Riley was saying Eddie Jones is going to be guarding Gordon...
does that mean Wade and his bum shoulder are going to be guarding Deng?
And there is still time to get in on the pick to click contest for the playoffs. http://www.talkbulls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1739&pid=25794&st=0&#entry25794
nervous as hell.
go bulls.
My keys to the game:
Set pick and rolls of Dwyane Wade, bump his shoulder to get him in pain.
Watch Shaq at all times, dont double him because he will kick it out to the arch.
Get BG7 hot early on along with Cpt Kirk and Deng.
According to sportscenter Shaq is 26-0 in playoff series when he wins the first game so I see this game as a MUST win.
um, when I said get your pick in by 2:30 I actually meant 2:00... when the game starts...
YES, I made it JUST in time. I just got back from my double header baseball game
Do ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
Lets go Boys
Off to a hot start this is what we need.
The offense is clicking, they are getting to the basket, rebounding well, and Wade is a non-factor so far. Only thing is Shaq looks good, but so far it doesn't appear he can win this game on his own.
I have a fever and the only cure is more BG7
Need to tighten up the D
2 fouls on pj.... El Chapu enters the game...
We cannot let Shaq beat us. They need to force other guys to take the shots.
Paxson you better be watching this is why we need someone in the draft who has the ability to stop the diesel. (if possible)
Bulls are making bad passes off the pick and roll has to stop.
kirk with 2 fouls
Jesus christ, dont let Shaq score that easily
Shaqs out of game now so lets pick things up and make some damn shots.
The whole team is ice cold
Tyrus Thomas NEEDS to be playing in this game RIGHT NOW!
They are taking bad shots and the D lost whatever rhythm they had early on. They look really bad right now, someone needs to step up on offense.
Deng is the only one stepping up right now
I thought gary payton was hurt... was I hullicinating?
With how bad theyre playing the fact that theyre still close is amazing
ally oop to ben wallace by duhon at the buzzer... sweet!
or maybe it was just a pass
Walker is feeling it.
looks like riley has the refs on his side
Rally Gordon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Noch with the block.
Bulls seem to be picking it up now.
Posey covering Gordon...thats laughable
these refs are trash... let them freaking play
OMG!!!! Stop turning the ball over. Too many bad passes and stuff like Gordon just pulled.
You cant beat the heat like that.
Shaq is just unstopable.
w00t 2 fouls on shaq
Nice to see Gordon heating up
Thabo is the secret weapon! Great defense.
Keep Thabo on Wade hes doin a nice job.
Sox take the lead in the top of the 10th
Tied after a decent run. The D is playing a little better, Sef looked solid on Wade. The home crowd is huge in this game right now. The Bulls are probably down 8-10 on the road playing like this.
Jesus he had all ball gimme a break, good thing Shaq butchers free throws.
third on shaq.... freaking flopper
Nice kiss off glass by Wade
Nice kiss off glass by Wade
We take the lead back!
Here we go first the T up on Posey, now Nochs three, one point lead time to take off.
Finally a 3. If the Bulls start hitting their 3s, watch out.
YES, huge bucket to end the first half. Thats what I want to see, Dengs block then Thabo with score, start Thabo second half.
Thabo is playing very well and the Bulls are up 3 at half. Hinrich was in foul trouble most of the half and the Bulls are still up, very good. The score is also more within the range the Bulls would like (49-46).
Wallace doesn't have any fouls. Pretty cool... we might not see sweetney today :beer
Well I think Kirk will go off in the 2nd half, he better.. Good half but we need to put the game away early.
John Barry has been tolerable this game... maybe he isn't biased against the bulls... he was just biased for the nets.
wtf hinrich? quit acting like udonis haslem
Nocioni back in the game...
I feel for Kirk, normally he wouldn't do such a thing but hes just angry, I have no problem with it.
Gordon is playing sexy point guard.... 8 assists
Thabo is doing a GREAT job.
ha i love sefolosha
hahaha... These announcers are trying to make James Posey sound like saint, even though the whole league knows he's a d-bag.
NUMBER FOUR ON SHAQ
Eva Longoria... please, oh please break up with Tony Parker and go out with someone on the Bulls. I would love to be able to see you at all the Bulls games, since the camera would always be cutting to you.
Shefolosha!!! We need him to play like this the entire series. He is guarding Wade great, and his offense is superb as well.
Tyrus is a beast as well... oh my
Flyrus Thomas wit the block!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
TYRUS THOMSA!!FRLWE
I think Thomas jitters are gone now.
Thomas is so huge for us, gets the fans up.
Keep stretching this lead.
I love Tyrus... I take back everything bad I have ever said about you. Unbelievable. 2 straight blocks and then the dunk? Un real.
That was about as exciting of a 10 second sequence you can have. Awesome.
Show a replay of that.
Bulls are dead on right now.
Why does Duhon NEVER take the shot?
Tyrus Thomas JUST TOOK HIS SOUL!
I was just wondering where Tyrus has been. There's his spark.
also, this one thing Ben Wallace has to give us that Tyson would never... playoff experience.
hinrich with his first points of the game. Good to see he is putting the first 3 quarters behind him.
five on shaq!
uh oh, Wade just hit a shot, time to sit Duhon and put Thabo in.
