UMFan83

Finally sitting down to watch a Cubs game this year....Ian Stewart does not look like a number 2 to me. He seems like an 8 or maybe 12 to me. Too much Theriot left in that number.

I'm listening to Lebatards show from yesterday and they are legit worried about the Bulls. They can't believe the Bulls 2nd team beat the Heat who were treating the game as a playoff game (and the minutes reflect that). They said the scary thing is Rose will never go 1-13 in his life again. Also both the hosts agree that the Bulls have improved more since last year than the Heat. Also no one has brought up the "this happened last year and Heat destroyed the East in the playoffs. Part of that is probably because they are a radio show and need to be extreme in their opinions but it's interesting that people in Chicago are throwing that out there more than Miami guys.

pretty glad the Hawks didnt end up getting matched up with the Kings. How many years of playoff choking until Vancouver changes up the core of their team? I'm not saying this series is over but if they lose, it's so deflating to get 110+ points annually and fall short and in many cases fall way short. The team is really good but there's just something there keeping them from getting it done when it counts. Yes they made it to game 7 of the SCF last year, but they were an accurate Patrick Sharp tap in from blowing a 3-0 lead and losing in the first round last year.

LMAO...in today's column, he now says "am I wrong to think the Creaky But Lovable Celtics could sneak into the Finals?" Does he even realize how much of a homer he sounds like?

I could not stop laughing after I clicked on playoff mode and Shea Weber's photo came up

This series has been freaking amazing so far. Wow Flyers just scored the dagger....Everyone's Cup favorites are down 0-2 after dropping 2 at home.

Oh supposedly a Florida Panthers playoff hockey game is the excuse people are going with.

Plenty of good seats available for the Marlins 2nd game at their new park......uh oh

Remember when Marlon Byrd was an "all star"?

aww the Celtics fan wants to be relevant Edit: My answer is yes. Although, Bulls have pretty much handled the Celtics with little struggle the last 6 times they've played. 5-1 in that span. If you want to go back to the beginning of last year its 5-3 as the Bulls lost 2 very close games to Boston when they were struggling to introduce 7 new rotation players and started the season 9-8 and finished 53-12. Boston has had its own good excuses as well, but the Bulls have gone 3-1 against them this year and 3 of the games were without Rose and one of those was a win without him during this Boston hot streak. The playoffs are different of course, and we can't use the 2009 series as a comparison as the Bulls have drastically changed since then (Rose and Noah are the only 2 current Bulls to play in that series - Deng was injured), and the Celtics have Garnett - albeit not in his 2009 form (but has been resurgent lately). But overall, I don't worry about losing that series, although I'd expect it to be a long and difficult one. The Pacers I would worry about a little bit more, obviously they play us tough. I'm getting a little wordy here, but my main point is that I think most Bulls fans understand that the ECF is not even close to a given and that the East is harder and the Bulls opponents in the 1st 2 rounds will undoubtably be tougher than last year's Indiana and Atlanta. But the Bulls should be favored to win every series against any team in the East accept Miami, and the Bulls proved that they can win in the playoffs (although were shaky at times), so its natural for fans to let their throughts drift towards the ECF at times.

Hang another banner at the UC. On a related note: NBA division titles might be the stupidest thing you can raise a banner for. What makes it different than the NHL? You play a higher proportion of games in your own division. 6 in division vs. 4 in rest of conference vs. 1-2 in other conference. Nba Is 4 in division, 3-4 in rest of conference and 2 in other conference.

literally like 10 seconds later horrible loss Meh, Hawks showed fight at least in coming back. I wouldnt say the way the game was played was horrible, but the outcome certainly was. Win game 2 and we take the momentum in the series.

BTW, this is the 7th time in the last 9 games that the Hawks have taken a game to OT. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. 3-4 in those games now.

you could see that coming. Hawks dominated the first few minutes and then Phoenix just destroyed us from then on. Overall, I think the series is evenly matched but Phoenix is slightly better.

ding ding ding

stop taking fuckingcing calls And that's game SOB

Can someone tell these idiot Phoenix fans to not jump up every single time theres a Coyotes SOG? I swear I've thought the game ended 3 times already because I couldnt see what happened to the shot and the fans are all standing up

Man they are getting good shots on Smith.....hopefully its only a matter of time..

I was already writing up my "well that sucked but we only need to win 1 of the 2 to be in a good position" post, and then you just saw a wide open net and the puck drifting onto Seab's stick. Awesome.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! SEABS!!!!! THAT WAS AWESOME!!

Hang another banner at the UC. On a related note: NBA division titles might be the stupidest thing you can raise a banner for.

I'm going to guess fans of a lot of teams have said that over the last 6 weeks or so.

Should we call that PP a success just because the Hawks managed to get control of the puck in their zone again after the opponent cleared it?

This is going to be a horrific series to watch with both teams competing to see who can out suck each other on the PP