Comments on: More roadkill: 76ers 106, Bulls 103 (OT)

By: Uh…wow: Bulls 122, Sixers 90 » By The Horns

Uh…wow: Bulls 122, Sixers 90 » By The Horns — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:41:34 +0000

[…] absolutely destroy a Philadelphia team that had won six of its last eight games — including an overtime win over the Bulls – I had to marvel again at the fact that only two members of this […]

By: Matt McHale

Matt McHale — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:46:02 +0000

“11.Good observation and point BoppinBob. I have to disagree with you on this one Matt. I think the defense was fine in the first half except Taj was taken to school by Brand. In the second half defense dropped off a bit but it was the turnovers and offensive ineptitude that cost this game.”

Well, like I said, when one of the best defensive teams in the league (by the numbers) goes against one of the worst offensive teams(by the numbers) and ends letting that team perform above the marks set by the best offensive teams in the league…and Chicago’s three best defenders happen to spend most of the game on the pine…I still think the main problem was defense. While I agree that turnovers and poor offensive execution lost this game down the stretch, in the big picture, it never should have come down the the final minute and then overtime had the Bulls defense simply performed the way it has all season.

By: luvabullnj

luvabullnj — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:52:39 +0000

Good observation and point BoppinBob. I have to disagree with you on this one Matt. I think the defense was fine in the first half except Taj was taken to school by Brand. In the second half defense dropped off a bit but it was the turnovers and offensive ineptitude that cost this game. The last two games the Bulls look like they have no clue on offense. They are not moving the ball at all and not moving with out the ball.

Agree that the coaching staff needs to make better in game adjustments such as giving a player more minutes when he his hot and less when he’s cold. Brad got a lot of minutes because Taj was getting abused by Brand and Dalembert but Tyrus was having a good game and should have got those minutes.

Deng appears to start the games hot but then the Bulls stop giving him the ball and he gets cold, really cold and starts missing from the outside in the second half of games.

Iguadala put on a passing clinic last night. Rose should have been taking notes on how to set up team mates with passes. I’m begining to worry that Rose will become the second coming of Ben Gordon.

I wondered why Ben Gordon never made the All-star roster and Rose has. So I looked back at the all-star rosters back to 2004 and the East was guard heavy in those years with Billups, Kidd, Hamilton, Carter, McGrady, Arenas, Ray Allen, Michael Redd and Baron Davis all playing at all-star during various years. This year the guard compitition in the East is very light. Stephan Jackson (split time with GS and attitude), Arenas was a shoe in till suspension, Mo Williams (hurt and probably didn’t really deserve it last year either), Jamal Crawford (shoot me now, ’cause I can’t believe I wrote that, but he has played well for the Hawks, all-be-it coming off the bench). And really there are no other guards worth mentioning in the East. I’m just saying.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:11:45 +0000

I’ll admit that the defense had some breakdowns last night but at the same time sometimes a player is just on. Other times a whole damn team is on and all you can do is close out hard and contest. To me, at the end of the game (in regulation) the Bulls were paying great defense and were all over Igoudala, Williams, and Green but every shot was going in for them. The Bulls didn’t play great but they didn’t play bad. The Sixers just had it goin when it counted. Going to the point of clear frustration for the Bulls. It was kind of ridiculous.

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:13:40 +0000

Dolo you are exactly right. I am so mad at Del Negro. He had been playing Tyrus 20-25 minutes a game depending how he performed. Now he plays 15 minutes every game no matter what he does. Tyrus single handedly kept the Bulls from being blown out at the Clippers a couple weeks ago getting 18 points in 36 minutes. Imagine if he had gotten nearly that amount of playing time when they played the Clippers again and Philadelphia, coulda won both games, Bulls couldn’t have done worse. Must be benching him so he don’t get hurt while they are trying to trade him. Play the guys who are not hurt! Or Miller, Noah, and Gibson will stay hurt cause they don’t get enough rest and won’t perform at the level they are capable of.

By: Boppinbob

Boppinbob — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:11:26 +0000

What I am seeing is typical of a young team. They tend to focus better against strong teams and relax against weaker teams. How the Bulls do against the Hawks might support this premise. I remember the Jordan Bulls when Pippen and Grant were 1st and 2nd years players doing the same thing. There wasn’t much Phil Jackson could do about it and there won’t be much that Vinny can do about it. It is a learning and growing process. Let’s not panic and strat crying for someone’s head or trade valuable future assets before they can develop into the team they can be.

By: dolo

dolo — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:53:36 +0000

Freezing out Tyrus, particularly in the end of games, costs us victories… and further, I believe it’s what cost us the playoff series vs the Celtics (check Ty’s minutes in our losses). I’m beginning to appreciate VDN’s coaching alot more recently, but this Tyrus thing has arrived at REDICULOUS. Ty may make boneheaded mistakes at times, but they are becoming less frequent and, frankly… TYRUS is our “X” factor. We win games when we defend well, we block shots, get steals, rebound the ball, and run the floor. How many of those things is Brad Miller going to do? Joakim and Taj have their foot issues. This was Tyrus’ game to win or lose. Confidence is immensely important to winning. Coach is showing NO confidence in Tyrus and we lose games because of it.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:51:07 +0000

I have enjoyed the recent bashing of Del Negro – right on time. I think that it is comical that when they beat New Orleans for the 5th straight, Del Negro said something like, ‘Players win games.’ The recent skid now leads to the next part of that saying, ‘Coaches lose games.’ I get this from all of the attacks on Vinny when they lose. I don’t know if I am biased to either quote, just a bit amused with the recent success and followed by drop in production. Just to add to recent Time out issues – I have noticed that many teams come out of a Bulls timeout (and other times in the game) playing the passing lane at the top of the key. I have also noticed a tendency for Vinny to run a play(s) that start with a pass to the top of key… small adjustment. The Clippers got at least 2-3 turnovers similar to this out of timeouts, and a few more in the flow of the game (wasn’t able to watch the 76ers game). Seems that it is time to start ‘burning’ these players playing the lanes – and this can be done by MOVING WITHOUT THE BALL.

By: the bigest bulls fan in Florida

the bigest bulls fan in Florida — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:50:24 +0000

i was thinking the same, vinny should of play Tryus on Andre Iguodala. Iguodala took some tuff shoot that i think tryus could of block. Also my bulls lost this game because of rebounding. Noah should of been in the game. the ball seems to find noah, even in the cluth.

vinny needs more help on when to sub and keep the hot players in the game. in the 4th vinny should of played tryus, noah and miller for the bigs.

Go Bulls.

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:06:46 +0000

Again, why didn’t Tyrus play more than 15 minutes. He was playing fine, I don’t understand. Coach don’t trust him, but they lost without him. Maybe if he were playing the final minutes the game wouldn’t have went overtime.