4/15 - Bulls (41-40) vs. Toronto (32-49) - 7 pm, CSN

[SpongeWorthy]

Vinny's demeanor out there is very disturbing.

 

Get in someone's face for god's sake. This effot level in transition D and inside is unacceptable.

[David]

Pretty decent first half overall. We need to get them in transition more and Rose needs to continue the aggressiveness he showed late in the 2nd quarter.

[UMFan83]

Watching the Lakers is like watching a different version of the mid-90's Bulls. They are just toying with the Bulls right now. They really feel like whenever they get around to pulling away they will, as they did in the second. They underestimated the Bulls scrappiness and didn't hustle back on transition, letting the Bulls get some cheap baskets and get back into the game, but rest assured, the Lakers will be winning this one.

 

The Bulls look like dwarfs compared to the Lakers front court, its amazing we've been able to get any rebounds over them. Pau Gasol is a nightmare for the Bulls, now I remember why Memphis always seemed to play us well even if their bad years.

[SpongeWorthy]

The Lakers aren't even playing particularly well and they still put up 61 in the first half. It looked like a layup drill out there for stretches.

 

Rose and Gordon keeping us in it though...Gordon's shot himself into a decent game. He was ice cold to start.

 

And I want to reiterate that most of the players on this team don't desereve to play with a player of Derrick's caliber. Man, he's going to be soooo good when he figures out this game. He already makes it look easy.

[SpongeWorthy]

Watching the Lakers is like watching a different version of the mid-90's Bulls. They are just toying with the Bulls right now. They really feel like whenever they get around to pulling away they will, as they did in the second. They underestimated the Bulls scrappiness and didn't hustle back on transition, letting the Bulls get some cheap baskets and get back into the game, but rest assured, the Lakers will be winning this one.

 

The Bulls look like dwarfs compared to the Lakers front court, its amazing we've been able to get any rebounds over them. Pau Gasol is a nightmare for the Bulls, now I remember why Memphis always seemed to play us well even if their bad years.

 

The 90s Bulls teams would absolutely curbstomp this Lakers team. The Kobe-Shaq teams would as well.

 

They're talented and they play a very aestheticly appealing brand of ball but they are soft as butter in a lot of areas.

[Wilson A2000]

Watching the Lakers is like watching a different version of the mid-90's Bulls. They are just toying with the Bulls right now. They really feel like whenever they get around to pulling away they will, as they did in the second. They underestimated the Bulls scrappiness and didn't hustle back on transition, letting the Bulls get some cheap baskets and get back into the game, but rest assured, the Lakers will be winning this one.

 

The Bulls look like dwarfs compared to the Lakers front court, its amazing we've been able to get any rebounds over them. Pau Gasol is a nightmare for the Bulls, now I remember why Memphis always seemed to play us well even if their bad years.

 

The 90s Bulls teams would absolutely curbstomp this Lakers team. The Kobe-Shaq teams would as well.

 

They're talented and they play a very aestheticly appealing brand of ball but they are soft as butter in a lot of areas.

 

But watch this team develop. Shaq had power, but Gasol is smooth as butter. We really haven't seen what Bynum can do with Gasol and Kobe.

[Wilson A2000]

Pretty decent first half overall. We need to get them in transition more and Rose needs to continue the aggressiveness he showed late in the 2nd quarter.

 

The announcers are correct: have every possession go through Rose. Gordon should stand in a corner, wait for penetration, and then be open on the kickout. What Rose can do is penetrate and score. Gordon has nothing when he gets in the air. Man does he look bad in the air.

[UMFan83]

See what I mean about toying?

[Wilson A2000]

Noah is hilarious to watch. Like taking candy from a baby.

[Cynosure]

Hawks OT making me not be able to watch the Bulls.... grrrr

[bcl412]

Hawks OT making me not be able to watch the Bulls.... grrrr

 

Cool people have one on the computer and one on TV.

[bcl412]

Derrick Rose has some highly superior basketball talent.

[Cynosure]

Hawks OT making me not be able to watch the Bulls.... grrrr

 

Cool people have one on the computer and one on TV.

 

Now the uncool people have the satisfaction of a win for the Hawks and have the Bulls on TV :-D

[bcl412]

Um....WTH was that? They fail to showboat, so Kobe just hits a three instead.

[Warpticon]

Wow, Lakers bench has been awful tonight.

 

Debating tuning in to the 4th quarter so i can catch some Rose.

[Guest]

Watching the Lakers is like watching a different version of the mid-90's Bulls. They are just toying with the Bulls right now. They really feel like whenever they get around to pulling away they will, as they did in the second. They underestimated the Bulls scrappiness and didn't hustle back on transition, letting the Bulls get some cheap baskets and get back into the game, but rest assured, the Lakers will be winning this one.

