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Preview, C's @ Bulls



BOSTON CELTICS on  TV.....

W1-14     SpChNE  @ 8:30 P.M.
W1-14     Replay on SPChNE @ 11:30 A.M. Wednesday
W1-8       Fox Chicago @ 8:30 P.M.
W1-8       Replay on Fox Chicago @ 3:00 A.M., Wednesday
W1-8       Replay on Fox Chicago @ 1:00 P.M.,  Wednesday
PrimeStar
Direct TV
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*** Sports on Satellite from The Sports Network ***

 Tuesday, January 6th
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National Basketball Association on Satellite TV
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   Phoenix at Indiana, 7 p.m. - F1-13s
   Houston at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. - W1-4s
   LA Lakers at Vancouver, 8 p.m. - F1-1s, G5-17s  *** TNT ***
   Boston at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. - W1-8s, *** Fox Chicago ***
   Boston at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.-  W3-3s, *** SpCh NewEngland ***
   Denver at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. - F1-10s, F1-23s
   Philadelphia at Utah, 9 p.m. - Land lines
   Charlotte at Seattle, 10 p.m. - F1-22s
   LA Clippers at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m. - F1-21s

Go to the following URL for more sports on TV:
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=news/satellite.htm

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Lakers at Vancover is the 8:00 P.M.,  NBA.com game of the night.

Listen in free.

http://www.nba.com/cgi/nba/live/htmlbuffer.dll?/games9798/scoreboard/scoreboard.html

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LA Lakers at Vancover is also on TNT  at 8:00 P.M.

Plenty of weight will be thrown around in the paint as 7-1, 315
pound Shaguille O'Neil takes on 7-0, 275 pound Bryant
"Big Country" Reeves.

Doc Rivers provides expert analysis at the following web site:

http://www.nba.com/games9798/980106/lalvan/preview_edit.html

from..... NBA. com
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 Boston Celtics (16-14) at Chicago Bulls (22-10), 8:30 p.m.

     Boston stunned the Bulls with a home win in  the  season  opener,
ending  an  11-game losing streak against Chicago. The series got back
to normal when they met in Boston in early December, as the Bulls  won
by 10.  Chicago has won 12 of the last 13 battles.

    Boston already has one win more than it did all of  last  season,
thanks  to  a  two-game winning streak and three wins in its last four
games.  That has the Celtics two games above .500 for the  year.   The
Celtics have not been too bad on the road, going 5-8.

    The Bulls are rolling again, at an NBA-best  16-1  as  the  host.
 They  have  won  12  in a row at home, every game since falling to the
 Wizards on November 22. Chicago has an overall two-game winning streak
 and has taken 10 of the past 11 games.

from.....The SportsNetwork
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* * *  The team matchup statistics are not available at this time.  I
will post
          them later today, if they become available. * * *
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NBA Preview (Boston-Chicago)

Boston (16-14) at Chicago (22-10) 8:30 pm EST

     In what may be the most unlikely of brewing rivalries in the
NBA, the Boston Celtics look for their third straight victory
when they travel to Chicago to  face the Bulls, who have won
12 in a row at home.

     The seeds were planted in the season opener for both teams
when the Celtics shocked the Bulls with a 92-85 victory at the
FleetCenter. Antoine Walker burned Chicago for 31 points in
coach Rick Pitino's Boston debut.

     Apparently, the Celtics were a bit too exuberant for Chicago's
taste. When the Bulls returned to Boston on December 3rd,
fired-up Chicago got 29 points from Michael Jordan and 17
rebounds from Dennis Rodman in a 97-87 victory. Several Chicago
players, including Jordan, deemed it payback for the Celtics'
trash-talking, high-fiving win in the opener.

     Both clubs have recently been playing some of their best
basketball of the season.

     Walker scored a season-high 32 points and grabbed 10
rebounds and the Celtics moved two games over .500 for the
first time in more than four years with a 106-99 victory over the
Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday.

     The Celtics will be trying to end a six-game losing streak
at the United Center.

     Jordan had 34 points, nine rebounds and nine assists and
the Bulls held the Detroit Pistons scoreless for the final 3 1/2
minutes in a 105-96 victory Sunday, their 10th win in 11 games.

    Despite the Celtics' victory in the opener, Chicago has won
12 of its last 13 games against Boston.

                   © 1998 Sportsticker Enterprises, LP
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Da Bulls.....Probable Starting Lineup.....

No.     Name                    Ht     Pos       Min     Ppg

23     Michael Jordan        6-6   F- G      38.9    28.7

91    Dennis Rodman      6-6      F         34.6      5.1

13     Luc Longley           7-2     C          30.1    12.3

9      Ron Harper            6-6     PG        30.3     10.3

25    Steve Kerr             6-3      G         22.5       7.4

Off the bench for Da Bulls.....

7      Toni Kukoc            6-11    F          32.2    14.3

1     Randy Brown          6-2      G        18.2      5.0

35  Jason Coffey            6-8      F         12.9      5.0

24    Scott Burrell           6-7      F         12.3      3.3
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Chicago's last game was Saturday, January 3, at Detroit.

Chicago 105-96 Detroit

F   Dennis Rodman      8  points
F   Toni Kukoc          13 points
C   Luc Longley         10 points
G   Michael Jordan     34 points
G   Ron Harper          21 points

     Steve Kerr            11 points
     Scott Burrell           6 points
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CHICAGO'S   INJURY REPORT:

Scottie Pippen (left foot surgery- is expected to return in January),

Keith Booth (recurrence of lower back strain) and

Rusty LaRue (tenosynovitis of toe of left foot) will not play in
tonight's game.

from.... NBA.com
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* * *  The Boston Celtics' injury report was not availble at this time.
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***** Las Vegas National Basketball Association Line *****

Courtesy Stardust Race and Sports Book

(All Times Eastern)

 Tuesday, January 6th (01/06/1998)

(Current line as of 12:15 p.m.)


                                                        Open    Cur.
Moves*
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 8:00 pm              LA Lakers               -12     -11     -12
                            Vancouver
                                Over/Under:         208    208

8:30 pm               Boston
                            Chicago                  -11.5    -11.5
                                  Over/Under:         190    190
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AHEAD FOR THE CELTICS...
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Tuesday,  January 6,              8:30 P.M.,  at Chicago
Wednesday, January 7,         7:00 P.M.,  at Washington
Friday,    January 9,              7:00 P.M.,     SEATTLE
Saturday, January 10,           7:30 P.M.,  at Orlando

Steve Huffman