PLAYOFF Game Thread: Bulls vs. Heat Game 2

I hope the bench plays like they did on Sunday. That is a must for the Bulls to win.

GO BULLS!!!

Only worry so far is the Bulls aren't being careful when running, Kirk with a TO trying to push the ball to Wallace, which would have wound up poorly even if Wallace got the ball. But that happens when you run, so I'll take the frightening moments sometimes.

First call on Wallace looked like BS...but he got an offensive foul for the elbow so my tinfoil conspiracy hat goes away for now.

Hinrich with the three off the OReb on the previous posession, and Jason Williams looked completely disinterested in stopping it.

that was a silly idea stepping in though with Wallace right there.

baseline official was ready to make charge call though...

NOC!!

Noc hitting two threes was huge, and Tyrus has made an impact yet again: assist to Wallace (he's getting better at making the right pass all the time), and a steal.

Gordon playing well with Thabo and manning the point, driving the lane and kicking it out to Noc for his first three.

Luckily he made two 3-pointers before I could get upset with that, haha.

Noc isn't going to get flop calls when he's the primary defender on Wade. Granted he was screwed matching up in transition, but he could at least unglue his hands from his side and give Wade a foul he feels.

That means you have to help Duhon's tiny-ass self when guarding Wade, leaving Posey open for a couple threes. They also get a healthy dose of rebounds with the Noc man at the 4.

There is no reason to put Duhon on Wade. Skiles thought with a 9 point lead and 4 minutes into the half he could take the risk and it backfired.

Why? because Duhon KILLED them. The Heat scored like crazy when he entered the game. And to cap it, when Skiles puts in Thabo to take wade for the final posession, the heat attack duhon anyway with Kapono shooting over him.

That lineup was a disaster defensively, holy crap.

Besides that they played another great half. TNT is full of shit when saying it was a Miami tempo...Bulls were playing quick and getting plenty of easy shots.

Difference today is that the 3-pointers are going in. Unfortunately they're not getting to the line as much as they did in game one, so that's why this margin isn't lopsided.

Man, I CAN'T BELIEVE DUHON WAS IN SO LONG!

Play hard the second half Bulls!

what tempo, the speed at which they came out of the tunnel? wtf.

Bulls are soooo open. Kerr was right that Miami's transition defense has been better tonight. But being faster doesn't just manifest itself in the open court, the Bulls are just quicker off the ball and when they come off screens they're open

And how about the job PJ is doing today? I think Eddie Rush derailed PJ in game one ;-p

This lead needs to get 45 before Duhon can come in.

Managed to survive another Duhon appearance, and that was helped by Riley taking Wade out for a bit.

I love it.  

Just throwin' it out there.

"The Bulls shouldn't be able to wear their black shoes, we can see them as well."

It leads me to the Baltimore Orioles homepage.

Sweet.

2nd time: #3 overall and Al Horford which I think they'll surely trade for something better.

3rd time: #1 overall and Greg Oden. An Eastern Concerence Finals run (or NBA Finals for that) alongside a Greg Oden selection sends... well, I can just be quiet now.