Open Game Thread #15: Bulls vs Dallas Mavericks
I enjoyed Sam Smith's (other) work today picking out Mavs quotes and suggesting how Bulls-like they sounded. A Dallas Morning News blogger was less than enthused:
Good point(?), but this season the Mavericks did try to move Stackhouse to the starting lineup for a handful of games displacing their version of Ben Gordon, Jason Terry, to the bench. I don't know how that experiment went, but I'll guess whatever advantages they gained by having the coveted 'big guard' were probably outweighed by Stack's 10.91 PER so far this season, and now Terry's back in the starting lineup with Devin Harris.
On the subject of the height disadvantage that makes everyone so sad, the Mavericks have a tall frontcourt rotation with Dirk, Dampier, and DeSagana. In their first meeting last season, the huge Dampier completely overwhelmed Ben Wallace. Lets hope Ben doesn't go into his shell after such a fantastic outing on Saturday. (How did he do that against Okafor and Brezec?!? They're taller than him!!). I wouldn't be surprised if they started Deng on Nowitzki to keep Tyrus out of early foul trouble, but a combination of Deng, Thomas, and Noah over the course of the game works for me. Nocioni, not so much.
Hopefully two wins worked out whatever horsecrap excuse they had for a horsecrap start to the season. It's not likely they'll beat the Mavs, but if they get blown the hell out at home it'll be a bad bad sign.
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Not likely?
Yeah, let's have some optimism!
I just can't go into a game without believing the Bulls will win, no matter how ridiculous the season so far makes that sound!
maybe...
This is an important test
hey, a Matt game thread
big
For all who can't see the game
Then go to CCTV5 (High Quality
Good way to see NBA games like this one.
by Seth @ Blog a Bull on Dec 3, 2007 7:25 PM CST reply actions
I tried sopcast before this is the first time it
by Ibleedbullsred on Dec 3, 2007 8:55 PM CST up reply actions
well...
and it seems like dallas is zeroed on on the short to midrange jumpers...
anybody have a link to the radio feed
Try nba.com
There's a "listen live" button there that gets you to the feed.
better
Yeah, that would be irritating
I don't know of a more in-synch broadcast though
Is the game sold out? I thought they usually only
by Ibleedbullsred on Dec 3, 2007 8:44 PM CST up reply actions
Man they are in chi-town, and they back out games
by Ibleedbullsred on Dec 3, 2007 9:05 PM CST up reply actions
opps blackout, my L sticks on my Labtop.
by Ibleedbullsred on Dec 3, 2007 9:05 PM CST up reply actions
It really does suck
Not looking good
by JackHaleyand the planetlovetron on Dec 3, 2007 7:56 PM CST reply actions
NOC!
But Noce is looking good with....
noch
Thank God for Noc
Only down 5 at the end of the 1st Q
Looks like Noc really woke everyone else up
It seems like every game this season I find myself saying "they can't keep shooting that great, can they? And Bulls can't keep shooting this poorly?"
HA! Wallace tomahawk jammed
just had a weird deja vu
Looked painful....hope he's okay
Did they say numb fingers?
(Sorry, Matt - not only fantasy, but the wrong sport even)
dude they seriously need to lose that gong for #3
Griffin SUCKS!!!
The H-Bomb strikes again
by Seth @ Blog a Bull on Dec 3, 2007 8:22 PM CST reply actions
call him what you want
how about "Break Even"
what good has he done THIS year?
He made his sweetheart
by Seth @ Blog a Bull on Dec 3, 2007 9:00 PM CST up reply actions
If you are
our superstars
everybody
I HATE Dickhead No-fit-ski
sheesh....
Deng....absolutely worthless tonight
File toppling goliath under 'intangibles'
by Seth @ Blog a Bull on Dec 3, 2007 8:33 PM CST up reply actions
down 12 now at half....
maybe it was just a dream
by Seth @ Blog a Bull on Dec 3, 2007 8:38 PM CST reply actions
What's worse than Dore, Kerr and King?
ugh...
and shooting a mere 29%....
his 3 fouls don't help
Maybe we can trade him for Dirk Nowitzki
by Seth @ Blog a Bull on Dec 3, 2007 8:57 PM CST up reply actions
Heinbrick on the bench...
twilight zone?
