Even without Derrick Rose (torn ACL) and Joakim Noah (sprained ankle), the Bulls had enough to win yesterday. But they didn’t. The defense did its job, for the most part, limiting the Sixers to 39 percent shooting from the field and forcing them to miss 14 of their 19 three-point attempts. Of course, two of […]
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Bulls-Sixers Game Four Preview
Game Three: Sixers win 79-74 Top Performers: Sixers: Spencer Hawes (21 points, nine rebounds) and Jrue Holiday (17 points, six rebounds, six assists) Bulls: Carlos Boozer (18 points, ten rebounds) and Rip Hamilton (17 points, six rebounds, seven assists) Overview: This isn’t how the Bulls playoffs were supposed to go. Derrick Rose was supposed to […]
Bulls-Sixers Game Three Preview
Game Two: Sixers won 109-92 Top Performers: Sixers: Jrue Holiday (26 points, six assists), Evan Turner (19 points, seven rebounds, six assists) and Lou Williams (20 points, six assists) Bulls: Joakim Noah (21 points, 10-11 from the field, eight rebounds, five assists) and John Lucas (15 points, four assists) Overview: A lot of adjustments are […]
Game Recap: Sixers 109, Bulls 92
The first 24 minutes went pretty well. The Bulls came out fired up. Led by as many as 10 points. Were up 55-47 at the half. But I was worried anyway. What worried me wasn’t just that the 76ers were hanging around in the face of an energized onslaught by the Bulls. It was that […]
The Five Stages of Derrick Rose Grief
Stage 1: Denial. “This…this can’t be happening. Not to Derrick. Not now. He’s already missed so many games. He’s hardly played in months. His body should be healthy and rested. And how could he have possibly been hurt making a jump stop? He’s done that, like, a million times. He didn’t even get touched on […]
Game 1 Recap: Bulls 103, Sixers 91 (a.k.a. the saddest win ever)
Maybe you saw it happen. Maybe you didn’t. But yesterday was the saddest playoff win in franchise history. With 1:20 left and the Bulls nursing a double-digit lead, Derrick Rose drove the lane and tore the ACL in his left knee while trying to execute a jump-stop. Rose’s season is over. And, for all intents and […]
Bulls-Sixers Game One Preview
Philadelphia 76ers Status Check: Record: 35-31 Division: 7-6 Conference: 28-20 Road Record: 16-17 Home Record:19-14 Last 10 Games: 6-4 Streak: Lost 1 Last game: 108-86 loss to Detroit PPG: 93.6 (22nd) Opponents PPG: 89.4 (3rd) Offensive Rating: 103.9 (20th) Defensive Rating: 99.2 (3rd) Pace: 89.7 (24th) Effective Field Goal Percentage: .480 (19th) Turnover Percentage: .109 […]
Scottie Pippen’s strong words
Scottie Pippen thinks LeBron James could be better than Michael Jordan some day. This isn’t an entirely new idea. TrueHoop’s Henry Abbott expressed similar sentiments today. Still, it was a bit of a kick to the face to Bulls fans, considering LeBron is currently holding their still-beating hearts in his hand today. It’s possible. LeBron […]
Eastern Conference Finals Game 5: Heat 83, Bulls 80
“We don’t even know what happened. I’m not going to lie to you and say we do.” That’s what Dwyane Wade said after his Heat made an improbable comeback to stun the Bulls and earn a trip to the NBA Finals. I don’t know what happened, either. Well, I do and I don’t, I guess. […]
Searching for hope: Teams that came back from 3-1 series deficits
Here’s a quick summary of the eight NBA teams that have come back from a 3-1 series deficit: 2005-06: MVP Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns (54-28) rallied to beat scoring champ Kobe Bryant’s Los Angeles Lakers (45-37) in the first round and made it to the Western Conference Finals before losing to the Dallas […]