Johnson, who was also dealing with plantar fasciitis, ultimately finished with six points on 2-of-14 shooting.
Battling plantar fasciitis in his right foot, Noah managed just four points and five rebounds.
Noah remains hobbled by plantar fasciitis in his right foot, and Johnson is dealing with it in his left one.
"The plantar fascia is in a relaxed position when you're sleeping, " says Jacqueline Sutera, a podiatric surgeon in New York City.
Pronation and plantar fascitis seem to disappear when you start using your feet the way they were designed to be used.
Lopez added 26 points and 11 rebounds, and Johnson scored 22 despite being bothered lately by plantar fasciitis in his left foot.
Joakim Noah has battled plantar fasciitis in his right foot the same issue dogging Joe Johnson, except it's in his left foot.
Noah has battled plantar fasciitis in his right foot and Thibodeau said he didn't want his All-Star center playing if he was injured.
Barefoot runners risk getting athlete's foot and plantar warts, says Stephen Morse, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.
Noah battled plantar fasciitis in the past and the issue cropped up again this season, causing him to miss 15 games since the start of February.
Marcus Camby, 38, is back playing again, but has seen just 157 minutes and 16 games of action because of plantar fasciitis in his left foot.
All-Star center Tyson Chandler (bulging disc), forwards Amare Stoudemire (knee surgery), Kenyon Martin (sprained ankle), Marcus Camby (plantar fasciitis) and Rasheed Wallace (broken foot) are all out.
What causes it: Inflammation of the plantar fascia, a thick band of tissue that runs along the bottom of your foot from the heel to the toes.
More than 2 million Americans suffer from debilitating heel pain stemming from inflammation of the plantar fascia, a fibrous band of tissue that supports the arch of the foot.
He was ruled out for the third time in four games after an exam Thursday of his strained heel also revealed a plantar fascia tear in his right foot.
He also played more than 38 minutes even though Thibodeau had said he would be limited to about 25 to 30 because of the plantar fasciitis in his right foot.
Noah, who has battled plantar fasciitis and whose status was in question coming into the series, played 25 1-2 minutes, just passing the 20-to-25 that Thibodeau said he would be limited to.
Exacerbating things for the Bulls was the fact that center Joakim Noah, who decided to battle through plantar fasciitis to play in Game 1, limped off the floor in the third quarter.
Noah, who has battled plantar fasciitis and whose status was in question coming into the series, played 26 minutes, just passing the 20-to-25 that coach Tom Thibodeau said he would be limited to.
"I know it's hard to come back from, but I'm on it a lot earlier than I was last time, " said Noah, who missed 18 games with plantar fasciitis during the 2009-10 season.
Carlesimo disagreed, claiming the Nets' poor defense caused Lopez to move out of position, which is why Bulls center Joakim Noah who had been battling through plantar fasciitis finished with 24 points and seven offensive rebounds.
Stress fractures, tendonitis or plantar fasciitis, a hard-to-heal tissue inflammation that feels like needles driven into your foot, are likely to result for runners who dash out the gate barefoot without gradually working up to it.
Rose is undoubtedly the most talented player on the Bulls, but Chicago's soul belongs to players like Joakim Noah, struck with plantar fasciitis, pogo-sticking himself up and down the court on one foot to help his team beat Brooklyn.
With Luol Deng (illness) and Kirk Hinrich (bruised left calf) out again and Derrick Rose still not ready to return from last year's torn ACL, the Bulls leaned on Noah, who could barely play when the Bulls were blown out here two weeks ago in Game 1 because of plantar fasciitis in his right foot.
The Knicks are still without several other key big men, such as Amar'e Stoudemire (right knee debridement), Marcus Camby (left plantar fasciitis), Rasheed Wallace (fractured let fifth metatarsal) and Kurt Thomas (right foot acute stress reaction), which is why Woodson has had to rely more on the 6-foot-10 Novak and 6-foot-8 Copeland, who aren't nearly as capable defensively.
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