The Chicago Bulls did a lot of things right on Saturday afternoon in Boston en route to a 105-103...

The Chicago Bulls did a lot of things right on Saturday afternoon in Boston en route to a 105-103 overtime win. They controlled the tempo on the Celtics' home floor, and mauled the league's second-best rebounding team on the glass. But it's impossible to consider any single facet of the game without focusing on Derrick Rose. Chicago's rookie point guard tied Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record for most points in a playoff debut with 36.

Rose's game displays a seamless combination of spontaneity and purpose. He's perfectly capable of free-forming at any moment -- even off a made bucket -- but he's also a master orchestrator who controls the halfcourt game from the point. Rose shredded the Celtics' defense Saturday and he did it in a variety of ways.

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This was a great piece

FYI, though: You should only post a little snippet instead of the entire thing so that the author gets the page hit.

Arnovitz is great.

When I watch NBA games I often call the fouls before the referees do. Sometimes it’s a gift. Most of the time it's troublesome. - NBA Observer

by Illini15 on Apr 19, 2009 5:17 PM CDT reply actions

good advice

if you look at my other posts, I usually get creamed by Matt for not properly posting,

but I’m learning.

(broken links, fanshots v fanposts, repetitive coverage etc)

the point is that I search a lot of web sites for coverage of my favorite team and I try to post anything that I feel others with a shared passion for the bulls would love to read as well.

If only I could post as well and as quickly as some of you do on my observations of the bulls. I try and record every game and I go through them with a coaches angle repeating in slow motion any play on offense and defense that stands out to me for each player and/or as a team response. This writer did a great job describing what I saw D Rose do with Noah in the post as I had repeated it about 6 times in slow motion to figure out how Noah ended up being so open for the dunk! It was just so incredible to me that Rose took all of a split second to fool the defense into moving towards Tyrus in order to get Noah that easy dunk. That is why I HAVE TO record the games so that I can grasp all the minute details of our players developments.

by gman2849 on Apr 19, 2009 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions