Open Game Thread #4: Bulls vs. Los Angeles Clippers

...i wonder why the bulls are good at rebounding :/

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Is it Hinrich?

my fiath in math will not be shaken....they have to even out

That's marginally positive.

The defense and the play of the guards has been underwhelming thus far.

Where the hell is Ben Gordon? How many pts did he have in the first half? 4?

if the clips just cool down we're golden

another terrible end of period play

Can they do it?

Who will step up?

And if I hear Stacy say "that's great effort" one more time....   (argh)

i dont want OT though

0-4

SCRUBS

if they are unable to make a comeback, it does set up the storyline: Wallace wakes up against his old team and the Bulls steamroll to the finals

It's a pattern that gets repeated ad naseum.

We can't win close games in the last three minutes because we don't score.

this, plus Pistons, plus circus = possible 1-3 win November...BUT

The Bulls started bad the last 3 years and made the playoffs. They will do it again. And plow when they get to the easier part of the schedule after the circus trip.

0-4 looks horrible, and lets face it. The Bulls arent good (they will be at the end of the year) and the Pistons are (now). It will be tough. Doable, but tough.

Looking at the standings I can't really see any team that is worse. Maybe Sacramento, so congrats the Bulls are #2.

Realistically their best shot at a win comes against the Hawks, after Thanksgiving. They're going to be 0-10 and will probably lose that one too because the Hawks are a legitimate team.

If man, was Kirk the primary defender? Or someone else?

Mobley went friggin' 13-17.

But I'm so sick of hearing all night from people like Dore, King, Kendall fish gill saying the "Bulls did play better"...
Who gives a shit?
They LOST. Period.

when that starting lineup of Jamal Crawford, Scottie Pippen, Jalen Rose, Tyson Chandler, and Eddy Curry was going to bring the Bulls their first playoff trip since the Jordan-Pippen era?

But, then it seemed everybody, even the random bench guys (roger mason jr) just got worse and nobody on the team gave a crap if they won or lost?

this recent play has kind of reminded me of that

I do, however, think Skiles is a better coach than Cartright and can turn it around, leading the Bulls to the Finals where they were supposed to be going anyway.

Miami Heat of last year played when they felt like it with the attitude of 'we are better sos we will win', but then couldnt 'turn it on'. The Bulls are acting like that. From the Hardest working team in the league to a team that believes it will come to them.

They can get the edge back, i still think its only a matter of time.

Skiles micromanaging the game with his rotations/punitive substitutions would be e) on that list, but I typically don't scream at him unless he plays Deng/Smith/Duhon/Noah/Thabo for over half the fourth quarter and allows the offense to be run away from Deng and Smith.

Oh, and Tim Thomas outhustling the Bulls for a critical late fourth quarter possession was a tiny  dagger in my optimistic heart. If this team stops hustling, well, I might as well start comparing Roy Hibbert vs. Hasheem Thabeet mixtapes

I was at the game tonight, and I really don't understand why Wallace is even playing.  He's obviously hurt - at least he better be.  He sure isn't helping the team by playing like this, so I don't know what the Bulls are gaining by having him out there.  Why risk having his injury linger for half the season?

And speaking of punitive substitutions - Joakim Noah needs to be benched every time he launches a jump shot outside of the paint.