 

The Bulls look like dwarfs compared to the Lakers front court, its amazing we've been able to get any rebounds over them. Pau Gasol is a nightmare for the Bulls, now I remember why Memphis always seemed to play us well even if their bad years.

 

The 90s Bulls teams would absolutely curbstomp this Lakers team. The Kobe-Shaq teams would as well.

 

They're talented and they play a very aestheticly appealing brand of ball but they are soft as butter in a lot of areas.

 

But watch this team develop. Shaq had power, but Gasol is smooth as butter. We really haven't seen what Bynum can do with Gasol and Kobe.

 

Yeah. I doubt the Kobe-Shaq teams would destroy this Lakers team. I mean, this Lakers team, like every team, has nobody who could match up with Shaq in his prime. But this Laker team is much, much deeper than the championship teams. The Laker power forwards during the title runs were A.C. Green (82 starts) and Robert Horry with the 99-00 team, Horace Grant (starter), Horry and Mark Madsen with the 00-01 team, and Samaki Walker (starter), Horry and Madsen with the 01-02 team. Odom and Ariza would destroy Rick Fox at SF as well. Kobe is still Kobe and the point guard is equal as well.

[SpongeWorthy]

Watching the Lakers is like watching a different version of the mid-90's Bulls. They are just toying with the Bulls right now. They really feel like whenever they get around to pulling away they will, as they did in the second. They underestimated the Bulls scrappiness and didn't hustle back on transition, letting the Bulls get some cheap baskets and get back into the game, but rest assured, the Lakers will be winning this one.

 

The Bulls look like dwarfs compared to the Lakers front court, its amazing we've been able to get any rebounds over them. Pau Gasol is a nightmare for the Bulls, now I remember why Memphis always seemed to play us well even if their bad years.

 

The 90s Bulls teams would absolutely curbstomp this Lakers team. The Kobe-Shaq teams would as well.

 

They're talented and they play a very aestheticly appealing brand of ball but they are soft as butter in a lot of areas.

 

But watch this team develop. Shaq had power, but Gasol is smooth as butter. We really haven't seen what Bynum can do with Gasol and Kobe.

 

Yeah. I doubt the Kobe-Shaq teams would destroy this Lakers team. I mean, this Lakers team, like every team, has nobody who could match up with Shaq in his prime. But this Laker team is much, much deeper than the championship teams. The Laker power forwards during the title runs were A.C. Green (82 starts) and Robert Horry with the 99-00 team, Horace Grant (starter), Horry and Mark Madsen with the 00-01 team, and Samaki Walker (starter), Horry and Madsen with the 01-02 team. Odom and Ariza would destroy Rick Fox at SF as well. Kobe is still Kobe and the point guard is equal as well.

 

Fox, Shaw, Fisher, and Horry were very savvy basketball players. Farmar, Sasha, Vlad Rad, etc. are talented but they are pretty awful team defenders. Gasol and Odom look great against space cadetes like Gooden and Thomas but disappeared when they were matched up with physical defenders who understood team defensive concepts in the Finals.

 

The Kobe-Shaq Lakers would obliterate this team.

[SpongeWorthy]

As for the game, if someone talks about this being some sort of moral victory I'm going to put an axe through my monitor. This was a very, very winnable game marred by stretches of horrifically stupid play by the usual suspects and Gordon being ice cold.

 

Really a poor effort all around. The Lakers were trying to give us the game by being extremely lackadaisical defensively and we retruned the favor by being even lazier. Pathetic.

[Vanilla Ice]

Watching the Lakers is like watching a different version of the mid-90's Bulls. They are just toying with the Bulls right now. They really feel like whenever they get around to pulling away they will, as they did in the second. They underestimated the Bulls scrappiness and didn't hustle back on transition, letting the Bulls get some cheap baskets and get back into the game, but rest assured, the Lakers will be winning this one.

 

The Bulls look like dwarfs compared to the Lakers front court, its amazing we've been able to get any rebounds over them. Pau Gasol is a nightmare for the Bulls, now I remember why Memphis always seemed to play us well even if their bad years.

 

The 90s Bulls teams would absolutely curbstomp this Lakers team. The Kobe-Shaq teams would as well.

 

They're talented and they play a very aestheticly appealing brand of ball but they are soft as butter in a lot of areas.

 

But watch this team develop. Shaq had power, but Gasol is smooth as butter. We really haven't seen what Bynum can do with Gasol and Kobe.

