Game Notes For Friday Vs. Suns
* Phoenix has won its last four road games against Chicago, outscoring the Bulls by more than 10 points per game (96.5-86.3) in these contests.
* The Suns have shot better than 50 percent from the field in each of their last four games.
* The Bulls are shooting 40.0 percent from the floor this season, second lowest in the NBA. This continues their struggles from last season, when they finished dead last in field-goal percentage (43.5%).
* Amare Stoudemire is coming off a game on Wednesday in which he had 49 points (on 17-for-21 from the field), 11 rebounds, six assists and five steals. He is just the seventh player since the 1986-1987 season to have a 40-10-5-5 game – and the first since Vince Carter on Dec. 7, 2001 against Denver (42-15-6-5).
* Shaquille O’Neal has 48 points, 19 rebounds and 10 assists in his last two games against the Bulls.
* Fifty of Derrick Rose’s 89 total points this season have come in the paint.