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rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States20289 Posts
April 06 2012 05:06 GMT
#5901
On April 06 2012 12:28 ecstatica wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 12:19 VENDIZ wrote:
Phew, offensive flow a lot better at the start of the 3rd for the Bulls now, gotta keep this up now! Excited to see if Rip plays on the 4th quarter tonight


Somehow I always find it disgusting losing to Bulls. Something about this team is just so shitty, I have no idea what.

scalabrine?
LiquidDota StaffOnly a true king can play the King.
Holcan
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada2593 Posts
April 06 2012 06:37 GMT
#5902
How are the matchups even remotely in the knicks favour? Their best player is offensively negated by chicagos best defender, their 2nd best player is injured, their third best player is a center who can only do alley oops and put backs, with very limited offensive game.

Their point guards are outmatched, even if Rose doesn't come back, which he most likely will, their shooting guards are a wash, with chicago probably getting the edge for sheer utility of having 3 natural shooting guards, rather than Iman Shumpert, and Landry Fields.

Plus, the bench is easily in Chicagos favour, they have 2 solid big men, one defense, and one offense, to sub into the game, and have proven themselves in big minutes. They also have superior guards due to the experience their PG's got with Rose out, and the same with Rips injury. Rip and Rose are already proven themselves at a high level, so their injuries are hardly something to worry about (this year).

Unless you seriously think Steve Novak, and Jared Jefferies are honestly better than Taj Gibson and Ashton Kutcher, but I'd call that more or less a wash.

And phillys schedule is just as hard, and they fucking suck the second half of the year, its better a question of can we get 3rd, which i doubt after two hard losses to the spurs and chicago, but it was definitely possible, and still is barring an indiana melt down.
Reference The Inadvertant Joey, Strong talented orchastrasted intelligent character.
Ace
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States16096 Posts
April 06 2012 07:37 GMT
#5903
On April 06 2012 13:47 ecstatica wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 13:30 Holcan wrote:
of course they can beat the 8th seed without rose, its the knicks or the bucks, both those teams are bad. I'm not sure they can top philly, good coaching and wing defenders there, and chicago doesn't have a huge post threat, aside from the booze, to punish phillys lack of interior d.


liking home court a lot more now that indy moved to number 3, they were scary as a 4/5 matchup, atl and orlando aren't scary at all.


I actually cant wait to see Knicks vs Bulls in playoffs. If NY does anything right the matchups are not bad. And its arguable who has the better bench.

4th seed looking good but its hard to not fall behind philly with this schedule. Im almost ready mentally they play Miami



[image loading]
Math me up, scumboi. - Acrofales
zeehar
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Korea (South)3804 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 10:28:00
April 06 2012 10:26 GMT
#5904
On April 06 2012 16:37 Ace wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 13:47 ecstatica wrote:
On April 06 2012 13:30 Holcan wrote:
of course they can beat the 8th seed without rose, its the knicks or the bucks, both those teams are bad. I'm not sure they can top philly, good coaching and wing defenders there, and chicago doesn't have a huge post threat, aside from the booze, to punish phillys lack of interior d.


liking home court a lot more now that indy moved to number 3, they were scary as a 4/5 matchup, atl and orlando aren't scary at all.


I actually cant wait to see Knicks vs Bulls in playoffs. If NY does anything right the matchups are not bad. And its arguable who has the better bench.

4th seed looking good but its hard to not fall behind philly with this schedule. Im almost ready mentally they play Miami



[image loading]


love it.

chicago's bench is watson, lucas, korver, brewer, gibson and asik. it's among the top benches in the league.
I AM THE UNIVERSAL CONSTANT
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 12:17:15
April 06 2012 12:08 GMT
#5905
On April 06 2012 14:06 rabidch wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 12:28 ecstatica wrote:
On April 06 2012 12:19 VENDIZ wrote:
Phew, offensive flow a lot better at the start of the 3rd for the Bulls now, gotta keep this up now! Excited to see if Rip plays on the 4th quarter tonight


Somehow I always find it disgusting losing to Bulls. Something about this team is just so shitty, I have no idea what.

scalabrine?



