Milwaukee Bucks (11-16) at Chicago Bulls (9-17), 8:30 p.m.

ODDS: BOS vs BUF -150 OU:5.5o

(Sports Network) - Jim Boylan will get his shot at head coach for the Chicago Bulls, who will host the Milwaukee Bucks tonight at the United Center. Boylan was appointed interim head coach for the remainder of the 2007-08 season Thursday and takes over for Scott Skiles, who was fired on Christmas Eve. Boylan is in his fourth season with the Bulls organization after he joined the team as an assistant coach in 2004. Chicago has lost three straight and six of its last nine games, including Wednesday's 94-79 setback to the San Antonio Spurs at the AT&T Center. Joe Smith led the Bulls with 19 points and 11 rebounds, while Ben Gordon scored 18 points in a losing cause. The Bulls are 5-7 at home this season. Meanwhile, the Bucks will wrap up a short two-game road trip on Friday and have lost three of four and 12 of the last 16 games. In Wednesday's 125-105 loss to the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center, Mo Williams had 28 points and seven assists for Milwaukee. Charlie Villanueva added 17 points off the bench in a losing cause. The Bucks have dropped seven in a row on the road and are just 2-13 as the visitor this season. Milwaukee posted a 78-72 victory over Chicago on November 3 this season at the Bradley Center. The Bulls, though, have won four of five and six of the last eight meetings. The Bucks have lost three straight and 10 of their last 12 trips to the Windy City. Eastern Atlantic W-L Pct. GB Boston 66-16 .805 --- Toronto 41-41 .500 25 Philadelphia 40-42 .488 26 New Jersey 34-48 .415 32 New York 23-59 .280 43 Central W-L Pct. GB Detroit 59-23 .720 --- Cleveland 45-37 .549 14 Indiana 36-46 .439 23 Chicago 33-49 .402 26 Milwaukee 26-56 .317 33 Southeast W-L Pct. GB Orlando 52-30 .634 --- Washington 43-39 .524 9 Atlanta 37-45 .451 15 Charlotte 32-50 .390 20 Miami 15-67 .183 37 Western Southwest W-L Pct. GB New Orleans 56-26 .683 --- San Antonio 56-26 .683 --- Houston 55-27 .671 1 Dallas 51-31 .622 5 Memphis 22-60 .268 34 Northwest W-L Pct. GB Utah 54-28 .659 --- Denver 50-32 .610 4 Portland 41-41 .500 13 Minnesota 22-60 .268 32 Seattle 20-62 .244 34 Pacific W-L Pct. GB LA Lakers 57-25 .695 --- Phoenix 55-27 .671 2 Golden State 48-34 .585 9 Sacramento 38-44 .463 19 LA Clippers 23-59 .280 34

