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Noah was so bad. Boozer looked like he was very assertive, which is good. Too bad his shots weren't really going down. The fact the Bulls pulled this one out with the big men being so bad is very encouraging. Great performances from Rose, Deng, and Bogans.

No excuse for the Bulls to lose this series now.

QUOTE (Felix @ May 10, 2011 -> 09:43 PM) The funny thing about this is that Josh Smith shot better (albeit by 1%) from 16-23 feet than Rose did this year. He also had the same eFG from 3 as Rose this year. So really, any Bulls fan making fun of Josh Smith's jump shot... He's not shooting that well in the playoffs is he? Because there's no way in hell he can average 16 points a game shooting the way he did for most of this series.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 10, 2011 -> 09:41 PM) Big props to Thibs for benching the starters He didn't panic this time. Please take Rose off the court now. No need for anything stupid to happen in a 12 point game.

Josh Smith's jump shot is the best thing ever invented for any defense he plays.

Good to see the Bulls decided to turn it up on D. Just play that D for another 2 minutes and we'll be in good shape for this series.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 10, 2011 -> 09:32 PM) Everybody should know how much of a Luol hater I was prior to this year. He's been spectacular all year. All defensive team is about as much of a joke as the gold glove award.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ May 10, 2011 -> 09:16 PM) Jeff Teague makes everything! WTF I'm not watching the game, following it on NBA.com...so I'm assuming these aren't contested shots right?

Since the bench has been so damn bad this game, Thibs might have to keep his starters out there for the start of the 4th.

QUOTE (Felix @ May 10, 2011 -> 09:11 PM) The pessimism in this thread is downright hilarious right now. The game isn't over yet. The sky isn't falling. There's a whole quarter left. Contrary to the Indiana series, the Bulls have been awful in the 4th quarter this series.

Jeff Teague is going off again. For crying out loud, play some damn defense.

I would only follow the team because it would have a similar roster. But if they suck and guys like Konerko and Buehrle leave, then my interest would be really really low.

Bad second quarter. The bench didn't come to play today. Pachulia's having his way inside, that should NEVER happen.

Keep shooting long jumpers Josh Smith, it's awesome.

This is the right step forward for Houston. They need to get rid of that entire FO in order to have a chance of winning any time soon.

Zaza Pachulia is very annoying. Like Bogans annoying.

Bulls could have ended that first quarter much better. But I can't complain at all. Deng, Rose, and Bogans were unreal.

Give that man Keith Bogans some hot sauce Making it rain 3s and reverse layups. lmao

QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ May 8, 2011 -> 09:56 PM) I don't think he panicked. It just didn't work out. You leave rose out there going for the win obviously. It would have been huge being up 3-1 headed home. Now this series will go 6 or worse 7 games. I don't know why the rest of the team didn't show up tonight, if they just expected another game like friday night or what. I expected this series to go 6, so it's not like I didn't expect the Hawks to put up some sort of a fight. But with the Bulls having all of the momentum before this game and the fact that they led at the end of 3, seeing them blow this game in the 4th with mental mistakes and bad coaching decisions is frustrating. Thibs usually never lets Rose play the entire 4th quarter. He is very set with his rotations, as shown with the whole Bogans love. He panicked tonight and his changes were for the worse.

Boozer got no touches after he missed his first shot in the start of the 4th. WTF Thibbs? Thibbs panicked in this game big time. He overplayed Rose and Korver. Korver on Teague was a TERRIBLE idea. The entire Atlanta run started when that matchup came up. Rose didn't get calls this game, but with the home crowd the way it was, that's expected. He also didn't finish a lot of his layups, something that's probably bound to happen every once in a while. The interior defense sucked. Atlanta played games with Noah, Gibson, and Boozer all game. Josh Smith was like a damn point guard in the paint today. Bulls need to make adjustments. The Hawks have, now it's our turn to adjust back.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 8, 2011 -> 09:45 PM) There were several odd calls down the stretch that changed the momentum. All part of having a home crowd though. Finish em in Chicago tues and thurs and call it a day. Teague ran Korver over on one of the big layups Atlanta had and it should have been an offensive foul.

QUOTE (Felix @ May 8, 2011 -> 09:42 PM) It was very, very odd. Not sure I've seen it before, and it definitely should have been a foul and three shots. That said, it's not why the Bulls lost. The Bulls lost because their post defense was REALLY bad. They probably would have lost regardless, but it was a 6 point game at that point and three free throws would have been incredibly important.

That inadvertent whistle was bull s***.

QUOTE (Real @ May 8, 2011 -> 09:17 PM) lol Rose 9/27, that's a nice even 33.3% Not getting the ball to roll in at the rim. He's had at least two layups roll out. Also a few hacks that weren't called in the first half. He's still shot a decent amount of FTs.

Boozer's playing like he's healthy again.