11 road games.
* The Cavaliers have won 10 of their last 11 home games, losing to the Hornets in the only game in which they surrendered 100 points.
* Chicago has six wins in games in trails at halftime. This is tied for the fewest amount of wins in this situation in the NBA this season.
* Joakim Noah grabbed a career high 20 rebounds in the Bulls March 6 victory over the Cavaliers. Noah’s total was the most rebounds by a Bull this season.
* In two games against Chicago this season, LeBron James is averaging 38.0 points per game, but only 4.5 rebounds per game and 3.5 assists per game.

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* Boston has won all three meetings with Chicago this season by an average of nearly 20 points per game (19.7).
* The Celtics play six of their final nine regular season games on the road. Boston has won eight of its last nine games away from TD Banknorth Garden.
* Paul Pierce is shooting just 33.6 percent from the field in his last six visits to the United Center and has missed 21 of his 23 three-point attempts over that time.
* The Bulls are looking for consecutive wins for only the second time in 2008 (also March 4-6). They have also not lost more than two and a row over that period.
* Joakim Noah is averaging 15.7 points and 10.7 rebounds over his last three home games. Through his first 30 games at the United Center, he was averaging 4.8 ppg and 5.8 rebounds.

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