What remains of the tough 20?

[Rush]

So the Chicago Bulls went 7-2 through the first nine games of the tough 20 prior to all-star break. It was a very good record, marred only by the two losses in games you would have expected them to...

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By: Doug Thonus

 

[Pedro]

Hopefully the Bulls will play better on the road, those game might hurt the Bulls in the future.

 

[X]

I'm happy w/ the 3-sd honestly...anywhere in the top 3 is good...especially if 1 ends up being Miami. I just don't think we match up well w/ them...and would rather play Orlando or Boston prior to meeting the Heat.

 

[pinkizdead]

i should premise this with i dont think the magic can win a 2nd round series.

I think the 3rd seed will be hell. First we play the knicks in the 3rd seed v 6th match up. The knicks will have billups, fields, melo, STAT, turiah, with douglas at the 1 2 back up, mozkov and renaldo balkman. It's not a championship team, but it's a tough match up.

Next we face either the heat or celtics. This is going to suck. at the 2-3 match up.

Finally we face the celtics or the heat with the 1-3 match up.

From what i can gather, the 3rd seed is going to suck the most. You're going to have to beat 3 quality teams while the 2nd only face 2 quality teams and 1 crappy/mediocre team. The second seed should face the 6ers, us, and the first seed.

The first seed has it far easier. They have to face a crappy 8th seed, The magic, and whoever beats the 2nd/3rd seed.

 

[clonetrooper264]

The first seed has it far easier. They have to face a crappy 8th seed, The magic, and whoever beats the 2nd/3rd seed.

Well that's kind of the point of being the first seed...easier schedule.

 

[pinkizdead]

Yeah, i know. I'm just trying to point out that the 3rd seed is going to be the toughest match up, because we're going to have to face 3 championship level teams. Really the 2nd seed sounds okay, but the bulls have a really good chance of ECF at the first seed.

 

[TopekaRoy]

I don't think there's much difference between a 2 or 3 seed. In theory a 2 should beat a 7 and a 3 should beat a 6. In the second round the 2 seed plays the 3 anyway, so unless the 6 seed is much better than the 7 seed, It shouldn't make much difference.

Right now, the 6 seed is the Knicks (28-26) and the 7th seed is the 76ers (27-29). There is a big jump from 6th to 5th with Atlanta at 34-21, and the Magic at 36-21 so the 4th/5th matchup is the one you want to avoid.

Now if the Knicks get Carmelo Anthony (and stay the 6 seed), that could be a big problem for the 3rd seed.

 

[¢hicago]

I'm not that worried, with Noah coming back we'll be more than ready.
Our road record will also improve, provided that Boozer won't also get injured...

 

[clonetrooper264]

Knicks got Melo...now we definitely don't want the 3 seed...

 

[pinkizdead]

2nd and 1st seeds, here we come!