Open Thread: Celtics at Sixers
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Apr 14, 2009 6:59 PM CDT
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I love when Iguodala shoots
"Whenever Kirk/Ben are in together. Kirk turns into a crappy player, because he tries to freeze Gordon out of the offense." - Andrew7
Ooooooh...
I like what I’m hearing about the status of KG.
"Playoffs? Are we talking about playoffs? Really, I mean... Playoffs?"
He hasn't been responding to treatment like they hoped...
He is receiving around the clock attention and has had VERY little court time.
"Playoffs? Are we talking about playoffs? Really, I mean... Playoffs?"
by Khalid El-Amin on Apr 14, 2009 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions
It's kind of funny to be rooting for the Cs tonight,
while at the same time being happy they’re beat up. One of the things that makes this time of season great.
(I’m really glad to be in a position where I can cheer whole-heartedly against Detroit, though!)
Man-slave, bring me my PB&J!
They should just let Rondo run around until he gets a layup
"Whenever Kirk/Ben are in together. Kirk turns into a crappy player, because he tries to freeze Gordon out of the offense." - Andrew7
This crowd makes the UC sound like rock concert.
"Playoffs? Are we talking about playoffs? Really, I mean... Playoffs?"
Win tomorrow and the Bulls are in the 6th seed. There's zero chance Philly beats Cleveland when they're going for the home record.
by ThisIsJustBanter on Apr 14, 2009 7:35 PM CDT reply actions
Thats actually kinda funny
The Celtics of the 80’s would be flattered.
I still think they’d be deep enough though that whole team has a crazy confidence boost playing there.
Just because they say it
it doesn’t mean they mean it. If they sit their starters all game, then i’ll believe it.
My feeling is that they’ll play their starters in the first half and try to build up a led their reserves can keep.
Im ready for the Celts or Magic
Im daydreaming away of ECF..
http://irudey.mybrute.com/
Fun little Time waster!
Doesn't that winner of the 3-6 series play the winner of the 1-8 series?
If that’s the case, and let’s just dream about beating the Magic, wouldn’t you wannt avoid LeBron until the Eastern Conference Finals?
Just a thought
That's correct
It’s always set up so that, if seeding holds, the top seed would play the lowest remaining seed.
Man-slave, bring me my PB&J!
Stephon Marbury, Mikki Moore, Tony Allen, Glen Davis, Eddie House.
As Bulls fans, I’m not sure we’ve had to see too many lineups worse than this one.
Viva la nuance! Reading comprehension rules!!!
Here it is
Conference Semifinals matchups are as follows:
1-8 Winner vs. 4-5 Winner
2-7 Winner vs. 3-6 Winner
Guys let's be honest
Boston wants no parts of the Bulls. That’s not me sipping the Kool-aid, that’s the truth. Why play us when they can play this sorry Sixers team.
C-Webb clearly hasn't been watching the games and just looked at the names of
the coaches flanking VDN
Fire Vinny.
by fundamentallysound on Apr 14, 2009 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions
aww man i missed it
who did chuck and kenny pick?
It's tough to be around competitive situations . . . but I've been able to manage. I've been able to survive. (GOAT)
You're forgetting Starbury!
His 4.3 PER strikes fear to anyone. And by anyone, I mean absolutely no one
I can see Steph having 1 really good game in the playoffs
It's tough to be around competitive situations . . . but I've been able to manage. I've been able to survive. (GOAT)
Stupid Celtics with fourth Technical.
General manager needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow,next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Sir Paxdorf.
Apparently Philly no longer has to dribble...
travel x20 on that last possession
"The Zen philosopher Basho once wrote: 'A flute with no holes is not a flute, And a doughnut with no hole is a Danish.' He was a funny guy."
It's the special dog-day rules
Even the refs just want to get to the playoffs
Man-slave, bring me my PB&J!
Im kinda routing for Boston in this game
cuz i wanna play em… and i think well win 2 morow…which will keep ur energy up for game 1…i have a feeling that the 1st series is gonna be Dwight’s breakout game. just a scary thought
It's tough to be around competitive situations . . . but I've been able to manage. I've been able to survive. (GOAT)
My least favorite part of my job is proctoring exams
There is little in the world as boring as this, plus you have the essence of stress and failure just filling the room.
