Whenever you shoot 34% from the field, and 15% from behind the arc in the NBA, (as Chicago did in game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals) you're not very likely to win. And for the Chicago Bulls, it's even harder to win when you're taking on a team that's more athletic and less reliant on jump shooting in the Miami Heat. Maybe the Bulls have gotten their "bad shooting game" … [Read more...] about Chicago Bulls Need More Scoring from Wings, Higher Shooting Percentage
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Heat 85, Bulls 75: Miami Takes Boring Slogfest in Game 2
Now that the series shifts to Miami, I'm ready for all of my media brethren to run one of these two cliches into the ground. Either a.) Will Smith's song from 1999 "I'm going to Miami, Bienvenidos a Miami" or last summer's "I'm taking my talents to South Beach." Either way, I'm about to throw up on my shoes. -Don't act so shocked that Chicago Bulls dropped this one. You knew … [Read more...] about Heat 85, Bulls 75: Miami Takes Boring Slogfest in Game 2
The Bulls and The Heat and The Oprah…Time for Game 2
Since Oprah is more powerful than basically any person or any entity, today’s column is the Game 2 preview instead of the Game 2 recap. As much as people have been making a joke out of this topic, Heat forward Lebron James offered some good perspective. “She’s [Oprah] very important. Not only to the world, but to this city. We’ll take a back seat to Oprah. We don’t … [Read more...] about The Bulls and The Heat and The Oprah…Time for Game 2
Chicago Bulls Videos, All-Access, Up Close and Personal
The Chicago Bulls have reached the NBA Final Four! They'll take on the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. Here we have your virtual media pass to get you in the mood. You'll see Derrick Rose, up close after scoring 33 on the Portland Trail Blazers, doing his special in-game scoreboard promos, with a green screen behind him, at Bulls Media Day. And you'll see the … [Read more...] about Chicago Bulls Videos, All-Access, Up Close and Personal
Chicago Bulls vs. Miami Heat: Eastern Conference Finals THROWDOWN!
In the NBA Western Conference, we have a "broken bracket." The San Antonio Spurs and L.A. Lakers (thank goodness!) went down. But in the East, we have #1 vs. #2, the match-up everyone in the media and the league wanted. The match-up we all expected, a re-match of the 1997 Conference Finals. A match-up like requires the old NBA on NBC them from the '90s. You know it, it's … [Read more...] about Chicago Bulls vs. Miami Heat: Eastern Conference Finals THROWDOWN!
All-NBA Team Announced, D. Rose, Lebron Rockin’ the Most
Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls, the NBA MVP, and LeBron James of the Miami Heat, winner of the two previous MVP awards, headline the 2010-11 All-NBA First Team. James was the lone unanimous choice, receiving all 119 first-place votes. Joining James and Rose on the First Team are Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Dwight … [Read more...] about All-NBA Team Announced, D. Rose, Lebron Rockin’ the Most
Miami Heat are an UNFAVORABLE Match-up for the Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls might have owned the Miami Heat this regular season, but Chicago fans shouldn't let that 3-0 mark versus the NBA signature villains fool them into complacency. And that's especially difficult; given how the last time the teams met, the Bulls literally made them cry. The cliche is true; NBA playoff basketball is a totally different animal (especially this … [Read more...] about Miami Heat are an UNFAVORABLE Match-up for the Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls 95, Atlanta Hawks 83: Game 5 Reaction, Analysis, Stankonia
83% of game 5 winners in a NBA Playoff series, when the series was tied 2-2 heading in, have gone on to win the series. Great news for the Chicago Bulls, bad news for the Atlanta Hawks. -Was there a Taj.O web redemption in game 5? Maybe? Taj Gibson had 11 points - all in the fourth quarter. Derrick Rose also scored 11 in the fourth to close it out, as the Bulls dominated … [Read more...] about Chicago Bulls 95, Atlanta Hawks 83: Game 5 Reaction, Analysis, Stankonia
Bulls’ Gar Forman, Heat’s Pat Riley NBA Execs of the Year
It's fitting that the two teams on a collision course for the Eastern Conference Finals (and with it, the ultimate right to deny Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks their first league title) produced the league's top front office men. Chicago Bulls General Manager Gar Forman and Miami Heat President Pat Riley are co-recipients of the 2010-11 NBA Executive of the Year award, … [Read more...] about Bulls’ Gar Forman, Heat’s Pat Riley NBA Execs of the Year
Bulls-Hawks Series Coverage Needs More Perspective, Less “Non-Stories”
I know, I know, it's the NBA playoffs, so everything is magnified 1000 x every game, but observers of the Chicago Bulls-Atlanta Hawks series need to regain some perspective. It seems that every game, "the momentum" shifts 180 degrees to whoever just won the last game, and whether the media actually says it or not, people keep crowning the NBA champion, and then dethroning, and … [Read more...] about Bulls-Hawks Series Coverage Needs More Perspective, Less “Non-Stories”