2011 ECF: (1) Bulls vs. (2) Heat

[NovU]

holy molly...
12 points lead gone just like that and the Heat leads now. ALL bron and wade in last few minutes!

[Andrew]

That was a really soft call for the four point play and a really late whistle, too. Heat have 31 free throws to 19 by the Bulls, Bulls have been whistled for 27 fouls compared to 17 on the Heat. Enough said.

[NovU]

I am hoping Wade will get to run possibly the last play in this series. Both Bron and Wade are hot atm though.

EDIT: Nvm... the bulls fouls

[NovU]

Great GAME. What a crazy comeback. I really really didn't see this coming! xD

Reminded me of DAL vs OKC game.

[Andrew]

Well, that's that.

[Loupeitak]

This was an amazing series. Bulls played amazing, but in the end the 3 stars just got the job done. Wade suddenly woke up and James went completely crazy. We're in it for an incredible Finals!

[Oznogrd]

Well, that's that.

That is why I'm not a huge Kyle Korver fan.

[buzzy]

This. Was. Awesome.

Craziest 3, 4 minutes of basketball I have ever watched.

It's fucking 5:17 AM in the morning. Think it was worth staying up? Godamn.

[Drex]

What a comeback.

[[Q]]

for the record, i was the one who said "Heat in 5" in the poll

nice

i also was 1 of 3 who said Mavs in 5, so just call me Swami

[benji]

I'm still the only person to pick the actual correct answer in this poll though.

[George7]

Watched the last play over and over and over and over again....
Korver was alone.....

Not talking bout the refs much,but they did nice job...
43(Bulls)-71(Heat) free throws in the 2 last games. Watched that Heat run again, there were some soft calls in Heat favor...

[benji]

After the trap of Korver it was all Rose to take the shot, Haslem recognized this and that's why he didn't switch.

And turnovers killed the Bulls more in game four than any fouls did.

I thought we were above blaming the refs around here after the Pacers series.

[puttincomputers]

How weird.

In both the OKC and the Chicago game 5s I fell asleep when they were ahead late in the fourth quarter. Maybe I need to stay awake a little longer.

[air gordon]

a little late to the party sorry lol

Can't believe i'm saying this- Was Thibbs outcoached by Spo?

Thibbs defensive schemes were on but on offense- he was stubborn. he didn't scrap the pick and roll which was useless. either Noah was dared to shoot or Boozer didn't make any contact on his picks. And after seeing Kurt Thomas have a TAJ Gibson game 1-like performance- why wasn't he playing more? Why wasn't Gibson playing more? Offense was needed but Boozer couldn't finish underneath and his defense was embarassing even for Carlos Boozer.

Maybe Noah's grandfather should have attended this series.

A great season comes to a shitty end.

[Andrew]

Good points, glad to see you drop by too. Your last sentence pretty much sums it up but assuming Boozer's performance was indeed affected by his injuries and it's not going to be a Ben Wallace-type situation (as you noted in the Bulls thread), the future seems bright.

[Lean]

That explains why Boozer's defense seems more like "I'm just watching my match-up finish to the rack."

[shadowgrin]

Thibs was a noob after all. He was an assistant coach for a long time but it's first season as a head coach unlike Spo who has spent two seasons as head coach leading a crappy Miami team to the playoffs.