We got a gift there, I didnt see a foul that should have been called, unless Shaq held him.
Both teams shots are going in and out.
Bulls starting to struggle, at a bad time too.
Wow we really need to put this game out for good, its only a 6 point game now. Somebody needs to take over.
wtf? we have their best two players on the bench, and we cant put this game away?
omg, get the freaking free throw.
yeah, now we're freaking rolling. Keep it up!
Thank you Noch.
NOCE!!!!
Big 3 there by Nocioni. Anyone else getting tired of these D-Wade commericals? And why the hell does John Barry have to follow us EVERYWHERE we go? God just stop announcing our games.
Hit the road Shaq....
Shaq's gone on a huge play by Nocioni. He's had the two biggest shots so far in the last couple minutes.
Shaq, He Gone.
Noch is pullin us late in this one
Get Thabo in Kirk is cold and he stopped Wade, whats Skiles doing.
All they have to do is stop Wade
Who is Luol Deng?
Deng... you wonderful, wonderful man!
Seriously.....who is Luol Deng
YES, HUGE DENG.
Hes incredible today.
Seriously, Skiles had Shaqs number becuase he remembers his game from NBA jam
seeing deng confident in the 4th quarter is a beautiful thing...
and Haslem should have gotter a flagrant for clothes lining deng there...
are you kidding me?
That was a bullshit call on Thabo. Wade created the contact, that was not a foul..
Are we seriously letting them back in this? Get Kirk out of the game and get a bigger body in.
That was quick.
thats BS
seriously, where's Thabo?
Get Wallace off the freaking court
Geez-us cripes! How is that not a foul on Gordon's shot.
how the hell can you NOT have Thabo in? He has caused nothing but problems for Wade.
Huge free throws. Stop em here and should end it......No open threes
Why is Wallace on the floor?
Phew. I can relax a bit now. Everybody makes a run in the NBA...
Victory!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
BIG WIN
phew... note to skills. HAVE THABO COVE WADE FROM NOW ON!
great win but miami is something they never give up!
Great win, Bulls lead the series 1-0.
The GOOD:
Gordon-I had no Idea he had 11 assists, great job running the team
Deng- He is a rising star, how do you guard him?
Wallace- His playoff experience and the extra shots off offensive rebounds helped alot.
Tyrus - His energy, and his shot blocks along with his Alley oop got the momentum going in our favor.
Thabo- HELL OF A JOB guarding D-Wade. He didn't go for his fakes.
Bad:
Kirk
PJ
Defense (at times)
All in all, tough job.
Thabo is the freaking man.
I'm encouraged for the most part with this victory. I loved Skiles' rotation today; he did a wonderful job with substitutions. I'll bet we hear the same spiff we heard last year at the beginning of the series with Miami crying about the disparity in fouls, specifically offensive fouls. Just like last year, I expect their complaints to have an effect on how the remainder of the series is officiated.
And I'd like to see a whine-off between Detroit and Miami. Both of these teams beach way to much to the refs about every single call. Wade and Shaq are exceptions and that's one reason that I respect both of those guys, but Walker, Payton, etc...
I think Shaq got screwed a couple times. His first 2, I think Ben flopped on that first one and than i didn't see the foul on the defensive rebound. The first one I guess has to be a foul but i hate flops.
Nice W fellas, lets get another!!!!
I hate to be the Buzzkill, but.....
As much as whining about foul calls sucks I think Shaq has a couple of good points, and as a Bulls fan I worry that we may see some overcompensation by refs in Game 2. At the end of the day, it's not good for the NBA to have Shaq ride pine during the playoffs. Also, isn't anyone worried that basically everything went right for the Bulls – with the sole exception of Hinrich's foul trouble, and I'd say Sefolosha stepped up more than admirably for him – and virtually everything went wrong for the Heat, and we still only won by five on our home court and nearly gave it away down the stretch? I'm happy to get a win, but let's not get too excited - remember last year? Sure, we competed for about 4.72 games of the first-round series, but after that it was a joke. The Heat just turned it on and ran us out of the building.
Then again, Deng, Thabo and Gordon were fantastic, and if Wallace takes one or two less turn-around fadeaway jumpers he'll be doing his job as well. I didn't give the Bulls much of a chance going in, and I still think it's a long shot, but I liked what I saw from a lot of guys... Tuesday's the big one, though, because if we go to Miami tied 1-1 we're in an awful lot of trouble.
GO BULLS!!!!!!!
P.S. While I agree that Thabo was the best defender on Wade yesterday afternoon, let's not get carried away and forget about two or three years of very solid D from Hinrich against Wade - Flash hasn't struggled against the Bulls for 3 years because of Thabo's impending arrival...
Im really happy to see our rookies come in and play at such a high level. I mean I love seeing tyrus play, he provides that spark we needed. Selfolosha is nasty. Screw you wade, you can put Selfolosha on your top 5
Not too mention Antoine Walker had as good of a game as he will ever have.
Yeah, that will probably be our worse shooting game from the 3 point line in the whole series. It is far from over, but that was a damn good way to start things off.
Big props to thabo he did a great job on wade!
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