Are people starting to believe yet? The Bulls have been beating the odds all season. Last summer, management went all in to acquire a second superstar to play alongside Derrick Rose. The targets were obvious: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and/or Chris Bosh. They spurned the Bulls and decided to join forces in Miami instead. Look, […]
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Bulls-Heat Preview
Miami Heat Status Check: Record: 43-19 Division: 9-3 Conference: 29-11 Home Record: 22-7 Last 10 Games: 5-5 Streak: Lost 3 Last game: 125-95 loss to the Spurs (worst loss of the season) PPG: 101.8 (9th) Opponents PPG: 95.0 (6th) Offensive Rating: 110.7 (5th) Defensive Rating: 103.2 (5th) Pace: 91.4 (18th) Effective Field Goal Percentage: .518 […]
Heat-Bulls Preview
Miami Heat Status Check: Record: 42-15 Division: 8-2 Conference: 28-8 Road Record: 21-10 Last 10 Games: 9-1 Streak: Won 3 Last game: 117-97 win over Kings PPG: 102.2 (9th) Opponents PPG: 94.1 (5th) Offensive Rating: 111.3 (3rd) Defensive Rating: 102.5 (4th) Pace: 91.2 (20th) Effective Field Goal Percentage: .520 (6th) Turnover Percentage: .133 (16th) Defensive […]
Game 40 Recap: Bulls 99, Heat 96
I have to admit that the sick excitement I felt after this win… …gave way to an even sicker sense of dread after reading the Booz news from K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune: “Carlos Boozer didn’t travel on Sunday with the team to Memphis, meaning Monday’s matinee will feature this season’s first game without […]
Say goodbye to Captain Kirk and the 17th pick…say hello to cap space
After being one-upped in the all-important “Cap Space Race” by the Miami Heat — who created extra financial flexibility by trading Daequan Cook and their first round pick in last night’s draft — the Bulls countered by reportedly agreeing to send Kirk Hinrich and the 17th pick to the Washington Wizards for (you guessed it!) extra financial […]
Draft / Free Agent Watch: Bulls want to trade pick and shed salary
I bet you’ve been wondering who the Bulls are going to select in tonight’s NBA Draft. Me too. However, if Bulls management has it’s way, some other team is going to end up with the 17th pick. According to K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune: “Like the Heat’s trade of Daequan Cook and their first-round pick, […]
Free Agent Watch: D-Wade’s post-elimination comments
This is what Dwyane Wade had to say after his Miami Heat were eliminated from the playoffs by the Boston Celtics: “This will be my last first-round exit for a while, I can tell you that. I’m looking forward to continuing to build, and being with some great players next year, continuing to beef up […]
A crushing loss: Heat 103, Bulls 74
Going into last night’s game against the Heat, I was expecting one of the Bulls’ best efforts of the season. I really was. Consider the circumstances: Playoffs on the line, pride at stake after that tough loss in Miami a couple weeks back, and of course the mini-audition for free-agent-to-be Dwyane Wade. Sure, Luol Deng […]
Free fallin’: Heat 108, Bulls 95
ESPN’s Chris Broussard and Ric Bucher may not agree on whether Joakim Noah’s ongoing absence due to plantar fasciitis in his left foot is the costliest injury in the NBA, but the Bulls have now give up 100 or more points in 10 straight games. They’ve lost eight of those games, including the last seven […]
Gut check: Bulls 95, Heat 91
With Joakim Noah sidelined by plantar fasciitis, the last thing the Bulls needed was for a player to go rogue and put himself before the team. And yet that’s apparently what Tyrus Thomas did prior to Chicago’s home game against the Miami Heat. And Thomas was suspended for…whatever it was he did. Said Bulls coach […]