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Record

24 - 25

Games Back: 15.5

Streak: Won 1

Games Left: 33

	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland Fear The Sword	41	11	.788	0	Won 11
Chicago Blog a Bull	24	25	.489	15.5	Won 1
Milwaukee Brew Hoop	23	26	.469	16.5	Won 2
Indiana Indy Cornrows	18	33	.352	22.5	Lost 1
Detroit Detroit Bad Boys	17	32	.346	22.5	Won 1

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Miami Peninsula is Mightier	Sat 02/06	W 95 - 91
@ Atlanta Peachtree Hoops	Fri 02/05	L 81 - 91
@ Philadelphia Liberty Ballers	Wed 02/03	L 103 - 106
Los Angeles Clippers Clips Nation	Tue 02/02	L 82 - 90
@ New Orleans At The Hive	Fri 01/29	W 108 - 106

KC Makes the Case for Tyrus

[From the FanShots. KC makes some solid points, and the conclusion is accurate: it's over now, but the Bulls could've handled this year much better. -ed.]

"But part of successful coaching is managing personalities. When Thomas came off the bench to average 16 points, 10.3 rebounds and two blocks in 30.3 minutes in his first three games back from injury in late December, the time to start him and allow him to play through some mistakes arrived.

Instead, Thomas came off the bench to play just 15 foul-plagued minutes on Jan. 2 against Orlando. He has played more than 30 minutes just once since — on Jan. 20 at the Clippers — and tallied 18 points, six rebounds and three blocks while doing so."

about 20 hours ago Basketball Smurf 154 comments 3 recs

The last days of Tyrus?

by SoulEater7 on Feb 7, 2010 2:14 AM CST Comment 371 comments

[From the FanPosts. This is to get a Tyrus thread up, and I happen to agree with SoulEater's stuff below. It's just a bad situation all-around, Tyrus is clearly acting petulant here, and at a bad time. But no doubt the Org. has failed in developing him (heck, they hired and kept VDN), and won't keep him anyway. So I can also get why Tyrus himself feels little to lose. Clearly this isn't the way to handle things, but if Tyrus made sense he probably wouldn't need Org. help. This was a predictably strained year for Thomas and the Bulls (and VDN in particular) , and this may have been the final blowup or just another instance of a slow demise in the relationship.

The original fanpost and the report from KC Johnson are below -ed.]

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Open Game Thread #49 OVERFLOW: Bulls vs Miami Heat

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Feb 6, 2010 9:00 PM CST Comment 326 comments

No recap tonight.

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Open Game Thread #49: Bulls vs Miami Heat

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Feb 6, 2010 7:00 PM CST Comment 756 comments

Overflow thread at 9.

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Game Preview #49 - Bulls vs. Miami Heat

by BULLieving in Miami on Feb 6, 2010 8:58 AM CST Comment 73 comments

[Thanks to Bullieving in Miami for today's game preview. Both teams are desperate for a win at this juncture. -ed.]

Here it is, my Chicagonese Bulls fans. Here is your last chance to sweet talk and serenade Dwyane Wade into your arms. Here is your last chance to make the hometown superstar feel, well, at home. And you know what, it couldn't have come at a better time.

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Hawks 91, Bulls 81

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Feb 5, 2010 10:08 PM CST Comment 116 comments

	Pace	Eff	eFG	FT/FG	OREB%	TOr
Chicago	86.0	94.2	43.4%	19.7	23.1	16.3
Atlanta		105.8	48.9%	5.7	31.1	9.3

Awful 11-point 4th quarter for the Bulls, who actually had a second half lead. Vinny then went small and it hurt him, but to his credit he did go back to the full starting lineup to close the game, but it's not like Miller and Taj can do much against the Hawks frontcourt.

Hawks absolutely dominated the glass all night. Bulls were able to stay in the game through some aggressiveness in their guards and poor shooting from Atlanta's, as 7FTAs from Hinrich has to shatter his career high (alright, more than just hyperbole on that). Unfortunately the free-throws were nullified by the Bulls going 0-10 from three as a team.

Do I bother with the VDN-Tyrus thing? It's a running joke by now, which fits our coach I guess (and the player a bit too, Tyrus' played an awful first-half stint). We did get a new example of VDN-coachspeak thanks to the ESPN huddle microphone: "PLAY!"

So there was that. And a ridiculous Rose alley-oop finish. Not much pleasantness to come heading into this break. They are so much poorer when they're not fully-healthy, it's remarkable.

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