That's the only thing I think about when I hear Scalabrine now. Top 10 player in the NBA!
ModeratorNow I'm distant, dark in this anthrobeat
ecstatica
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States542 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 15:56:04
April 06 2012 12:56 GMT
#5906
On April 06 2012 21:56 ecstatica wrote:
On April 06 2012 15:37 Holcan wrote:
How are the matchups even remotely in the knicks favour? Their best player is offensively negated by chicagos best defender, their 2nd best player is injured, their third best player is a center who can only do alley oops and put backs, with very limited offensive game.

Their point guards are outmatched, even if Rose doesn't come back, which he most likely will, their shooting guards are a wash, with chicago probably getting the edge for sheer utility of having 3 natural shooting guards, rather than Iman Shumpert, and Landry Fields.

Plus, the bench is easily in Chicagos favour, they have 2 solid big men, one defense, and one offense, to sub into the game, and have proven themselves in big minutes. They also have superior guards due to the experience their PG's got with Rose out, and the same with Rips injury. Rip and Rose are already proven themselves at a high level, so their injuries are hardly something to worry about (this year).

Unless you seriously think Steve Novak, and Jared Jefferies are honestly better than Taj Gibson and Ashton Kutcher, but I'd call that more or less a wash.

And phillys schedule is just as hard, and they fucking suck the second half of the year, its better a question of can we get 3rd, which i doubt after two hard losses to the spurs and chicago, but it was definitely possible, and still is barring an indiana melt down.


I assume Amare and Lin will be back by 1st round, which is indicated by most reports. Amare and Melo will be different players in playoffs, Chandler will be usual beast. I dont know why none of you think of this as advantage for NY. Rose is the scary thing but you can live with that if hes limited to <30 a game. If Chandler kills Noah and Melo outshoots Deng - isnt it up for grabs? I can not see Boozer outplaying Amare either, Boozer is trash.

How do you not mention JR? Him and Novak and Jeffries and either Baron or Lin off the bench - looks good to me. And Im a fan of Shumpert. Chicago is deep on paper but will it hold up vs star players in playoff time?
NeMeSiS3, Portlandian, Reason,
cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
April 06 2012 15:32 GMT
#5907
On April 06 2012 14:06 rabidch wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 12:28 ecstatica wrote:
On April 06 2012 12:19 VENDIZ wrote:
Phew, offensive flow a lot better at the start of the 3rd for the Bulls now, gotta keep this up now! Excited to see if Rip plays on the 4th quarter tonight


Somehow I always find it disgusting losing to Bulls. Something about this team is just so shitty, I have no idea what.

scalabrine?


Won a ring with the Celtics.

Honestly, Boston-Chicago is a bitter thing. I've not met a Chicago fan who doesn't hate Rondo, I think Rose hates Rondo, I think Rondo hates Rose and Noah.
Freeeeeeedom
ecstatica
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States542 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 15:54:29
April 06 2012 15:53 GMT
#5908
NeMeSiS3, Portlandian, Reason,
Holcan
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada2593 Posts
April 06 2012 16:49 GMT
#5909
lin and davis are non-factors, and chicago won't match up with booze on amare unless they have to, noah, asik, gibson will most likely be the defensive focus on amare, because defending against chandler is easy, box out and prevent lobs.

jr smith is good, but he is more or less a wash against rip, and if rip was healthy, his off ball movement and defense is far greater than jr smith.

so basically, the bulls have an extreme advantage at the 1, rose and backups far greater than lin/davis. a wash at the two, rip + brewer vs. smith + shumpert. the front court is absolutely dominated by chicago, deng, boozer, noah, gibson and asik vs melo, amare, chandler, novak, landry fields, and jefferies.

