Getting Deep into the Stats with the Bulls

Chicago will play the Washington Wizards tonight in at the United Center. It should be a great game- one that the Bulls should win while trying to get back into a playoff race in the East. Unfortunately for those of you looking to get some pre-game analysis about the Wizards- how they will try to defend the Bulls, who the Bulls will have to watch out for, etc.- today happens to be a Friday. As such, we’re going to go a little off the beaten path. What can we dig up about the Bulls that you guys out there in Chicagoland don’t already know? I bet we can find something at the stats theme park known as basketball-reference.com… Ah! Yes. Here it is. Did you know that on a per 36 minute basis, Larry Hughes gets to the free throw line the most out of any current or past Bulls player this season?

BULLS FREE THROW ATTEMPTS PER 36 MINUTES

1. Larry Hughes, 6.3
2. Aaron Gray, 5.5
3. Drew Gooden, 4.9
4. Viktor Khryapa, 4.8
5. Ben Gordon, 4.6
6. Joakim Noah, 4.5
7. Tyrus Thomas, 4.5
8. Andres Nocioni, 4.5
9. Joe Smith, 4.2
10. Luol Deng,  4.2

Interesting stuff. Did we trade to get to the line more often, being that Gooden and Hughes are so high on this list? Or perhaps they are just playing hard and drawing fouls because they’re trying to impress people.  Follow these figures by getting some Chicago Bulls tickets at StubHub.com.