Official 2010-2011 NBA Playoffs Thread

[vi edit]

Heck, how about 7 games, quadruple overtime? You've got my support.

I'll be happy to take a win at home tonight and then play hard in Miami but ultimately conceed defeat in game 6. Then start hitting the free agent scrap heap and looking for the best 2 guard they can afford that can both score and defend.

 

[Miramonti]

Tonight is going to be the most painful night in any Nba season for me in a long time...

Not because I'm certain the Bulls are going to lose, but because I can't watch it!

Last night my wife told me she scheduled a dinner with a co-worker brazilian couple who are cooking for us...TONIGHT. (she planned it a week ago.)

Normally I could find a way to show up late or even watch the game with the husband (who I haven't met in this case), but I'm fairly certain they aren't into basketball. And part of the get-together is to cook homemade Pao de Quiejo for me (brazilian cheese balls, which the co-worker friend knows I love.)

My wife feels terrible about it, but it's simply too late to cancel.

Honestly, this is surreal. :'(

However I know she wouldn't make me miss the most important and potentially last game of the season...so maybe it's a good omen, that this isn't the most important because this isn't the last game of the season...

 

[Miramonti]

I'll be happy to take a win at home tonight and then play hard in Miami but ultimately conceed defeat in game 6. Then start hitting the free agent scrap heap and looking for the best 2 guard they can afford that can both score and defend.

Aside from sadness, I'd be fairly disappointed if the bulls didn't win tonight. Rose, Noah, Deng...they took chicago to 7 games against boston. This isn't a quitting 'emotional' team will hold their heads or fold under pressure if they get behind. I expect them to keep getting better game to game as well. And home court energy and support will be fantastic.

 

[vi edit]

As much as Hendrixfan bags on Chicago he's right. This team, especially Rose looks flat. The FG% chart that ESPN showed the other night told that tale. It's been a progressive freefall the last 8 weeks. All his shots are coming up short and flat. Deng has been working his ass off with no breather against the strongest 2/3 guard in the game.

They are fighters but at some point they have to pack their bags and call it a series. I'd love for them to get a proper farwell in Chicago and not end it at home.

 

[Via]

As much as Hendrixfan bags on Chicago he's right. This team, especially Rose looks flat. The FG% chart that ESPN showed the other night told that tale. It's been a progressive freefall the last 8 weeks. All his shots are coming up short and flat. Deng has been working his ass off with no breather against the strongest 2/3 guard in the game.

They are fighters but at some point they have to pack their bags and call it a series. I'd love for them to get a proper farwell in Chicago and not end it at home.

I don't think ayone would say all none of his points are legit, but his irrational hatred of Thibs is annoying.

 

[Miramonti]

I don't dispute the legs part and how they got that way, just the thought that they shouldn't have gone for each win at the end of the season. Sure my knees practically hurt watching their 'finish plays' efforts since the first game of the season, trying to follow and please Thibs.

But it's a young team that has had to use the season to learn a very disciplined system (atleast on the defensive end), and they can't 'turn it down' near the end of the regular season if they don't know what they are/can be capable of first.

It's amazing what a few shots going in can do for the hop in the step...even with worn out legs, so I don't see any reason to conceding anything or believe this team can't succeed at the challenge at hand, which right now is to win tonight.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

That's the problem with having a one-dimensional head coach. Tom Thibodeau is a defensive genius, which is clearly reflected in the defensive efficiency of the teams he's been involved with (Bulls, Celtics, Rockets and Knicks). But his focus on defense leaves his team stagnant offensively (his offensive schemes seem to boil down to "let Rose make a play"). It's basically the exact opposite of Mike D'Antoni, who can coach an incredible offensive game, but is atrocious for defensive schemes. If you could get D'Antoni as your offensive coordinator and Thibodeau as you defensive coordinator, you could probably use a sock puppet at head coach and still have one of the best coached teams in the league.

I know there's an axiom that defense wins championships, but let's face it, the best coaches are the ones who can get their players energized on both ends of the floor, not defensive or offensive specialists. Thibs doesn't seem to be able to change his team's offensive ability, and that's been their downfall; their defense has been the typical outstanding Tom Thibodeau D.

 

[zerocool84]

Flagrant foul on Boozer. Dumb foul Boozer.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Damn, both of these teams struggle to find offense. I swear it seems minutes go by with nobody scoring.

 

[vi edit]

Fuck LeDrama James and his Oscar performance foul sells.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Come on Bulls, keep it alive for another game!

 

[Schfifty Five]

Uh oh....miami getting a 4 pt play.

 

[zerocool84]

Dumb foul Rose dumb foul.

 

[zerocool84]

14-2 run

Dumb bulls

 

[vi edit]

uhg....really? Miami has like 10 points on three possessions.

 

[Via]

Wow.

It pains me to say, but Rose has been more damaging to the Bulls than Westbrook was to the Thunder.

 

[Xellos2099]

WTHWTHWTH are you doing Bull, blowing a 10 point lead???

 

[GuitarDaddy]

The Heat hit a few FG's in a row and the Bulls have no answer. The Bulls really have no offense.

 

[Brigandier]

Chicago needs to take a time out so the coach can give his team the Heimlich.

 

[zerocool84]

Wow.

It pains me to say, but Rose has been more damaging to the Bulls than Westbrook was to the Thunder.

Huh?

Without him the Bulls wouldn't even be here.

 

[Xed]

Yet another 4th quarter collapse

 

[Schfifty Five]

Wow, heat up now...jeez.

 

[Patt]

Wow

 

[Via]

Huh?

Without him the Bulls wouldn't even be here.

He's thrown this game away, offensively and defensively.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Looks as if the Bulls are done