at the exact moment i write a 4 paragraph rambling on the last overflow thread.

basically, i thought we were badly outcoached (stunner) and i’d like to see more pick and rolls using Tyrus up top. it’s pretty clear to me that doc has decided to get all over BG and Derrick and make the other guys beat us, and I think if they leave Tyrus all alone on those pick and rolls 17 feet from the basket, he can make them pay from there. It’s clear he isn’t going to be effective working the baseline and scoring inside from there in this series, but if they leave him all alone from 17 feet he can either hit that jumper or use his speed and athleticism to (hopefully) get around the celts bigs and make an easier shot for himself inside than he would get from the baseline and (again, hopefully) draw some fouls on those drives

I was at the game and noticed that in the 3rd quarter, two timeouts in a row Vinny and the assistants were standing in the middle of the court away from the team…so is Lindsey Hunter drawing up plays now? Did they show this or comment on TV?

At least nobody can complain he did not play Tyrus enough tonight. What was up with TT being out there with the scrubs through the end of the game?

“Nearly everyone was awful, but I was really dissapointed in Tyrus and Noah. They looked so overmatched physically tonight it’s enough to question their long term viability as a tandem. It was that bad. So many times they fumbled passes, or got stripped, or were pushed out of the paint. By a decimated Celtics front line.”

I was so high on them like 5 hours ago…

Salmons actually delivered a chest high pass to Noah and he stuffed it. We need to see crisper passing otherwise the result will once again be 16 f’ng steals.

I agree that Tyrus at the baseline is a disaster. He made his share of some lummox plays but no more than the rest of the stumblers. Seeing him on the bench with his head buried in his hands indicates that the Chief Anus has managed to once again break his spirit by always singling him out and removing him first after a mistake. The message is loud and clear, “I’m in charge. I make the decisions! I don’t second guess myself! I don’t even first guess myself! So what if I have a Mussolini complex. Tyrus has to go. He just doesn’t play like a professional and I demand my players look like professionals out there, just like me with my Armani suits and $100 haircuts.”

When Tyrus is on his game he can bring the Bulls to a new level and his energy is contagious with both the fans and the players, but his confidence is fragile after being jacked around so many times during his young career. The best time to give him an opportunity to grow up would be now, in a crucial playoff series. Same for Rose. They both, along with Noah, should have been given more minutes as a learning experience which may pay future dividends, that is if there is a future with the Bulls

TT needs to attack more from the top of the key and try to draw some fouls. If he winds up with a charge so be it. Let’s see some more alley oops from Derrick. Rose looked totally out of synch (too much ROY pressure?). TT is once again playing like a deer in the headlights fearing the VinnyVan is going to roll over him out the second he screws up, because he always does. If only this would happen more often during the numerous times when Vinny’s vets are laying large rotten eggs out there.

It also doesn’t help that our feckless coaching staff appears to be unable to make any kind of meaningful adjustments that could stop the bleeding, other than pray Ben or Derrick put on superhuman efforts again (sorry DelStupido, the Celts know how to counter your thin bag of tricks, so you are once again exposed as the ultimate NBA anti-coach).

To be fair as Matt pointed out, our resident hardwood scholar was able to find time to insert the great Tim Thomas which opened up the court as he had hoped. Unfortunately it opened up for the Celtics with his complete defensivelessness and sappy shot selection. When paired with the rapidly disappearing Brad Miller, all they needed at that point was to change into clown suits with Vinny driving the lead clown car around in circles, going nowhere, because a basketball game immediately changed into a circus but nobody in the stands were laughing except for the Celts coaching staff and the now infamous braying jackass adding to the moment with his facial gyrations more suited for a freak show than on the World Champions bench.