The least Boston could do is make a game out of it, so I have something to keep me awake until all these hardworking students finish using every freaking minute available to look up the answers they don’t know and can’t find in the books they never read.
Man-slave, bring me my PB&J!
Haha
There is little in the world as boring as this, plus you have the essence of stress and failure just filling the room.
That’s the funniest post I’ve read in a while. I can feel the hatred from all the way over here.
They really haven't appreciated previous nights, when the Bulls played,
and I provided score updates on the chalkboard along with updating the time left.
I haven’t bothered them with Celtics score updates, ;)
Man-slave, bring me my PB&J!
What do you teach,may I ask?
General manager needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow,next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Sir Paxdorf.
Sociology
This semester I’m TAing Comparative Criminal Justice Systems, which is suppose to give me extra time to work on my dissertation. Usually I teach Intro to Soc, and next fall I’ll be teaching Law & Society.
When I get to write my own tests, there’s always a basketball related question at the end just for fun. It’s a “no wrong answer” of course – but it’s fun to watch the particularly stressed out students freak about not knowing the answer.
Man-slave, bring me my PB&J!
Like what was Tyrus Thomas' PER last season?:)
General manager needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow,next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Sir Paxdorf.
Usually non-factual stuff
Which NBA team is best – Which will win the playoffs – What was the best highlight from the previous week – that kind of stuff.
On the first test, it actually is sociology-related -
Which NBA team is best?
a) The Chicago Bulls, because conflict theory teaches that power is a significant force in social life, and this is what my instructor believes.
b) (Whichever team has the best record), because sociology in the modern era follows the scientific method, and the team with the best record should be considered the best from an objective standpoint.
c) The Oklahoma City Thunder, because the Thomas principal teaches that what a person believes is real in its consequences, and I want the local team to win
d) This question cannot be answered, because it is dependent on time and space. We live in a postmodern world, and there is no Truth. Not even Paul Pierce.
Man-slave, bring me my PB&J!
No, we've been using Anderson, which I haven't cared for a whole lot
We’re switching this year and the final decision hasn’t been made yet. We (the grad student instructors) don’t get much of a vote, though – the undergrad committee picks a standard textbook for all sections.
Man-slave, bring me my PB&J!
Eddie House = Pride of ASU
It's tough to be around competitive situations . . . but I've been able to manage. I've been able to survive. (GOAT)
Haha. Rondo just missed his own layup.
HAHAHAHA
And there was no foul.
Viva la nuance! Reading comprehension rules!!!
What is Chicago's record against Orlando? I agree with Boston being your best match up considering Dwight is a beast and you guys don't have a very strong post defender yet.
The BEdger previously known as BR7formvp.
we're 1-3 against orlando
1-2 against the celtics. we finally beat the celtics since they acquired KG for the first time with… well no kg. a month ago.
"They should. They better. I'm Vinny Del Negro!"
Celts are really trying to lose this one.just by Tech's.
General manager needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow,next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Sir Paxdorf.
I have this bizarre image of Doc in the locker room screaming this pep talk
about them slacking in the tech department and needing to pick it up.
Doc:
“We are the Celtics! We are the reigning world champions! I want you to go out there and demand those techs – don’t take no for an answer! Don’t let those refs walk away from you! WE ARE THE CELTICS!!!! Now, everyone, whiny bitch face on three….”
Man-slave, bring me my PB&J!
Ha!He is hell of a whiner.
General manager needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow,next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Sir Paxdorf.
Tony Allen channels Noc
and give a flop from hell
It's tough to be around competitive situations . . . but I've been able to manage. I've been able to survive. (GOAT)
Sweet pass
It's tough to be around competitive situations . . . but I've been able to manage. I've been able to survive. (GOAT)
Man, this is a good game
It's tough to be around competitive situations . . . but I've been able to manage. I've been able to survive. (GOAT)
To hell with Boston and Orlando
I want Philly in the first round. How do we get this 2 seed?
My greatest enemy is my inner me
talk to this guy
It's tough to be around competitive situations . . . but I've been able to manage. I've been able to survive. (GOAT)
LOL Reggie Miller saying Allen's elbow was unintentional
followed by the replay obviously saying otherwise. :)
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Apr 14, 2009 9:26 PM CDT reply actions
He also said he would the same!
General manager needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow,next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Sir Paxdorf.
reggie is smoking too much reggie
It's tough to be around competitive situations . . . but I've been able to manage. I've been able to survive. (GOAT)
Yeah, right now Philly controls it - they just have to win to get 6th
If they lose Bulls control it and all Philly can do is hope we lose. (All of that assuming getting to 6 is better than 7)
Man-slave, bring me my PB&J!
And cavs have to beat Sixers.
General manager needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow,next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Sir Paxdorf.
Or they lose tomorrow
They play the Cavs at their place tomorrow. The Cavs, who has lost one game at home thus far.
Too bad for the fans
who might have bought tickets to see big names. They should trot them out for a quarter at least. I know if I had been able to get Bulls tickets during MJs years I’d be pissed if he didn’t touch the floor the game I went to.
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And the second he tore his ACL because somebody fell on him going up for a rebound...
Everyone would be clammoring to get the coach fired.
"Playoffs? Are we talking about playoffs? Really, I mean... Playoffs?"
by Khalid El-Amin on Apr 14, 2009 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions
That can happen any time.
Might as well start saving him up a month ago. Don’t let him step foot on wet tile in the bathroom or peal apples. Bubble boy him until the conference finals.
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Games still mattered a month ago.
Sorry.
"Playoffs? Are we talking about playoffs? Really, I mean... Playoffs?"
by Khalid El-Amin on Apr 14, 2009 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions
This last one actually does matter.
They could tie a record if they put in a little effort to win it. They could make an appearance for their fans who bought tickets. I am all for resting players, but not to play at all? He could slip in the locker room. Better have him watching from a fluffy sofa at home. Why have him play the first round at all? The real game doesn’t start until the conference finals anyway. Even playing in the first quarter against the Pistons could prove deadly. Why bother?
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yeah, i don't like the resting thing either
i understand limiting minutes, but it blows to buy tickets for a game and find out your favorite player isn’t even playing.
"They should. They better. I'm Vinny Del Negro!"
I guarantee you that if the Cavs win a championship...
Nobody will care that LBJ sat out the regular season finale.
"Playoffs? Are we talking about playoffs? Really, I mean... Playoffs?"
by Khalid El-Amin on Apr 14, 2009 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Who beat em @ home?
Was it SA? I can’t even remember…
"The Zen philosopher Basho once wrote: 'A flute with no holes is not a flute, And a doughnut with no hole is a Danish.' He was a funny guy."
by Ugh It Live! on Apr 14, 2009 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions
i gotta say...
even though dwight may manhandle JoNo and Tyrus, I would still rather take my chances facing Orlando than a playoff charged Paul Pierce. That man is just a killer when it counts.
does anyone know
how well teams that have relied that heavily on 3s have done in the playoffs historically
Maybe the Bulls are good.
these teams suck!
Brad Miller's pump fake is still not on the scouting report?
Never thought Big Baby would win a chip
b4 TT
It's tough to be around competitive situations . . . but I've been able to manage. I've been able to survive. (GOAT)
Eddie house is stupid.
General manager needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow,next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Sir Paxdorf.
Pride of ASUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
lol
It's tough to be around competitive situations . . . but I've been able to manage. I've been able to survive. (GOAT)
Lets see a real 'coming out of a timeout' play...
"The Zen philosopher Basho once wrote: 'A flute with no holes is not a flute, And a doughnut with no hole is a Danish.' He was a funny guy."
Ha nm...
At least Iggy is tall enough to get the shot off at the end…
"The Zen philosopher Basho once wrote: 'A flute with no holes is not a flute, And a doughnut with no hole is a Danish.' He was a funny guy."
by Ugh It Live! on Apr 14, 2009 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not sure that it was.
