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Old 05-16-2011, 07:35 PM
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If the Bulls make their threes like they did last night, Miami could get swept. The Heat are simply no match for the Bulls on the glass, and while Chicago has guys who can bother Wade and LeBron, no one on Miami has a prayer against Rose. A young, athletic frontcourt like Chicago's will always give the Heat major problems. The fact that Jamaal Magloire got meaningful minutes this early in the series is a bad sign.
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Old 05-16-2011, 07:59 PM
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Most experts like to crown eastern conference false champions after two rounds. two years ago it was Clev, last year was Orlando, this year Miami. I thought the Heat were abysmal against Boston the last 3 games. They lost by 16 to a one armed point guard for a quarter and a half, got taken to OT in game 4 with an entire game by a one armed point guard, and were down 6 with 4 minutes left at home in game 5 against a one armed point guard. The common knowledge was the Bulls struggled mightily against the Pacers and Hawks, and though perhaps true, they were brutally efficent against ATL in games 5 and 6 thus showing an upward trend, while Miami was definitely on a downward trend in the BOS series. Chicago's game 6 against ATL was the best playoff game by any team so far this year. Miami peaked in game 1 against BOS and has been steadily declining since.

Thus far Derek Rose has two arms still. Miami can certainly come back but I liked what I saw in game 1.
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Most experts like to crown eastern conference false champions after two rounds. two years ago it was Clev, last year was Orlando, this year Miami. I thought the Heat were abysmal against Boston the last 3 games. They lost by 16 to a one armed point guard for a quarter and a half, got taken to OT in game 4 with an entire game by a one armed point guard, and were down 6 with 4 minutes left at home in game 5 against a one armed point guard. The common knowledge was the Bulls struggled mightily against the Pacers and Hawks, and though perhaps true, they were brutally efficent against ATL in games 5 and 6 thus showing an upward trend, while Miami was definitely on a downward trend in the BOS series. Chicago's game 6 against ATL was the best playoff game by any team so far this year. Miami peaked in game 1 against BOS and has been steadily declining since.

Thus far Derek Rose has two arms still. Miami can certainly come back but I liked what I saw in game 1.
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If the Bulls make their threes like they did last night, Miami could get swept. The Heat are simply no match for the Bulls on the glass, and while Chicago has guys who can bother Wade and LeBron, no one on Miami has a prayer against Rose. A young, athletic frontcourt like Chicago's will always give the Heat major problems. The fact that Jamaal Magloire got meaningful minutes this early in the series is a bad sign.
If anyone doubts what you are typing, I want to know what adjustments Miami can make to change this series. They got outrebounded 45-33. Chicago shot 43% from the floor while miami shot 47%. If they commit more to the defensive boards, Korver and Deng will kill them and that's not even considering what Rose will do penetrating. The scary thing is that Rose was doubled much of the night.

It doesn't matter if Wade and Lebron play out of their minds for the rest of the series, Chicago is going to the finals.
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Old 05-16-2011, 08:31 PM
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If anyone doubts what you are typing, I want to know what adjustments Miami can make to change this series. They got outrebounded 45-33. Chicago shot 43% from the floor while miami shot 47%. If they commit more to the defensive boards, Korver and Deng will kill them and that's not even considering what Rose will do penetrating. The scary thing is that Rose was doubled much of the night.

It doesn't matter if Wade and Lebron play out of their minds for the rest of the series, Chicago is going to the finals.
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Old 05-17-2011, 07:38 PM
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I like OKC to win game one. They are in rhythm, Dallas hasn't played in a year, and Dallas is not a really strong home team anyway. I think Dallas rebounds and takes the series though. I'll say six.

I think Miami rebounds too. In my opinion, James and Wade are still two of the three best players in the world and they will play better tomorrow. Chicago will think that they have it made after the ease of game one and let off the gas just enough to allow Miami to sneak out of there with a win. I think they split in Miami also and then you have a best of three series, which I like Miami to win in two. So I like Miami in six.
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I think not, KG.


I don't know how many games it takes...maybe even just 4 or 5...but I'll take the Bulls.
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Premature ejaculation is never a good thing. I was reading all that people typed and I wondered did they see the Bulls against Indiana and Atlanta? They were very inconsistent in those two series' and showed a lot of weakness, weakness that those two teams weren't good enough to take advantage of but Miami is. Chicago relies so heavily on Rose and in order for them to win, he has to be spectacular every night, the clear best player on the court and I'm just not of the opinion that he's better than either James or Wade. He's a great player and he's going to do damage but Miami has the length and athleticsm with James and Wade to make him work really hard for it.
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I think not, KG.


I don't know how many games it takes...maybe even just 4 or 5...but I'll take the Bulls.
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Like I said,Johnny.....let me know when you quote someone who said the Bulls are going to sweep.
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If anyone doubts what you are typing, I want to know what adjustments Miami can make to change this series. They got outrebounded 45-33. Chicago shot 43% from the floor while miami shot 47%. If they commit more to the defensive boards, Korver and Deng will kill them and that's not even considering what Rose will do penetrating. The scary thing is that Rose was doubled much of the night.

It doesn't matter if Wade and Lebron play out of their minds for the rest of the series, Chicago is going to the finals.
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Let me know when you quote someone saying the Bulls are going to sweep.





Johnny....oh never mind.
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If the Bulls make their threes like they did last night, Miami could get swept. The Heat are simply no match for the Bulls on the glass, and while Chicago has guys who can bother Wade and LeBron, no one on Miami has a prayer against Rose. A young, athletic frontcourt like Chicago's will always give the Heat major problems. The fact that Jamaal Magloire got meaningful minutes this early in the series is a bad sign.
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If you're going to be a redboarding dipshit, you should at least note what I actually said:

"If the Bulls make their threes like they did last night, Miami could get swept."

The Bulls are 14-for-56 on threes in their last three games. It's destroyed them. So my 'prediction', if you can even call it that, wasn't even wrong.
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To me the big difference between the two teams has been the Heat have gotten contributions from guys like Miller and Chalmers when they really needed it and the Bulls haven't. Has Kyle Korver hit a 3 all series?

I also think Thibodeau has gotten out coached a bit by Spolestra which is scary. Lebron gets on Rose last night and all of the sudden the game changes and no adjustments are made. The Bulls last 2 possesions in regulation last night were terrible.

That said, I don't know how anyone could root for the Heat or Lebron. What a piece of sh.it he is.
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I haven't watched the series. Can't stand to watch LeBron carry on with his theatrics. The push-ups, mean muggin, wannabe alpha routine.

He's not alpha. He's a b.itch. No matter how many rings he gets he'll always be the b.itch who settled.
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I haven't watched the series. Can't stand to watch LeBron carry on with his theatrics. The push-ups, mean muggin, wannabe alpha routine.

He's not alpha. He's a b.itch. No matter how many rings he gets he'll always be the b.itch who settled.
You haven't missed much.

Lebron taught Bosh well also. Everytime he makes a play he screams, bangs his chest and carries on like a maniac.
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I haven't watched the series. Can't stand to watch LeBron carry on with his theatrics. The push-ups, mean muggin, wannabe alpha routine.

He's not alpha. He's a b.itch. No matter how many rings he gets he'll always be the b.itch who settled.
I dont remember seeing all the theatrics you talked about in the days of the great Knicks, Lakers, Pistons, Celtics, Bulls matchups. I dont know where all this as you say "mean-muggin" chest poundig and screaming ever started but it makes you miss Magic, Bird, Jordan, Isaiah, Reed. I dont think they ever did any of that and look at how many great plays they could of.
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