Player Gm Min Pts FG % A Reb Stl Blk TO 3pt FT % B.Gordon 72 31.8 18.6 .434 3.0 3.1 0.8 0.1 150 142 .908 L.Deng 63 33.8 17.0 .479 2.5 6.3 0.9 0.5 120 8 .770 D.Gooden 18 30.9 14.0 .461 1.7 9.3 0.7 1.3 31 0 .813 A.Nocioni 82 24.6 13.2 .432 1.2 4.2 0.3 0.5 133 126 .807 L.Hughes 28 28.9 12.0 .387 3.1 3.1 1.4 0.2 44 24 .775 K.Hinrich 75 31.7 11.5 .414 6.0 3.3 1.2 0.3 157 84 .831 J.Smith 50 22.9 11.2 .466 0.9 5.3 0.5 0.6 49 0 .807 T.Thomas 74 18.0 6.8 .423 1.2 4.6 0.6 1.0 77 1 .741 T.Sefolosha 69 20.8 6.7 .428 1.9 3.7 0.9 0.4 93 29 .721 J.Noah 74 20.7 6.6 .482 1.1 5.6 0.9 0.9 89 0 .691 C.Duhon 66 22.6 5.8 .387 4.0 1.8 0.7 0.0 71 54 .813 B.Wallace 50 32.5 5.1 .373 1.8 8.8 1.4 1.6 49 0 .424 A.Gray 61 10.0 4.3 .505 0.7 2.8 0.3 0.3 57 0 .566 A.Griffin 22 10.0 2.3 .400 1.0 1.7 0.5 0.0 16 0 .429 S.Brown 6 3.5 1.5 .200 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.3 5 0 .500 D.Nichols 11 2.7 1.2 .333 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.3 2 3 .000 C.Simmons 7 2.7 0.6 .250 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 2 0 .000 Player Gm Min Pts FG % A Reb Stl Blk TO 3pt FT % M.Redd 72 37.5 22.7 .442 3.4 4.3 0.9 0.2 181 130 .820 M.Williams 66 36.5 17.2 .480 6.3 3.5 1.2 0.2 182 89 .856 A.Bogut 78 34.9 14.3 .511 2.6 9.8 0.8 1.7 172 0 .587 C.Villanueva 76 24.1 11.7 .435 1.0 6.1 0.4 0.5 107 55 .783 D.Mason 59 28.8 9.7 .482 2.1 4.3 0.7 0.5 83 0 .659 Y.Jianlian 66 24.9 8.6 .421 0.8 5.2 0.5 0.8 90 6 .841 R.Sessions 17 26.4 8.1 .436 7.5 3.4 1.0 0.2 35 3 .780 B.Simmons 70 21.7 7.6 .421 1.1 3.2 0.7 0.1 78 60 .757 C.Bell 68 23.9 7.6 .381 3.1 2.5 0.8 0.0 76 74 .805 R.Ivey 75 19.1 5.6 .394 2.1 1.6 0.6 0.1 76 35 .726 A.Storey 26 9.9 3.5 .438 0.6 2.1 0.3 0.0 10 0 .483 D.Gadzuric 51 10.5 3.2 .416 0.2 2.8 0.4 0.5 34 0 .524 J.Voskuhl 44 8.8 2.2 .463 0.3 2.2 0.2 0.5 29 0 .828 M.Ruffin 46 13.7 2.0 .532 0.5 4.0 0.7 0.4 19 0 .397 No. Player Pos Ht Wt DOB College 12 Hinrich,Kirk G 6-3 190 1/2/81 Kansas 13 Noah,Joakim C 6-11 232 2/25/85 Florida 15 Simmons,C. F 6-9 235 1/3/86 North Caroli. 2 Sefolosha,T. G 6-7 215 5/2/84 Swiss Nation. 20 Curry,JamesOn G 6-3 190 1/7/86 Oklahoma Sta. 21 Duhon,Chris G 6-1 185 8/31/82 Duke 24 Thomas,Tyrus F 6-8 215 8/17/86 L-S-U 32 Hughes,Larry G 6-5 185 1/23/79 St. Louis 34 Gray,Aaron C 7-0 270 12/7/84 Pittsburgh 35 Nichols,D. F 6-8 216 9/4/84 Syracuse 5 Nocioni,A. F 6-7 225 11/30/79 Argentina 6 Brown,Shannon G 6-4 211 11/29/85 Michigan Sta. 7 Gordon,Ben G 6-3 200 4/4/83 Connecticut 9 Deng,Luol F 6-9 220 4/16/85 Duke 90 Gooden,Drew F 6-10 250 9/24/81 Kansas No. Player Pos Ht Wt DOB College 12 Ivey,Royal G 6-4 215 12/20/81 Texas 20 Storey,Awvee F 6-6 225 4/18/77 Arizona Stat. 21 Simmons,Bobby F 6-6 230 6/2/80 DePaul 22 Redd,Michael G 6-6 215 8/24/79 Ohio State 24 Mason,Desmond F 6-5 222 10/11/77 Oklahoma Sta. 25 Williams,M. G 6-1 185 12/19/82 Alabama 31 Villanueva,C. F 6-11 232 8/24/84 Connecticut 42 Bell,Charlie G 6-3 200 3/12/79 Michigan Sta. 43 Voskuhl,Jake C 6-11 255 11/1/77 Connecticut 50 Gadzuric,Dan C 6-11 245 2/2/78 U-C-L-A 51 Ruffin,M. F 6-8 248 1/21/77 Tulsa 6 Bogut,Andrew C 7-0 260 11/28/84 Utah 7 Sessions,R. G 6-3 190 4/11/86 Nevada 9 Jianlian,Yi F 7-0 238 10/27/87 China Chicago CENTERS Joakim Noah Cedric Simmons Aaron Gray POWER FORWARDS Drew Gooden* Tyrus Thomas SMALL FORWARDS Luol Deng Andres Nocioni Demetris Nichols POINT GUARDS Kirk Hinrich Chris Duhon JamesOn Curry SHOOTING GUARDS Ben Gordon Larry Hughes Thabo Sefolosha Shannon Brown Coach Jim Boylan Milwaukee CENTERS Andrew Bogut Dan Gadzuric Jake Voskuhl POWER FORWARDS Yi Jianlian Charlie Villanueva David Noel Michael Ruffin SMALL FORWARDS Desmond Mason Charlie Bell Bobby Simmons POINT GUARDS Maurice Williams* Ramon Sessions SHOOTING GUARDS Michael Redd Royal Ivey Awvee Storey Coach Larry Krystkowiak