Sub out AI for BG. Dribble Dribble Bad Shot.
by JockstrapNoah on Apr 14, 2009 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Luol and BG are prolly watching futbol
while Aarons out getting a ‘Fourth Meal’…
"The Zen philosopher Basho once wrote: 'A flute with no holes is not a flute, And a doughnut with no hole is a Danish.' He was a funny guy."
by Ugh It Live! on Apr 14, 2009 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Marbury is looking better
It's tough to be around competitive situations . . . but I've been able to manage. I've been able to survive. (GOAT)
Igudala is no Kobe.
General manager needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow,next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Sir Paxdorf.
Pride of ASU
looking like the weakest link
It's tough to be around competitive situations . . . but I've been able to manage. I've been able to survive. (GOAT)
Great Eddie
I sometimes hate when guys shoot fast. But I suppose they do so they don’t think about it.
Nothing can be easy
Isn’t that our theme this year?
What was that?
The ole ‘rusty gate’ play?
"The Zen philosopher Basho once wrote: 'A flute with no holes is not a flute, And a doughnut with no hole is a Danish.' He was a funny guy."
Good game tho
It's tough to be around competitive situations . . . but I've been able to manage. I've been able to survive. (GOAT)
Notice how well Boston defended that inbounds pass. Twice.
I wish we could do that.
Props to tom tibodeaux?
So seriously,
Philly should be a little shaken here. It was trying to win, at home, playing its regular rotation against a team not playing some key starters and (slightly) resting some others – and it blows it.
This makes a 6 game losing streak for them, right?
Man-slave, bring me my PB&J!
They might as well concede. They are toast.
by JockstrapNoah on Apr 14, 2009 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions
If the 76ers (ending the season like this) play Boston in the first round, expect more Celts fans
than Philly fans at the Philadelphia home games
by KentuckyBullsFan on Apr 14, 2009 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions
This shows why we don't want to play Boston
Without KG and Ray Allen, and with nothing to play for, they managed to beat the Sixers in Philly. Give me Orlando instead.
Why resort to name calling?
-Dionysus2.0
because I wish to insult you personally
-your friendly BullsBlogger
Yeah but, sixers had lost 5 games in a row.
Including an absolutely embarrassing 96-67 thrashing to the nets in new jeres.
what a meltdown...
I was just telling myself that it would take a miracle for us to get to the 6th seed. Philly losing 6 straight, and us winning 5 in a row? Insane!!!
If only the season were a week or two longer, we might have been able to get the 5th seed
If only Pax had made the trade a week or two before the trade deadline.
Why resort to name calling?
-Dionysus2.0
because I wish to insult you personally
-your friendly BullsBlogger
And had we not lost to the Heat
twice in pathetic ways.
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Any updates on Turkoglu?
General manager needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow,next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Sir Paxdorf.
We better beat Toronto
Remember this game
"Whenever Kirk/Ben are in together. Kirk turns into a crappy player, because he tries to freeze Gordon out of the offense." - Andrew7
That game haunts me.
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Better to lose to LBJ
than the Pistons. And at the time we were more than a little worried about starting off with the champs in the first round. The main problem was that we had an attainable goal we all knew and still messed it up. We couldn’t get what we wanted: 50 wins, avoiding the Heat, avoiding the Pistons. Had we wanted to play the Heat then fine, but we didn’t. They sent us packing the year previous. Everyone was on the same page when it came to beating the Nets and we couldn’t pull it off. There’s the rub.
It was the first big sign of the blow up the following year. Miami was rotted out inside. Beating them was going to happen. The Pistons were already showing a decline but they still beat us. The Nets showed we were soft when it came to getting the must win game. And then the next year we really showed it.
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Hmmm
We fell to the 4th seed? I missed a good chunk of 2007 and 08.
Dang….well good thing I missed it now I don’t have to feel bitter about it :D
Of course unless the Bulls lose to Toronto tomorrow.
I think we could of taken the Cavs. I always kinda felt that it was not just the Pistons over confidence but also they had so many long seasons in a row.
I really think that Bulls team could contain the rest of the Cavs. Though I missed that Pistons series so really have no idea.
