ROSE INJURY COULD BE BLOW TO ADIDAS, TOO
Percentages: FG .400, FT .818. 3-Point Goals:13-30, .433 (Farmar 5-7, Young 4-6, Blake 2-5, Meeks 1-4, S.Williams 1-5, W.Johnson 0-3). Team Rebounds: 12. Team Turnovers: 12 (15 PTS). Blocked Shots: 7 (Farmar 2, S.Williams 2, Gasol, Sacre, Young). Turnovers: 10 (Gasol 4, Farmar 2, Blake, Hill, Meeks, Young). Steals: 5 (Farmar 2, W.Johnson 2, Young). Technical Fouls: None. Brooklyn Pierce Garnett Blatche Livingston JJohnson Anderson Plumlee Teletovic Evans Taylor Totals Percentages: FG .373, FT .808. 3-Point Goals: 11-30, .367 (Teletovic 4-7, Anderson 3-7, J.Johnson 2-7, Pierce 2-7, Blatche 0-1, Livingston 0-1). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 12 (14 PTS). Blocked Shots: 10 (Plumlee 4, Blatche 2, Garnett 2, J.Johnson, Teletovic). Turnovers: 12 (Pierce 4, Taylor 4, Blatche, Garnett, J.Johnson, Teletovic). Steals: 6 (Blatche 2, Anderson, Livingston, Plumlee, Teletovic). Technical Fouls: None.
FG Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS 24:58 2-6 0-0 3-5 2 5 4 20:34 1-9 0-0 4-12 1 4 2 34:34 9-17 3-4 1-8 0 0 21 29:10 3-8 1-2 0-4 10 1 9 31:19 3-10 4-4 1-2 3 2 11 24:31 1-7 1-2 1-10 1 5 4 32:45 8-16 6-6 1-1 1 5 26 21:50 5-9 0-0 0-4 3 1 15 12:38 1-1 3-4 0-1 0 1 5 7:42 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 0 2 240 34-85 18-2211-48 21 24 99
FG FT Reb Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS 33:10 4-17 2-3 0-6 5 3 12 23:25 2-5 0-0 4-9 0 4 4 26:59 4-10 6-7 2-8 3 3 14 24:51 2-5 1-2 0-2 3 1 5 36:32 6-19 4-4 1-4 3 4 18 34:57 5-13 1-2 1-4 3 2 14 20:55 2-3 2-2 1-4 0 3 6 20:58 4-8 5-6 1-5 2 1 17 3:40 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 14:33 2-3 0-0 0-1 2 2 4
240 31-83 21-2611-44 21 23 94 L.A. Lakers 34 Brooklyn 18 A— 17,732. T—2:20. Officials—Mike Callahan, Marat Kogut, Mark Lindsay. 20 22 23 28 22 — 26 — 99 94 Chicago: As he hobbled off the court again, Derrick Rose found himself in a familiar and painful spot. The folks at Adidas might be wincing, too.
The sports apparel giant might have to find a backup plan after building its multimillion-dollar NBA marketing campaign around the Bulls’ superstar point guard, whose injured right knee will cost him the rest of the 2013-14 season that will stretch into June. Rose sat out last season following surgery on his left knee, and the Bulls are reliving a nightmare.
To some extent, so is Adidas. The company that launched “The Return” campaign documenting Rose’s recovery last year from a torn anterior cruciate ligament and his rise from a rough South Side Chicago neighborhood to stardom for the hometown team could be taking a hit, too.
“He is their counterpoint to Nike and LeBron (James),” said Marc Ganis, president of SportsCorp, a Chicago-based consulting firm. “But to being out effectively two years in a row and doubts as to how fragile his body might be in the future has to give them great pause.”