NBA 10-11

[thrill]

Bulls bigs can deny Wade & LeBron the paint better than anyone, Heat can't stop average PG's let alone #1, no Heat post presence to stop #1 at the rim, Heat's defensive penchant of over committing to the passing lanes = #1's bread & butter and the Bulls massive depth advantage = Chicago in 7. Then they beat the Thunder in 6. Boom, championship.

All of this stands, except Bulls in 7. I'll take 6.

[2nd Timer]

Rose is the softest spoken person. I heard he was low key but this is like sedation.

[cardsfansince82]

Meh. The Bulls played about as good as they could possibly play and had every bounce go their way. I still think the Heat can win. The Bulls play really physical on the ball on defense and tonight the refs were letting it go. I see Lebron and Wade shooting a lot more free throws in the coming games.

[Maclowery]

If you had told me at halftime that Taj Gibson would have an even more awesome dunk than that Wade posterization in the first half, I would never have believed you. But I would have been excited.

Holy crap, those were two of the most thunderously awesome dunks I've seen from our Bulls all season - that absurd Brewer-to-Rose alley-oop is untouchable, to me, but Gibson has #2 and 3 with those two, as far as I'm concerned. The bar I was at was almost all Bulls-game watchers, and was relatively quiet, but totally exploded on both of those plays. What a fun game to watch for Bulls fans! A tight, see-saw first half, then a defensive shut-the-[expletive]-down in the second! Awesome!

[thrill]

Meh. The Bulls played about as good as they could possibly play and had every bounce go their way. I still think the Heat can win. The Bulls play really physical on the ball on defense and tonight the refs were letting it go. I see Lebron and Wade shooting a lot more free throws in the coming games.

I understand why a neutral would think that, but a) the bulls were really bad 1st quarter offensively, b) this played out identically to every regular season matchup which the Bulls swept all 3 and c) every reason they won tonight was based on a legitimate advantage that isn't going to go away. Nothing flukey about the superior coaching adjustments, hustle, talent depth disparity, isolation defense or rebounding advantage. That's exactly what every previous Bulls-Heat matchup looked like this season.

[Maclowery]

RealGM bulls fans already doin' work!

[SHOW]

[jim]

Rose is the softest spoken person. I heard he was low key but this is like sedation.

He's really come out of his shell this year believe it or not. This is the outgoing Derrick.

I love this team. I"ve been saying it all year, and they just don't disappoint.

[Hungary Jack]

Where was King James? Why was he passing up shots to give the ball to Chalmers?

[stlouie_lipp]

Where was King James? Why was he passing up shots to give the ball to Chalmers?

They beat the Celtics...that was good enough for him.

[MrCrowesGarden]

The Cavaliers won the draft lottery with the Clippers pick they got for taking on Baron Davis for a year. Their own pick is 4th.

So, they lose Lebron James and gain Kyrie Irving + (Kemba Walker? Ennis Kanter?).