Comments on: First Round Game 4: Bulls-Pacers Preview and Open Thread

By: Colin

Colin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:18:27 +0000

One thing to the Pacers coach (as soon as he is their official coach I will bother to learn his name)….

You should not be up 3-1. Stop saying that.

You are down 1-3 because you are an 8 seed that proven to not be that good at winning basketball games. You fold at the end in close games.

We are up 3-1 (despite playing poorly) because we are a team that has proven over the course of the season that we often dominate and routinely find ways to win in close games.

Now, if you are ever a good team regularly wins, or has shown the propensity to win close games against great competition, then I will allow you to say “we SHOULD be up 3-1″.

Until then, just be very happy with your one win in game 4.

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By: Scottie Pimpin

Scottie Pimpin — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 06:20:08 +0000

Dear coach,

if your not going to play Asik , can you at least plug him in for like a minute and let him elbow jeff foster in the face the way he did to rose and deng, thanks.

sincerely,
S.P.

By: BFD

BFD — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 03:39:17 +0000

Could be worse. We could be either of the teams from Texas right now. (Or Orlando.) I don’t know why people are getting so frustrated that we aren’t killing the Pacers, when the Heat are the only other top seed that looks like it has it easy.

By: inkybreath

inkybreath — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 02:32:02 +0000

—not to steer it away from Rose. He is being challenged and he is not reacting so well on the floor. Could he not find any mid-range jumpers to take? It was easy enough to watch Granger and follow suit ….

By: TBF

TBF — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 01:56:38 +0000

Well, Rose needs to realize that he has no place at all shooting 9 three pointers. That’s just inexcusable. 1-9 from downtown. That’s your ballgame right there.

By: Inception

Inception — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 01:20:00 +0000

@Adam, i understand indy is playing at full speed with nothing to lose, but at some point, the 2nd option (supposedly) is supposed to step up….can we get at least one 20 pt game from Booz??…and what about that bone-headed technical foul from Boozer?…who knows, that one point probably cost chicago the game…they would’ve been down by 2 instead of 3 on the last play out of the timeout….i honestly haven’t seen one really solid game from Boozer thus far…i’ve seen it from Deng…i’ve seen it from Noah….but Booz? nope.

By: deron

deron — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:35:26 +0000

I was rooting for the Bulls to make a comeback. If they did, it would have probably been the most competitive sweep in the playoffs in the last 20 years. The Pacers are putting up a good fight, so I guess it will be the most competitive 5-game series in the last 20 years.

http://theresastatforthat.blogspot.com/2011/04/playoff-sweeps-some-are-worse-than.html

By: inkybreath

inkybreath — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 23:34:35 +0000

Exactly, Boozy is supposed to be the guy to step up when Rose is cold.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 23:33:39 +0000

@ Inception,
Joking, right?

The Pacers are simply playing hard-nose out of their mind basketball, while the Bulls have been in a funk the entire series. Boozer has been most of a no show (offensively), but so has everyone else and yet they are still 3-1 and going back to Chi City. Expect Booz, Rose, and Jo No to man handle them in game 5. And I can see a pretty hard foul coming from Big Sexy; it’s been 4 games and he hasn’t let them know what he’s about. Bulls by 20.