Comments on: Game 42 Recap: Bobcats 83, Bulls 82

By: Super Joe

Super Joe — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:24:54 +0000

*queue music* Can someone show me how to get… how to get to Sesame Street?

By: Inception

Inception — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:39:30 +0000

sorry, it magically showed up…..buggy comment feature.

By: Inception

Inception — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:38:32 +0000

my comment was removed because I used the word “hell”? what is this? sesame street?

By: Luvabull

Luvabull — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:10:17 +0000

Ok. I’m a Big Bulls fan too, but….
The officials made two bad calls AGAINST Bobcats that were very questionable. They awarded the ball to the Bulls not once but twice in the final 10 seconds. If I didn’t know better, I’d say Stern was in the building and wanted to see a big market team win.

The Bulls played an awful game, even accounting for Boozer and Noah being out. Other than Rose and Brewer, everyone else was off their game.

By: Inception

Inception — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:55:27 +0000

@Brian, what the hell do you expect from a rookie HEAD coach? yes, he’s been in the NBA for a while as an assistant, but being a head coach is a whole different ball game….he has to make decisions from all angles, instead of specializing on one aspect (defense)…i’m pretty sure he’s learning from his mistakes, as any rookie head coach would do.

bottomline – Thibs is a candidate for COY, and he’s legit.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:41:33 +0000

honestly, i don’t think thibs is a great head coach. his defensive prowess is top notch, but a lot of his decision-making is questionable at best. a lot of other people have seemingly voiced the same concern, but are shrugging it off because the bulls are winning, and winning often.

if chicago had a less-than-stellar record this season, people would be calling for thibodeau’s head, and crucifying these decisions, rather than just acknowledging them. i’m probably one of them, too. although like i said, i do think thibs’ gameplanning and strategies make me wonder (i.e. bogans, leaving in brewer on O/korver on D, john lucas’ free throws, benching boozer/deng/rose in the 4th (we lost), etc.). once again, i’m happy with the bulls’ record and play, but those little mistakes have proved costly.

oh, and i’ll actually agree with chitown4life. we got some shitty calls, and that travel was straight up felonious.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:19:20 +0000

I’m just curious, is there a difference in the number of foul calls Rose gets when Boozer is playing vrs inactive? Just seems like he’s the only one talking to the refs.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:32:13 +0000

Agree with your assessment of the game. Frustrating in a lot of ways – as your top 10 list covers.

But I don’t see how ‘time mismanagement’ makes your list. Charlotte’s last possession – up 1 with 25 seconds to play – ended without them getting off a shot or getting to the free-throw line. Bulls forced a turnover and got the ball back with around 7 seconds. Seems like a pretty good result.

Is that gonna be the outcome every time? Probably not. But results matter. Being down 1 with 7 seconds on the clock is a much more appealing proposition than down 3 with closer to 20.

An ideal situation? Nope. But neither is ideal – Bulls put themselves in a crappy situation no matter what at the end of the game. But 7 seconds seems like (and turned out to be) enough time to run a viable play for a winning bucket – the Bulls actually had enough time to run a pair of plays.

By: TBF

TBF — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:08:17 +0000

Well, one can easily bring up officiating. If that travel (which was blatant and can’t even be argued as a judgment call) was called, the Bulls win the game by 1. That *was* the margin of difference.

Again, some great phantom coaching from Thibs, putting in Brewer for offense and Korver for defense. Dunno what the thought process was there, but if VDN had done it every fan in Chicago would be screaming for his head. Again, he ran out of timeouts late in the game, so the Bulls couldn’t diagram up a last play. We got Korver trying for a reverse layup that wouldn’t have fooled my mother and then a wild ,semi-open jumper for the win. That’s not very good and couldn’t be what Thibs would have drawn up. Wasn’t that something that VDN was especially bad at? Time-out management? Hmm…

By: Tony C.

Tony C. — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:01:25 +0000

The non-travel call was one of the worst I’ve ever seen.

Silas is correct: there was no excuse for the refs not having reviewed the last out of bounds call.

I’m all for being unpredictable, and there are many times that I wince when Rose goes one-on-three with time expiring. But with seven seconds remaining, and down only one, I don’t understand why he didn’t just drive to the hoop, and either get contact and a probable foul call, or kick out for a spot-up jumper.