2012 Playoffs: (1) Bulls Vs. (8) 76ers

[john26]

A hilarious turn of events. Oh the hilarity, how the mighty have fallen. To put it in the great words of the enigmatic Joakim Noah, "Chicago really sucks".

[deihatein]

[JBoom_LALALAND]

Boston will rip them. Unlucky for the Bulls, Watson shouldn't have passed it to Asik in the last seconds. They could have forced game 7.

[Drex]

Fuck yeah! I'm here just to party !

[RedPhazon8]

It came down to the final free throws, although the Bulls had plenty of chances to extend the lead with all of the offensive rebounds they kept finding. Overall not the result I'm sure any Bulls fan expected from a team that could do better...

[George7]

Sucks to see this end that way... Really big dissapointement ,in a season where nothing went good for us... Many injuries,and losing D-Rose and Jo in the first 3 games,was a huge disaster for the team. But still I would expect them to get pass Philadelphia. They lost 3 games that could have gone the Bulls' way,because of those many mistakes... Game 3,losing a 14 point lead with some awful shooting in the 4th,Game 4,losing it because of really bad officiating and a silly foul by Asik on Iggy, and Game 6,which was lost because of that awful sequence with the bad desicion from Watson to give the ball to our worst FT shooter and the foul on the other end, all of them could have been won by Chicago...

Boozer again was a non factor... 3 POINTS??? 3 points in the most crucial game for a man who is paid 80 millions for 5 years!!!! He was supposed to be the 2nd gun in the Bulls arsenal,and he's most of the times a non factor!

[Nick]

[jettdaking!]

i voted Philly in 7,

[shadowgrin]

Boston will rip them.

At least the Sixers made it past the 1st round like they're supposed to against a team with its 'star' player down. The Lakers can't even dispose of the Nuggets who have no 'star' player.

Fuck yeah! I'm here just to party !

Stay for the after party Drex. Lean and Jackal would be happy to provide you some 'sensual' entertainment while I watch.

[Patr1ck]

Asik must feel like a damn idiot right now.

I can't count how many times I see nba players take freethrows and feel like I could be making thousands of dollars improving their percentages, one by one. Anyone ever fell the same?

On another note, it's amazing to see how much Derrick Rose contributes to his team. Whit him the Bulls are a contender, without him it's a first round exit.

[Radioman]

Damn, i am sorry for the Bulls and Derrick Rose. I just hope he can recover and don't force an early comeback.

The 76ers are a solid team and i think they can make the Celtics a really good competition.

[shadowgrin]

I can't count how many times I see nba players take freethrows and feel like I could be making thousands of dollars improving their percentages, one by one. Anyone ever fell the same?

If you shoot no less than 95% on free throws on 50 consecutive attempts on a regular basis, why not.
Those numbers are based on what I read regarding shooting coaches' FT% out of 100 consecutive attempts as told by the players they teach or from the coaches themselves. Most of them coaches strive for 98% with their own free throws out of 100.

On another note, it's amazing to see how much Derrick Rose contributes to his team. Whit him the Bulls are a contender, without him it's a first round exit.

So the Bulls are a better version of the LeBron James Cavs.

[Spree#8]

Boston will rip them.

We'll see about that. They're not looking too convincing so far, Philly won 2 of 3 games against them in the RS and honestly, I like the Sixers chances against the Celtics better than against the Hawks with a healthy Horford. Philly's biggest weaknesses are in the frontcourt and Boston is not exactly an unbeatable force under the basket either.

Unlucky for the Bulls, Watson shouldn't have passed it to Asik in the last seconds.

And Thibodeau should have saved a timeout for the final seconds just in case something like this happened. They had 2 seconds on the clock after Iggy's free throws. Hadn't they had to inbound from under their basket, they could have quickly created a shot after a timeout or at least tried to. Guess Thibs either didn't pay attention or got too confident that the Sixers wouldn't be able to come back to the game.

Boozer again was a non factor... 3 POINTS??? 3 points in the most crucial game for a man who is paid 80 millions for 5 years!!!! He was supposed to be the 2nd gun in the Bulls arsenal,and he's most of the times a non factor!

I feel your pain man. It's pretty much the same with Elton Brand (5 points, 2/9 FG in game 6). Well, at least Brand is a very solid defender, but that doesn't change the fact that he's grossly overpaid.

Game 4,losing it because of really bad officiating and a silly foul by Asik on Iggy

The officiating was bad that game, but not only for the Bulls. For instance, I remember Evan Turner picking up two very dubious fouls in about 20-30 seconds in the 4th quarter. The Bulls could have won, but with about 50 seconds left and a 4 point deficit, they inbounded it to Boozer and he lost the handle, letting the ball go out of bounds. In game 3, he could have put the game practically out of reach with a baseline mid-range jumper (the same kind he's been making all night long) with nobody anywhere near him, but missed. A true clutch ice cold killer, no kidding.


I still can't really believe the Bulls let game 6 slip. For all of the second half, the Sixers were not even able to execute a pick properly, threw up probably at least five airballs and everybody from the Bulls was getting offensive rebounds in bunches. Rip Hamilton got five offensive rebounds (yeah. Rip Hamilton. FIVE). In the 2nd quarter, the Bulls committed a bunch of ridiculously dumb fouls, for example Watson grabbing Lou Williams when he got beat off the dribble, he didn't care that Gibson was under the basket to provide help. They were seemingly flying at every pump fake, regardless of the Sixers' inability to make anything from outside. I also remember Boozer pushing a Sixer big under the basket when fighting for a rebound in the most obvious way possible and then being extremely surprised he got called for a foul. They should have won this game. They shouldn't have blown a 14-point lead in the 4th quarter in game 3. They shouldn't have stopped playing at either end in the 3rd quarter of game 2. They could have easily won game 4 also. They could have won every single game of this series. Ironically, in almost every game they got eaten alive in crunch time by a bunch of 20 to 23-year-olds + Iggy and Brand. Just a reminder, Rip has more games played in the playoffs than all of the Sixer players combined. The same goes for Boozer.

Oh yeah, Iggy. He finally reminded himself he can knock down a few shots every once in a while. And he did it when his team needed that the most. He even made clutch free throws even though he's turned into one of the worst FT shooters among players from positions 1-3 in the entire league this season, after being pretty solid at the line for many years. I'd love to see him do that more often.

[Murat]

Fuck the injuries.

[jettdaking!]

God Deng! lame I know...

He could be the cornerstone of a new Meme... LuolDenging

[Andrew]

Some...interesting posts here, all things considered.

In any event, that's the way it goes when you're missing two of your best players, the Sixers took care of business. Terrible luck with injuries this year.