 

Yeah. I doubt the Kobe-Shaq teams would destroy this Lakers team. I mean, this Lakers team, like every team, has nobody who could match up with Shaq in his prime. But this Laker team is much, much deeper than the championship teams. The Laker power forwards during the title runs were A.C. Green (82 starts) and Robert Horry with the 99-00 team, Horace Grant (starter), Horry and Mark Madsen with the 00-01 team, and Samaki Walker (starter), Horry and Madsen with the 01-02 team. Odom and Ariza would destroy Rick Fox at SF as well. Kobe is still Kobe and the point guard is equal as well.

 

Fox, Shaw, Fisher, and Horry were very savvy basketball players. Farmar, Sasha, Vlad Rad, etc. are talented but they are pretty awful team defenders. Gasol and Odom look great against space cadetes like Gooden and Thomas but disappeared when they were matched up with physical defenders who understood team defensive concepts in the Finals.

 

The Kobe-Shaq Lakers would obliterate this team.

Wouldn't Bynum make a difference in their softness?

[SpongeWorthy]

Well we'll see how Bynum develops. He's promising but I think Lakers fans went a little gaga over how well he played last year because he was contrasted to what Kwame Brown had been giving them.

 

Anyone with Bynum's size and athleticism is going to succeed if he can catch the ball at the front of the rim and not screw up. I still need to see how Bynum matches up with physical bigs who can keep him off the block. I still think the Celtics match up great with the Lakers.

[Guest]

Watching the Lakers is like watching a different version of the mid-90's Bulls. They are just toying with the Bulls right now. They really feel like whenever they get around to pulling away they will, as they did in the second. They underestimated the Bulls scrappiness and didn't hustle back on transition, letting the Bulls get some cheap baskets and get back into the game, but rest assured, the Lakers will be winning this one.

 

The Bulls look like dwarfs compared to the Lakers front court, its amazing we've been able to get any rebounds over them. Pau Gasol is a nightmare for the Bulls, now I remember why Memphis always seemed to play us well even if their bad years.

 

The 90s Bulls teams would absolutely curbstomp this Lakers team. The Kobe-Shaq teams would as well.

 

They're talented and they play a very aestheticly appealing brand of ball but they are soft as butter in a lot of areas.

 

But watch this team develop. Shaq had power, but Gasol is smooth as butter. We really haven't seen what Bynum can do with Gasol and Kobe.

 

Yeah. I doubt the Kobe-Shaq teams would destroy this Lakers team. I mean, this Lakers team, like every team, has nobody who could match up with Shaq in his prime. But this Laker team is much, much deeper than the championship teams. The Laker power forwards during the title runs were A.C. Green (82 starts) and Robert Horry with the 99-00 team, Horace Grant (starter), Horry and Mark Madsen with the 00-01 team, and Samaki Walker (starter), Horry and Madsen with the 01-02 team. Odom and Ariza would destroy Rick Fox at SF as well. Kobe is still Kobe and the point guard is equal as well.

 

Fox, Shaw, Fisher, and Horry were very savvy basketball players. Farmar, Sasha, Vlad Rad, etc. are talented but they are pretty awful team defenders. Gasol and Odom look great against space cadetes like Gooden and Thomas but disappeared when they were matched up with physical defenders who understood team defensive concepts in the Finals.

 

The Kobe-Shaq Lakers would obliterate this team.

 

Agree to disagree. It would be a pretty good game.

[SpongeWorthy]

As for Larry Hughes I only have one question: Why?

 

You can take that as "Why does he play at all?" or "Why does such a wretched human being exist on this earth?" He really runs the gamut.

 

What a horror of a basketball player Larry Hughes is. PLEASE stop playing him.

[Cynosure]

Lol, remember when Kobe was gonna be a Bull?

[Warpticon]

Well we'll see how Bynum develops. He's promising but I think Lakers fans went a little gaga over how well he played last year because he was contrasted to what Kwame Brown had been giving them.

 

I have no idea where you pulled this from, considering Kwame barely even played last year, and Bynum was averaging 15 and 11 as a starter--17 and 12 in January before getting hurt. At age 21. Those are better numbers than 80% of the league is getting from their centers. His shot blocking ability was sorely missed in the Finals last year, that's for sure.

[rawaction]

Is Derrick Rose an All Star? 19.5 points, 6 assists, 5 boards per game. 48% from the field. Been the best PG in the east except for possibly, Devin Harris.

 

Rose has averaged 21.4, 7.6 Ast, and 6.2 Reb in his last 5 games, so he's only getting better.

 

Bulls better not blow this. They can build a team around another star player. Not saying he's Jordan good, but the Bulls can win a championship w/ Derrick Rose.