From the wiki:
“…the Bulls performed better as the season went on and finished 49-33. The record was good enough to receive the #5 seed among the 8 teams qualifying for the Eastern Conference Playoffs. The Bulls, however, lost their final game of the season to the New Jersey Nets which would have boosted them to a #2 seed and given them an easier path to the Eastern Conference Finals…The Bulls opened the playoffs by defeating the defending champion Miami Heat in a 4-0 sweep. The Heat were hindered by a nagging injury to Dwyane Wade, but nevertheless most observed felt that the Bulls had outplayed the Heat in the series. In the second round, the #1 seed Detroit Pistons quickly put a damper on the excitement of Bulls’ fans by soundly defeating the Bulls in Game 1 of the seven game series, holding the Bulls to 33% shooting and only 69 points 2. The Bulls would continue to struggle, scoring just 87 and 74 points in games 2 and 3 respectively, and finding themselves in a 3-0 series deficit. The Bulls stayed alive by winning games 4 and 5, scoring triple digits in each game, but then suffered a 95-85 defeat on their home court in game 6 to end their season.” so says the wiki
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no, we would have avoided the cavs or pistons till the ECF
but we wouldn’t have played the wiz like the cavs did – we would have faced the nets since they would have suffered another loss and dropped to 7th. we would have had the nets and then the winner of the raptors/wiz series.
but since the nets had our number, that would have been a terrible matchup for us, even if we had been able to win the last game of the season.
"They should. They better. I'm Vinny Del Negro!"
I'll never forget where I was for that game, absolutely one of my lowest points as a Bulls fan
The team was rolling, was all setup to grab the 3 seed and make some noise. Then that.
I had moved to NYC about 6 months earlier on a whim, was sitting in a shithole apartment in my shithole room watching the game on a shitty ass stream. That loss put me in a foul mood for days.
I remember when the playoffs came I didn’t even really care. Of course they swept a bad Miami team and gave the Pistons a good run. What a rollercoaster few weeks.
oh man
that one left a scar. Back when Kidd was taking it out on Skiles.
Brad Miller's pump fake is still not on the scouting report?
From the AP:
The Celtics already had the second seed in the East locked up and could face the Sixers in the first round of the playoffs. The Sixers, though, could move up a spot to sixth and play Orlando if they win Wednesday night in Cleveland and the Knicks beat Chicago.
What?!?!?! FAIL!
They pay these people to write about basketball.
Not to watch basketball. It is getting pretty obvious now.
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An underlooked plus of playing the Magic as opposed to Boston
is that if we get our ass kicked by Orlando at least we won’t be subjected to all the histrionics. The only thing worse than getting beat, is getting beat by a team that’s gonna be pounding their chest and talking shit for an entire series. At least this way my hatred level can stay down a few notches. Although I’ll probably get sick of seeing Dwight Howard’s big ass grin after every block and/or dunk right around the second quarter of the first game.
"That's a spicy meatball-a!" - Vinny Del Negro
yeah but losing to boston
will still be worth watching if Bad Ass Miller can elbow KG in the face and/or Tyrus blocking his shot into the stands
Was at the Sixers-Celts game last night
First, the wheels are off the bus for the Sixers. They couldn’t get it done against the Celts B Team (OK, they had Pierce but Rondo played like garbage and no Allen or KG).
Second, I convinced myself we’d rather play Orlando than the Celts. Even with their second stringers, the Celts play a mean half-court defense that would reek havoc with our jump shooters and pick and roll. Dwight will kill us, yes. But if Orlando’s three point shooters are off, we have a chance. And I think it’d be easier for us to run on the break.
Oh, and Pierce’s 30-some points came in limited minutes. It looked like the easiest 30 points I’ve ever seen. Just casually dropping treys and mid-range Js. That guy can still put the biscuit in the basket.
"Wait, just let me listen." - Scottie Pippen
This is pretty unreal
how this is working out. We control our own destiny, but it took 6 games of help from the Sixers. Thanks Thaddeus Young. Thank you more Derrick Rose.
12/31: Fire Vinny Del Negro.
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