Nervous, Anxious, or Excited?

[dougthonus]

Today's game has a very good chance of deciding the winner of the series. Something like 80% of the game 5 winners go on to win their series.

So how you feeling? What are you predicting?

I'd say I'm mostly excited. I've already chalked this up as a Bulls loss in my mind, so I don't have a lot of stress about it if they lose.

 

[sdeezy]

I'm definitely very nervous, mainly because of Gordon's hammy, we need Rose and BG to be on top of their games for us to stand a chance. Unless Rose, turns in another wonder performance (which he's more than capable of), things dont look too good for us. BG not being 100% makes us significantly easier to defend

 

[Poohdini fan#1]

I'm nervous but for a different reason. my cable got knocked out by a tree in the storm last night.

 

[Ralphb07]

I'm all three Doug. There's been 3 games that I've came out and guaranteed a road win all season and I'm 3-0. The games were the OKC, DET and Game 1 in Boston.

I'm going out and saying it will happen tonight so that might be why I'm all three

 

[cool007]

dougthonus wrote:

Today's game has a very good chance of deciding the winner of the series. Something like 80% of the game 5 winners go on to win their series.

So how you feeling? What are you predicting?

I'd say I'm mostly excited. I've already chalked this up as a Bulls loss in my mind, so I don't have a lot of stress about it if they lose.

That don't mean anything coz winner of the 1st game in the first round series has also won the series 79% of the time (which we did) but I don't see us beating Celtics - if it was Magic, then yes.

I am with you. I just don't see Bulls pulling out a victory in tonight's game. Celtics will be ready and now Allen/Rondo are really on cruise control and pierce is still pierce.

Also, Big Baby and perkins will feed off of their crowd and so will their bench.

We had our chances in game #2, had we won it, it would have been different right now.

So, I am neither nervous, nor anxious but definitely excited even though I don't think we will win but hopefully they keep it close and as long as they lose within lik 7 points, I am fine with it.

 

[RC_Skinny22]

Nervous, anxious, or excited? A little bit of all.

I see it coming that it will be a very close game. Maybe with an other overtime. So my nerves will be tested again.

And the main problem is that the game is between 01:00 and 04:00 in the morning here in Germany. So I´m not allowed to scream and yell as much as I want to.:laugh:

 

[Basghetti80]

I am feeling pretty solid about a win. I am expecting another big Rose/Rondo dual but I think Rondo is due for a poor shooting night. Gordon will be limited but I suspect we see a lot of Hinrich in the 2nd and 3rd quarters to keep Gordon fresh for late in the game. I also am seeing Perkins and Davis getting a little worn down and think our younger fresher legs in Noah and Thomas should really get out and run and get some easy baskets. 3 of the 4 games have been tight battles right down to the end including both games in Boston. This one will be the same way. Overall for me it comes down to rebounding and the need for Rose to be aggressive for his own offense right from the start.

 

[Ralphb07]

I wanna see how Boston's old legs react to playing a double OT on Sunday. Also the Bulls haven't had a great shooting game all sereis and I think tonight it happens. IMO we'll see in the first 5-9 minutes. If Rose isn't aggressive regardless of how close we are we'll lose. If Rose comes out with the killer instinct I think we'll win and I'm expecting he will

 

[Morten Jensen]

Bullseye wrote:

Nervous, anxious, or excited? A little bit of all.

I see it coming that it will be a very close game. Maybe with an other overtime. So my nerves will be tested again.

And the main problem is that the game is between 01:00 and 04:00 in the morning here in Germany. So I´m not allowed to scream and yell as much as I want to.:laugh:

I live in Denmark. I know how it feels. Those american bastards never know how lucky they are

As for the topic; I too feel a little bit nervous, anxious and excited. I guess on some level, I've also built this up as a loss. Only to save myself from disappointment. Overall, I guess I'm satisfied. Derrick Rose has gotten a feel for the playoff game and hopefully, we can carry this momentum into next season.

 

[senrad]

You guys do get to see the games though? Whenever I travel to Europe all I can find are NHL games.

 

[dougthonus]

That don't mean anything coz winner of the 1st game in the first round series has also won the series 79% of the time (which we did) but I don't see us beating Celtics - if it was Magic, then yes.

Well after each point in the series you can redo the odds. I had no idea the game 1 winner had that high a percentage though, are you sure? I thought that was around the percentage if you win the first two games.

 

[Bullsman24]

i think the longer the series goes, the more we gain confidence that we can play with these celtics.

 

[ryguy24]

Anxious, mostly because I really don't know what to expect. I wouldn't be surprised if we got blown out, lost a close one, or won a close one.

 

[Ralphb07]

dougthonus wrote:

That don't mean anything coz winner of the 1st game in the first round series has also won the series 79% of the time (which we did) but I don't see us beating Celtics - if it was Magic, then yes.

Well after each point in the series you can redo the odds. I had no idea the game 1 winner had that high a percentage though, are you sure? I thought that was around the percentage if you win the first two games.

He's right it's 79% of Game 1 winners win the series. They said it after Game 1

what did you say Game 5 was? IMO Game 1 and Game 5 win the series.

 

[chi_hawks_23]

As long as we don't get beat by 58 points, I will be pretty happy.

B)

 

[Morten Jensen]

Senrad:

We're lacking in that department. It's only this season NBA games are streamed to us legally.

Which countries are you visiting, because 'Europe' is kind of large.

Semi-related question;

Who do most Americans just say 'Europe' and not the country they've been in? Whenever I'm in the US (mostly Chicago and Seattle) I often get met with the 'Oh, you're from Denmark. I've been in Europe too!' At times, they don't even remember where they were when I ask :lol:

 

[st. park]

I'm all 3, but mostly excited. Worst case scenario is that we lose, but we still come back home for at least a game 6.

 

[engies]

Its almost 2 am in Australia and the game is on live on ESPN at 9am. I can't sleep thats how nervous I am, especially with the news that Ben's very much a game time decision (I thought after Game 4 he would most likely play)

Lets hope even without Ben we can pull it off and have other players step up in his absence. While it doesnt necessarily mean we wont win the series, the odds will be against us if this goes back to Boston for game 7

 

[RC_Skinny22]

senrad wrote:

You guys do get to see the games though? Whenever I travel to Europe all I can find are NHL games.

No problem with the International League Pass Broadband.

http://ilp.nba.com/

 

[PJ Brown]

I was nervous on Sunday morning. Today, I'd say anxious/exciting, although the Gordon blurb has put a bit of a damper on that.