Waiting awhile after this game to post was therapeutic
Alright, lets talk about what went wrong tonight:
| Name | Min | FG | 3Pt | FT | Reb | Ast | TO | PF | Pts |
| L. Deng | 35 | 3-14 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| B. Gordon | 36 | 6-18 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| K. Hinrich | 30 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
Um, that's pretty much it.
Kindof funny that it happens on a day when the idea is floated that they could all potentially average 20 a game.
This happened against Detroit too: There may have been points where the team made huge runs and stayed close, but if you step back from the in-game roller coaster ride and just realize that their three best players all didn't play well, then it's not hard to see how the Bulls lost. Losing this big doesn't make that any less or more true, methinks they just packed it in getting ready for Orlando on Thursday.
And it's not all about the 'core' being perimeter players and the inconsistencies of being reliant on the jump shot. When the shot isn't falling they should all be at least getting to the line. They had 3 FTAs against the Heat, a team whose perimeter defense has long been labeled suspect. Perhaps replacing Dwyane Wade with Eddie Jones helps in that department, but it shouldn't this much.
They're allowed to have off nights, but not all 3 at a time, and this was beyond 'off'. When their individual games suffer to this level, the Bulls have no chance. We should hope that it doesn't happen often. Because that's not being inconsistent, it's being average. And 3 average guys isn't good enough to make a playoff run this season. (luckily in this conference they don't have to be 3 studs, either)
But, eh, chalk it up to just a real bad game. Personally it was important (just because of Heat-hate), but for the team it is no more important than Orlando tomorrow or the last 3 they won. Lets all forget this mess happened...the Heat just as easily shook off the opposite result on opening night.
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Wait for it.....wait for it....
by Colossus on
Mar 7, 2007 11:32 PM CST
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Duhon's irrelevant
by your friendly BullsBlogger on
Mar 8, 2007 12:13 AM CST
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Ugh
Anyone else going to the Celtics game next week?
by corey williams corey benjamin on
Mar 7, 2007 11:40 PM CST
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Great quote reference
by Colossus on
Mar 7, 2007 11:42 PM CST
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This is what happens
by bullshooter on
Mar 7, 2007 11:43 PM CST
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by the final 17 minutes
by your friendly BullsBlogger on
Mar 8, 2007 12:14 AM CST
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with 18 min left
by bullshooter on
Mar 8, 2007 9:44 AM CST
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At least
by cubbybear on
Mar 8, 2007 12:09 AM CST
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Totally Agreed, Matt
by BenGo07 on
Mar 8, 2007 1:27 AM CST
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im going to disagree
sweethomesports.com/bulls
if you care for a different opinon
by milesgmsu on
Mar 8, 2007 10:43 AM CST
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Ouch
I definitely support the "Too much fun in South Beach" theory.
by Jobu on
Mar 8, 2007 7:44 AM CST
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Skiles' dream lineup
by dcarioca on
Mar 8, 2007 8:39 AM CST
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Exactly written
by Option27 on
Mar 8, 2007 10:10 AM CST
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Matt . . .
On another note, to fuel the Heat-hate, check out O'Neal's quote after the game, the first part of which is rather dismissive and disrespectful:
"They've been a little bit more serious in playing us than we were in playing them," O'Neal said. "So we knew that we owed this team. They hate us for some reason, which is fine. They use as one of their stepping stones, so we had to let them know that we're still here."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=270307014
I'd love to see a Bulls/Heat series in the playoffs, but I'd hate to see the Bulls lose a Bulls/Heat series in the playoffs.
by preverbal on
Mar 8, 2007 10:27 AM CST
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answer..
by your friendly BullsBlogger on
Mar 8, 2007 1:46 PM CST
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Strangley enought
Chalk it up to a bad shooting night, nothing more, nothing less, besides James Posey donating to the referee's retirement fund. (Some of the flops he took were ridiculous. This game should be sent to the league as point one for the reason a flop is way over-called.)
by james@lifeinthecell on
Mar 8, 2007 10:28 AM CST
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Technicality
by wjb1492 on
Mar 8, 2007 2:28 PM CST
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but it was an empty FG%
by your friendly BullsBlogger on
Mar 8, 2007 2:33 PM CST
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I know,
by wjb1492 on
Mar 8, 2007 5:01 PM CST
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Nocioni
(and I'm still hoping my Sweetney loyalty will pay off. I didn't see the game, but I'm wondering why he only got three minutes against Shaq when he did a decent job in the playoff last year).
by GWKD on
Mar 8, 2007 11:00 AM CST
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we coulda had jordan and pip and wilt
by milesgmsu on
Mar 8, 2007 3:36 PM CST
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if you want to play the hypothetical game
if the Bulls played
Michael Jordan
Scottie Pippen, and
Wilt Chamberlain
the Bulls would have KILLED the Heat last night.
by GWKD on
Mar 8, 2007 4:17 PM CST
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wait
by your friendly BullsBlogger on
Mar 8, 2007 4:21 PM CST
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nocioni is
by GWKD on
Mar 8, 2007 4:33 PM CST
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I like your
by sue369 on
Mar 8, 2007 11:31 AM CST
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They will
by vlad001 on
Mar 8, 2007 5:40 PM CST
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