Coming to the end of a road trip that has seen injury troubles aplenty and some disappointing performances, the Chicago Bulls shrugged off the continued absence of Taj Gibson and first-half turnover problems to lay a second-half beatdown on the Brooklyn Nets, 102-84. Derrick Rose struggled for much of the game, but found his stride […]
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Bulls Fail to Sweep Season Series Over Nets, Fall 96-80
Sometimes they’re the Bad-A** Bulls, but tonight they were just the Bad Bulls. Jeff Van Gundy noted Chicago’s win over New York yesterday wasn’t a fourth quarter blowout, but rather a game that was decided in the first quarter, and the same could be said of tonight’s game. The first quarter was a trainwreck, primarily […]
Bulls at Nets Preview
The teams keep changing but the Bulls seem to have the Nets number in the Brooklyn era. They took three of four meetings in last year’s regular season and obviously won last year’s memorable seven game battle in the first round of the playoffs. They’ve thumped the Nets by at least 15 in both games […]
2012-2013 Player Capsules- Carlos Boozer
The Chicago Bulls 2012-2013 campaign has officially come to a close. Now that we are weeks removed from the end of the season and have had time to be reflective, it’s time to take a look back at the performances of the members of this Bulls squad and brief look ahead at the future. The […]
Game 7 Recap: These Bulls are Joakim Noah’s team
I freely admit it. I didn’t think the Bulls would win their Game 7 showdown against the Nets in Brooklyn. I was wrong. Obviously. The Bulls continue to defy the odds. They’ve been doing it for well over a year now. I should know better than to doubt them at this point, but in some […]
Bulls-Nets Preview Game 7
Luol Deng was in the hospital Friday, possibly for meningitis, after getting a spinal tap prior to Thursday’s game. Nate Robinson was throwing up on the bench during Game 6 because of an illness—a game in which he played 42 minutes. Taj Gibson, suffering from the same illness, struggled through 18 minutes. Joakim Noah is […]
Game 6 Recap: A heartbreaking (and possibly backbreaking) loss
Okay, seriously, are the Bulls cursed? On the surface, that question seems irrational and misguided, because there are no such things as curses. But it sure feels like a witch doctor somewhere worked some major voodoo on this team. For the past two seasons, the Bulls have had championship potential that was ultimately undone by […]
Quick Reaction: Nets 95, Bulls 92 (Game 6)
MVP: No one stood out in this one. Brook Lopez, Joe Johnson and Deron Williams all had 17 points—and Williams added 11 assists. Noah had 14 points, 15 rebounds, five assists and five blocks, while still playing through plantar fasciitis. But maybe the best effort of all came from that mysterious illness that kept Luol […]
Nets-Bulls Preview Game 6
It pains me to say this, because I’ve loved making fun of him (and his contract) all season, but the Bulls clearly missed Kirk Hinrich in Game 5. It wasn’t his 11.3 points on 43.2 percent shooting that he’s averaging this series that left a hole, but it’s his defense on Deron Williams. Williams went […]
Quick Reaction: Nets 110, Bulls 91 (Game 5)
MVP (Most Valuable Player): Brook Lopez once again led the Nets, posting 28 points and ten boards. Lopez also got to the line seven times, hitting six of those freebies. He was 8-11 on shots at the rim and 10-14 inside the paint. On everything else he was 1-6. The Bulls had been doing a […]