Bulls vs Celtics game thread

[Shakes]

Oh well may as well make one since nobody else has ...

Bulls managing to hang in their early, I still expect the blowout to come later.

 

[RC_Skinny22]

Bulls are playing a good first quarter.

And Brad took a little revenge for the playoff slap from Rondo!

 

[Shakes]

James Johnson with a great dunk, James Johnson dribbling the ball into his foot and giving up a free basket. Don't you love rookies.

 

[RC_Skinny22]

Get out the way Rondo! Get out the way!

 

[Shakes]

Behind by 8 when they played their bench fairly heavily ... I can't see this ending well.

 

[TheStig]

Wow still hanging in here. I am amazed, we are usaully down 30 to the celtics at this point. The Celtics seem to be going through the motions so maybe we can pull it out.

 

[Diddy1122]

Make or break time now. Down by 14, this either gets tight or gets really ugly. I'm going with the better odds & taking the latter.

 

[Diddy1122]

God I hate always being right sometimes. Ugh.

 

[engies]

seemed like we had a chance but around the Luol Deng turnover on the fast break in the 3rd it was like the team just quit

 

[clonetrooper264]

Well can't say I'm surprised. I'll take the Miller foul on Rondo as the only thing I enjoyed watching.

 

[Diddy1122]

The Bulls got showed up again by an opposing player tonight. And it was one of the most hated players in Chicago: Rajon Rondo.

At the end of the 3rd, the ball was rolled from out of bounds all the way across half court until Rondo picked it up n drilled a 20 footer with .4 left on the clock.

I'm getting absolutely sick of seeing this crap. If you aren't going to come ready to play & play hard all game then go sit your ass at home. All teams play 4 games in 5 nights at some point. Not all teams show as little heart when the chips are down than this current sorry ass group.

 

[cykade]

the bulls need to realize their limits:

they cant shoot consistently beyond 15 feet. they need a coach for that. maybe practice like danny granger.

they look lost on defense. need a coach for that.

they mostly lack fundamentals. need a coach for that. del harris could've helped while he was here.

they need to take pride in their team. they all seem like a group of wanderers waiting for their checks.

they need to hire specialists for offense, defense, shooting, and a mental coach. hell, steal some of phil jacksons moves. get them motivated. make them care.

or just clean the slate and start over.

everyone is expendable but rose. and he needs proper training.

avery johnson would've been great at mentoring our future.

 

[Dpauley23]

Diddy1122 wrote:

The Bulls got showed up again by an opposing player tonight. And it was one of the most hated players in Chicago: Rajon Rondo.

At the end of the 3rd, the ball was rolled from out of bounds all the way across half court until Rondo picked it up n drilled a 20 footer with .4 left on the clock.

I'm getting absolutely sick of seeing this crap. If you aren't going to come ready to play & play hard all game then go sit your ass at home. All teams play 4 games in 5 nights at some point. Not all teams show as little heart when the chips are down than this current sorry ass group.

I don't get how can't say there weren't playing hard in the 3rd quarter. They just ran out of gas and couldn't throw a ball in the ocean. Thats the problem where management f'ed this team

 

[Diddy1122]

Dpauley23 wrote:

Diddy1122 wrote:

The Bulls got showed up again by an opposing player tonight. And it was one of the most hated players in Chicago: Rajon Rondo.

At the end of the 3rd, the ball was rolled from out of bounds all the way across half court until Rondo picked it up n drilled a 20 footer with .4 left on the clock.

I'm getting absolutely sick of seeing this crap. If you aren't going to come ready to play & play hard all game then go sit your ass at home. All teams play 4 games in 5 nights at some point. Not all teams show as little heart when the chips are down than this current sorry ass group.

I don't get how can't say there weren't playing hard in the 3rd quarter. They just ran out of gas and couldn't throw a ball in the ocean. Thats the problem where management f'ed this team

Noah just said "We weren't tired. They just dominated us." And being tired doesn't mean you stop playing. When a team is rolling a ball all the way up the court to preserve time on the clock, you go after the ball, it's that simple. Or how about picking him up full court so they can't get a wide open 20 foot shot to put their team up by 20 going into the 4th. You can call that being tired all you want. I call it playing with no heart which is what this team has been doing for going on nearly 3 weeks now.

 

[Dpauley23]

So because for one play they let them get easily get wide open shot they played with no heart. Then why don't you go watch the 1st half again because they were with passion and energy. They just couldn't make any shot in part because Deng had nothing left considering he is the number 2 guy they were screwed

 

[Diddy1122]

Dpauley23 wrote:

So because for one play they let them get easily get wide open shot they played with no heart. Then why don't you go watch the 1st half again because they were with passion and energy. They just couldn't make any shot in part because Deng had nothing left considering he is the number 2 guy they were screwed

That 1 play speaks volumes about this team. Blame it all on injuries & lack of personnel, fine. It certainly hasn't helped the situation. But those are all just excuses. The 1 constant should always be effort, or as one of my favorite Bulls of all-time put it, 48 minutes of intensity! Passion & intensity can overcome fatigue. 24 minutes is not 48 minutes, no matter how you do the math. This is an ongoing problem. The Bulls get punched in the mouth with a run & they run home to mommy, it's been happening for weeks now, how are you not seeing this?

10 losses in 11 games. 8 of those 10 by double digits. 6 of those 8 by 19+ points. It's clear to me & even Vinny, who said as much 2 days ago, that the effort is not there from everyone.

 

[vhans5219]

Let's face it the Bulls just suck this season

 

[houheffna]

They suck this season as they have just about every season since 1998...I didn't expect much different.

 

[charity stripe]

houheffna wrote:

They suck this season as they have just about every season since 1998...I didn't expect much different.

Well this is the team you wanted. You wanted a team without ben gordon and said the defense would improve.

 

[engies]

houheffna wrote:

They suck this season as they have just about every season since 1998...I didn't expect much different.

I wouldn't call making the playoffs, or winning 47 games, or 49 games, sucking. Sucking is when you're well below .500 and not making playoffs, which is what seems to be the case this season

We were an average or good team before. We certainly werent great and our ceiling was always the 2nd round of the playoffs, but thats still good. In a league of 30 teams, not everyone can finish 1st. Hell I think making the 2nd round is somewhat successful.

Either way we were better than what we are now....but apparently 4 inches on defense was supposed to make us better, not someone who could nail long rang bombs at will.