Game 5: Bulls vs Pacers Thread (Bulls Lead 3-1)

[Shakes]

The Pacers can piss off, maybe they can use the off season to hone their mixed martial arts skills since they seem to have more future there than in basketball.

 

[derosabomb]

hawks game now guys!

 

[Uman85]

Bulls finally showed up and proved they were the better team. 4 games down, 12 to go. Rest up and prepare for Orlando/Atlanta.

 

[Chi-Town Brahma]

Have a safe ride home Indiana............Chi-Town to the next Round baby!

 

[Scoot26]

Finally played to our potential. So proud of us. Glad we could finally put this together. Look forward to next game. Atleast we can rest up now. Booz still needs to get his head in the game. He has alot of work to do.

 

[Jysen]

Happy news when at work.

 

[Anytime23]

It was a great win but we cannot expect them to play like this. 14 3s wont happen every night. Keith Bogans wont play like that often. What we saw from Noah and Rose we can count on.

Limiting the TOs, making FTs/3s and playing solid D is what really made the difference.

But if we want to continue to win, Boozer has to show up, period. I dont want to hear about foul trouble and getting into a rhythm. He's missing point blank shots at the rim. Hes having stupid fouls on both end. Hes doing nothing but running his mouth. If we want to go far, he must be a major contributor.

But big shout out to Bogans tonight who knew he needed to step up with Rose's bad ankle. Deng played really well outside of letting Granger get going here and there. Watson, Gibson, Korver all solid off the bench. Lets try to keep it up fellas!

 

[X]

Joakim and his Grandpa

He apparently said after the game, when asked about him going up into the stands post-game to give his grandfather a hug, "Ya know, he's 72...and he's always ready to party."

epic.

 

[Gekko82]

Hopefully this is the way the Bulls will play for the remainder of the playoffs.

 

[Scoot26]

It was a great win but we cannot expect them to play like this. 14 3s wont happen every night. Keith Bogans wont play like that often. What we saw from Noah and Rose we can count on.

Limiting the TOs, making FTs/3s and playing solid D is what really made the difference.

But if we want to continue to win, Boozer has to show up, period. I dont want to hear about foul trouble and getting into a rhythm. He's missing point blank shots at the rim. Hes having stupid fouls on both end. Hes doing nothing but running his mouth. If we want to go far, he must be a major contributor.

But big shout out to Bogans tonight who knew he needed to step up with Rose's bad ankle. Deng played really well outside of letting Granger get going here and there. Watson, Gibson, Korver all solid off the bench. Lets try to keep it up fellas!

Pretty much spot on. We won't make 14 three's every night. But like you said, limiting TO's is the key. The other key to the game was this stat:

BULLS GAIN A POINT A MINUTE WITH NOAH ON THE COURT

From Elias: The Bulls advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 116-89 victory over the Pacers in which Chicago outscored Indiana by 34 points in Joakim Noah's 32 minutes of playing time. (Do the math and you'll notice that the Pacers topped the Bulls by seven points with Noah on the bench.) It was the first time that the Bulls outscored their opponent by at least one point per minute of playing time by any of its starters in a playoff game since - you guessed it - Michael Jordan was plus-37 in a 36-minute performance against Indiana in the 1998 Eastern Conference Finals.

But we also all know, Boozer needs to show up in the next series. He needs to get his head in the game. He has the strength and ability to play well, but he's play like a rookie without a brain all of a sudden.

 

[clonetrooper264]

I missed the first half, so I didn't get to see Korver's apparent fastbreak dunk. Anyone got a clip? Anytime Korver dunks it's a must watch. xD

 

[Scoot26]

I'm not quite sure where to put this, so I'll just put it here. Game 1 of Round 2 will begin Monday night.

 

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[Derkach77]

Great effort last night!! Bogans steeping it up.