Eastern Conference Playoffs Discussion Thread 1st Round

[King_B_Mack]

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Trash though? I mean damn, we lose Rose and become trash? The hell?

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Barkley shut your *** up man. Talking about bringing some Rucker league play into a game means you don't respect your opponent nonsense LOL.

[OSUFan_88]

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Trash though? I mean damn, we lose Rose and become trash? The hell?

Like the LeBron-led Cavs, the Bulls aren't a great team without that big missing piece. Noah feeds off scraps, Who the hell knows what is going on with Boozer, and Deng cannot beat a defense by himself.

[King_B_Mack]

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Like the LeBron-led Cavs, the Bulls aren't a great team without that big missing piece. Noah feeds off scraps, Who the hell knows what is going on with Boozer, and Deng cannot beat a defense by himself.

Nah brah the Bulls are absolutely nothing like that team. I'd say that Bulls roster, top to bottom after Rose is better than that Cavs roster top to bottom after James. I don't think the Cavs have had a single player on those teams better than anybody after Rose right now on this team. And LBJ NOT on that team, is a lottery team, period.

[JerzeyReign]

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Just wanted to point this out, because I know the 'worldwide leader in sports' won't, LeBron scored 17 points in the 4th -- just throwing that out there. Started my morning with a 'he can't do it in the 4th quarter argument' -- when I told them he scored 17 last night it quickly turned into a 'he can't do it in Game 7 of the NBA Finals with his team down by 30' argument. Lebron haters -- they kill me. #JamesGang

Now its time for my Sixers to BULL-y Chicago.

[DaImmaculateONe]

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If if anything i think the Pacers could beat the heat but that would require Hibbert scoring like 28+ pts a game and David West returning to NO form.

[bomberooski]

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If if anything i think the Pacers could beat the heat but that would require Hibbert scoring like 28+ pts a game and David West returning to NO form.

Agreed. It would take a perfect series from Indiana. The Heat on the other hand would win in 5 games if both teams just play well.

[Altimus]

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Somewhat disappointing 1st round so far. Both Dallas/OKC and NY/Miami looking like sweeps and I was really hoping those two series at least go 6. Oh well.

Also Chicago better bring it tonight. A very crucial 3rd game in this series and IMO the deciding factor in which way the series will go.

[bomberooski]

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Somewhat disappointing 1st round so far. Both Dallas/OKC and NY/Miami looking like sweeps and I was really hoping those two series at least go 6. Oh well.

Also Chicago better bring it tonight. A very crucial 3rd game in this series and IMO the deciding factor in which way the series will go.

Yeah, I'm starting to get excited about 2nd round matchups though and it's making me cheer for some sweeps.

[bigfnjoe96]

That 2nd half was brutal to watch. I really thought we could win Game-3.

Mike Woodson has been very disappointing this series. Basically he's made no real adjustments.

Hey Woody, how bout playing some zone, so your horses can get a little rest on the defensive end without having to take them out.


Force the Heat to make jump-shots. It also allows your best defensive player to have a chance to be somewhat of a factor on that end of the floor

Also the PnR was working well why go away from that.

I hope Jim Dolan does what ever it takes to bring in Phil Jackson. He's really the only coach I can see making this thing work (STAT& MELO)

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[ehh]

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Joe, our D wasn't the problem last night. Our offense is dreadful combined with the Heat being a damn good defensive team.

19-21-16-14. How do we score 30 second half points? We got no penetration all night or really all series. If you can't break down the first line of defense and cause rotations then you're screwed. While we're short staffed the Heat are doing a very good job defensively. We alternated between Melo and JR iso'ing but what the hell other options do we really have? I would like to see more PnR but Baron can't even turn the corner because of the hedge. It's ugly.

[bigfnjoe96]

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Joe, our D wasn't the problem last night. Our offense is dreadful combined with the Heat being a damn good defensive team.

19-21-16-14. How do we score 30 second half points? We got no penetration all night or really all series. If you can't break down the first line of defense and cause rotations then you're screwed. While we're short staffed the Heat are doing a very good job defensively. We alternated between Melo and JR iso'ing but what the hell other options do we really have? I would like to see more PnR but Baron can't even turn the corner because of the hedge. It's ugly.

Totally agree with you. My thing is both Melo & JR were using up a lot of energy on the defensive end. You could tell they were gased by the 4th quarter. They also really didn't get a nice blow in the 2nd half.

Going zone allows them both to get some rest, which could have maybe helped them offensively.

[datdude69]

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This is the one time I gotta say (aside from the Heat-lovin' refs) the coach out coached himself on this one. It seemed like anything that worked for a little while he not went away from RAN away from and tried some other BS. Mob Deep was out there at one point and holding their own, this would have gave Melo a nice long blow. What did he do "Man that 2nd squad is sure looking good for me out there, let me change it up and put Melo out there and wear him down some more".

What was his decisions before that. Ok this Amare-less squad is really getting it done what should I do next? Break up the whole rhythm I got going and just force Amare into the lineup EVEN THOUGH I only got a few games to get everyone acclimated to something that wasn't working to well when he was in there healthy. I'm a HUGE believer with the "stick with what got you there" philosophy.

[OSUFan_88]

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Nah brah the Bulls are absolutely nothing like that team. I'd say that Bulls roster, top to bottom after Rose is better than that Cavs roster top to bottom after James. I don't think the Cavs have had a single player on those teams better than anybody after Rose right now on this team. And LBJ NOT on that team, is a lottery team, period.

We'll see.

I expect to see the Sixers win by about 10-15 points again tonight. If the Bulls are as talented as you seem to think they are, then they should make it a close game, maybe even win.

[phenom1990]

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I don't see why the Celtics couldn't beat the Heat if Ray Allen is healthy.