I'm just praying we can keep it close
Weird, weird night
Gotta give Du props for making the most of it.
I wouldn't call Deng's double pump 10 footer
by Seth @ Blog a Bull on Dec 3, 2007 9:08 PM CST reply actions
This is no excuse for 0-9 but looks like Lu is
by Ibleedbullsred on Dec 3, 2007 9:13 PM CST up reply actions
dropped another percent
sigh...
we seem to be getting ALL the defensive rebounds
by Seth @ Blog a Bull on Dec 3, 2007 9:13 PM CST up reply actions
I never seen Kirk look this bad
Only shot he made, he was fouled. His shot had to get altered to go in
kirk throws up a 12 ft. brick to end the 3rd Q
classic...
at this point
by Freethefro on Dec 3, 2007 9:21 PM CST up reply actions
points for creativity
The quest continues.
by Freethefro on Dec 3, 2007 9:24 PM CST up reply actions
I thought it might be the paring
Tyrus
by goldengod on Dec 3, 2007 9:21 PM CST reply actions
Scouting the Mavs
I also remember reading about how Brandon Bass and Tyrus used to work out together and Tyrus never once beat Bass. That's not very encouraging since Bass has taken 3 years to become a mediocrity.
Anyway, the lessons I came away with the game for the Bulls were that Nowitski really struggles with tall, strong and quick guys and Jeff Foster, who is tall, strong and quick is very overlooked as a player. Unfortunately, we don't really a comparable player. Their guards aren't all that great and if you can keep Howard and Terry under control you've got a pretty good shot at them even if Dirk gets his.
Looking at how things have unfolded though, not much of that matters. Howard has had his way on both ends of the court and although we haven't played awful defense or anything we've once again shot the ball like crap.
If tyrus had a jumpshot it woud be different
by Ibleedbullsred on Dec 3, 2007 9:31 PM CST up reply actions
LU hit a bucket, what they say Bass had a head
Side note, I thought we took pride in defense.
Why
by goldengod on Dec 3, 2007 9:34 PM CST reply actions
there's a lot of uselessness
He is playing that Non-statistical Defence, what
by Ibleedbullsred on Dec 3, 2007 9:39 PM CST up reply actions
lol, the chinese channel is funny
Kirk and Du with a breakaway 2 on 1
Talk about ugly...
I'm so sick of
by GoldenThreePeat on Dec 3, 2007 9:41 PM CST reply actions
Late in the 4th
Like I said, he gets away with murder...
That's an acronym for dickhead
I'm not going to request
FYI - it was intentional
I don't see you harassing anyone else misspelling here tonight...
You seem to be able to dish out the crap but can't take it in return.
And who (besides you) really cares if I misspell the opposition names, intentional or not?
Geesh.
If you're gonna harrass me - at least have the balls to do it like a man without hiding behind the blogmaster and your schoolboy threats.
You know what's funny about the chinese guys
I noticed this a whie back but it Looks like Stacy
Noc is our go-to guy.
OK, Deng's off the hook, he just did it too.
Too little too late for all of them :(
I like how that ended up
yeah, he did seem to just step aside of Ben
wow...
When was the last time Deng fouled out?
Well at least it was a competitive ending.
If nothing else
Too bad the rest of our players thought the last 2 games meant they didn't have to shoot with their eyes open any more.
Dallas stinks
by blackmage71 on Dec 3, 2007 9:59 PM CST reply actions
They only lost by 5 but...
by GoldenThreePeat on Dec 3, 2007 10:03 PM CST reply actions
Tyrus didn't ply in the 2nd qtr or the 2nd half.
Hmmmm
Ben Gordon was useless tonight.
Zero free throw attempts.
A couple of airballs.
Unfortunately Kirk and Lu
Moral victories suck, but I suppose I do feel better about making the game competitive at the end than I would have watching the guys fold and get blown out. But given how crappy they played the first half (excepting Noc and Du), it really is incredible it ended up being a game at all.
Wallace played all 48 minutes? Hope he's got something left for later this week.

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