the starting lineups are relatively equal, but the bench absolutely kills nyk, that's without even mentioning that nyk struggle in half court sets, and excel in transition, both of which chicago is top in the league against defensively.


nyk has too many iso gunners, and not enough play time together this year to make a legit run at chicago, miami, or even indiana and boston.
Reference The Inadvertant Joey, Strong talented orchastrasted intelligent character.
MassHysteria
Profile Joined October 2010
United States3678 Posts
April 06 2012 19:09 GMT
#5910
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/7782382/sacramento-kings-demarcus-cousins-calls-los-angeles-clippers-blake-griffin-actor-matchup
LoL.
"Just ban all the J's...even jinklejoes" --unnamed source
rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States20289 Posts
April 06 2012 19:19 GMT
#5911
On April 07 2012 00:32 cLutZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 14:06 rabidch wrote:
On April 06 2012 12:28 ecstatica wrote:
On April 06 2012 12:19 VENDIZ wrote:
Phew, offensive flow a lot better at the start of the 3rd for the Bulls now, gotta keep this up now! Excited to see if Rip plays on the 4th quarter tonight


Somehow I always find it disgusting losing to Bulls. Something about this team is just so shitty, I have no idea what.

scalabrine?


Won a ring with the Celtics.

Honestly, Boston-Chicago is a bitter thing. I've not met a Chicago fan who doesn't hate Rondo, I think Rose hates Rondo, I think Rondo hates Rose and Noah.

i know he has a ring
LiquidDota StaffOnly a true king can play the King.
rei
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States3594 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 19:25:23
April 06 2012 19:23 GMT
#5912
I don't even want to see Lin or Davis trying to guard Rose. They need someone faster, Knicks are playing some very good defense right now, but that defense hasn't been tested by the elites. We will see if they are able to hold the Bulls below 90, they have a chance. But there is no way in hell that's ganna happen 4times in a best of 7.
GET OUT OF MY BASE CHILL
Holcan
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada2593 Posts
April 06 2012 21:50 GMT
#5913
it would be stupid if iman wasnt matched up on rose as much as possible, which means davis or lin on the two.
Reference The Inadvertant Joey, Strong talented orchastrasted intelligent character.
iNdEMAND
Profile Joined July 2010
130 Posts
April 07 2012 00:41 GMT
#5914
Thunder getting destroyed by the Pacers right now
BlackJack
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
United States10574 Posts
April 07 2012 00:42 GMT
#5915
Dunno what's been up with Wade lately. Been missing a ton of layups the last few games and this game he even bricked TWO dunks.
MilesTeg
Profile Joined September 2010
France1271 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-07 01:41:32
April 07 2012 01:40 GMT
#5916
San Antonio about to grab that first seed!

Not to mention the second best record overall behind Chicago if Miami loses.
zeehar
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Korea (South)3804 Posts
April 07 2012 01:48 GMT
#5917
big win for the pacers, though kevin durant is an absolute monster. glad to see we hold on to the win.

34-21 baby! strengthening our grip on that third seed
I AM THE UNIVERSAL CONSTANT
Holcan
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada2593 Posts
April 07 2012 02:32 GMT
#5918



dwyane trolling
Reference The Inadvertant Joey, Strong talented orchastrasted intelligent character.
Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
April 07 2012 02:40 GMT
#5919
On April 06 2012 12:28 ecstatica wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 12:19 VENDIZ wrote:
Phew, offensive flow a lot better at the start of the 3rd for the Bulls now, gotta keep this up now! Excited to see if Rip plays on the 4th quarter tonight


Somehow I always find it disgusting losing to Bulls. Something about this team is just so shitty, I have no idea what.


Maybe it's because they only have 2 players that have an ounce of skill. The others are just there to get offensive rebounds, elbow you out of the way and lay up.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16125 Posts
April 07 2012 02:47 GMT
#5920
Marcus Camby can't guard Bynum. The Lakers need to go to him all night.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
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