With the benefit of a night of sleep, I’m wondering if Thib. is being a bit stubborn. It’s not without reason; he’s seen that if the shooting percentages pick up to average, they win, and he seems to be counting on that rather then making serious offensive adjustments. Case in point: I hated the last two plays in regulation – if there was a time for a Rose/Korver (guarded by Mike Miller at the time) pick and roll, one (or both) of those possessions was it. Take a little pressure off Derrick; make Miller and Lebron communicate instead of giving the best player in the game two chances to make a stop.

All that being said, those 2 shots were on the edge of going in; if that happens, or if one or two little things fall the Bulls way, or if Mike Miller doesn’t return from the dead, which I don’t think anyone expected, it’s 2-2 and no one’s questioning anything.

Hope the Bulls can at least extend the series and avoid losing 4 straight to these jerks.

That being said, is there anyone/group out there that keeps good stats on jump shooting % with no defenders within 3, 4, or 5 feet of the shooter? Athletic Heat defense be damned, we would be up 3-1 or possibly better if we hit 50% of our open jumpers. The games (before desperation/free throw time) have just been THAT close at the end, to the point where making 3 of 6 gift wrapped jumpers instead of 1 of 6 or 0 of 6 could have turned the tide, and it ****es me off that something so fundamental could be such a major role in losing this series.

So the question is where do we go from here? Do we stand pat on this team and see what it does next year? Or do we try to get some help? Or do we wait and try our hand in the Dwight Howard sweepstakes? I gotta say, a starting 5 of Rose, Bogans, Deng, Noah and Howard would be almost impossible to score on, not to mention the fact that we’d have the most amazing front court in the league. I dunno. But sorry kids, we aren’t taking 3 in a row off the Heat. We just aren’t good enough.

Lots already well said, so I will get to the point.

Now, we get to see this version of the DRose Bulls with their backs against the wall.

That’s it.

Go Bulls. Make us proud.

one thing to say – Thibs should’ve recognized that Rose scoring on Lebron was not quite working at the time…the play call should’ve gone to Korver….yes, I know he was cold as ice, but a shooter like Korver lives for a situation like that….to hit the buzzer beater after missing every almost every previous shot from beyond the arc.

too predictable of a call.