But fear not Bulls fans. It is likely Vinny is reviewing the tape as we speak and noticing the Bulls may have an answer for game 4. Roberson was 3 for 4 including 2 3’s with a +8 , while the terrific trio of Johnson, Gray and Hunter racked up a +13 dominating the Scalabrini led Celts in the 4th quarter. Is he thinking of possible starting Linton Johnson to capture that energy he brings to the table when on the court? And few can deny that Hunter seemed much more in control than D Rose who played frantically at times. Remember, Vinny prides himself on being an innovator as well as motivator. While just last week, he moved the candy machine into his office so the players won’t try to sneak a Snickers bar past him before the game.

I guarantee whatever scheme he’ll come up with will likely surprise and confuse the Beantowners, but probably not nearly as much as the Bulls.

The Bulls were charging $25 for those goddamn shirts! What greedy bastards.

rose can and will play better and the rest of the bulls will follow suit

He didn’t fake any injury last game, you honky, nor did he fake an injury in Game 2. I would love to see you fall awkwardly just like Rondo did in Game 2 and see how you deal with it.

In the end of Game 3, Rondo said his feet were hurting so they carried him off, but he is “fine” according to him.

That was just awful all around. Scalabrini not only played, but scored!! With his belly and headband, he looks like some guy that could score in a pickup game at the Y. I turned it off when he made a 3 from the corner. That was the ulitmate indignity.

This was like the Toronto game, in that it was a big game, a winnable game, and Bulls completely crapped all over themselves. I’m trying to be objective and not make too much out of one game, but this really concerns me about the history of the Paxson-era Bulls and the way the handle (or don’t handle) expectation.

This group does great when there are low expectations or none at all: playoffs in ‘05, ’06 under Skiles, playoffs this year, and the occassional regular season upsets. But if they are expected to acheive big things, if they can’t sneak up on anyone, they not only fail to reach the bar but do so in spectacularly bad fashion.. It seems that this team has a difficult time winning games it’s supposed to win: Philly in ‘07, the entire ’07-’08 season, swept by T-wolves this year, Toronto game, last night. The Bulls simply do not play well when they aren’t “against the world” so to speak. They bear the weight of expectation poorly.

…there is no hope. We can only afford a single one-on-one player at a time, and I’d rather have BG. Both of them bring the ball movement and passing to a complete standstill.

I agree that they seemed over-anxious, like they were trying too hard. Hopefully Vinny & Co. will do a better job getting them to relaxi for Sunday’s game.

…how to deal with Perkins in the post? I thought it was interesting. He talked about how Del Negro should wait to bring the help on Perkins because Perkins is no threat away from the basket. But since the help was coming as early as it took the pressure off Perkins to make decisions with the ball away from the basket as he was able to simply dump it off the Davis for about 3 easy baskets early on.

That was a little brief insight to how a veteran coach would subtly adjust on the fly.

Guys have to come to play. We were incredibly sloppy to start the game, with needless and careless turnover after careless turnover….then we allowed them to go off. There’s little we can do. We played nervous, Derrick played like he had to prove the ROY thing….it’s hard cuz I would have sat Salmons for Hinrich 6 minutes into the 1st quarter (after John got really cold and his D wasn’t stopping the then hot Pierce). Hinrcih has a calming influence on the team when things go that sour….

But then it was a mess.

I thought Noah played really well from what I saw….I loved his energy, and that amazing pass he made when we still had a chance to Salmons was something….

Oh well, as has happened before everytime I start getting really really really ridiculously really excited about this team, a game like yesterday happens.

Still I expect us to regroup and play the way we can play by next game. I don’t think the series is down and out quite yet…..but I really hope these blowout losses are done after this year……

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over.

game 1 – a bait
game 2 – a bait
game 3 – now they know the bulls, they already figured it out how to defend Gordon and Rose at the same time.
game 4 – remember how the trojans were butchered when the greeks outsmarted them with the trojan horse?
game 5 – the youth of the bulls will kill them. playing with pressure, with lack of experience, lack of good executions, heck don’t have good plays, heck more don’t have a defensive scheme..

it’s over guys..

…“Anyone who thinks it’s better to be a lottery team than a first round loser hasn’t been to a playoff game.” followed by “I got a nice red towel to wipe my ass with” still makes me laugh