First home loss.

i wish the West sucked as much as the East. it must be nice.

the East has 4 teams almost 7-11 in the playoffs. The West has a 8-10 team that is in 11th place

the difference between 6th and 7th places in the East is 5 games.

the difference between 3rd and 9th places in the West is 1.5 games.


say it with me. overrr rated clap clap clapclapclap

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Are there any teams in the West as talented as the Bulls or Heat?

6-2 against the west so far. So obviously the overrated talk is not valid. With that said, I'd imagine playing the East will be worth a few extra wins at the end of the year.

sounds like Rose took the Pacer celebration after the game personally. Should be interesting in March when they come back.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared of the Pacers. They're very long and athletic on the perimeter, play tough, have alot of depth and seem to have alot of confidence in what they're doing.

Very important to get the one seed in the East this year. Hopefully we'll be able to watch Miami slug it out against those guys in the second round and get the winner in the conference finals.

With that said, it's hard to place much emphasis on Wednesday's game. Deng and Gibson were out. It was also one of those games where all the loose balls seemed to go right to an Indiana player. And late in the game, the Bulls had countless open looks that went in and out. But a W is a W. Props to Indiana for a big road win.

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Bulls lose to Miami because classic look ahead to....2 months from now....when they play the Pacers again?

i dont want to live on this planet anymore

What the **** are you babbling about?

Bulls are mind f***ed by the Heat right now. Rose is playing with no composure.

They miss Deng quite a bit. And these officials are embarrassingly bad.

Crazy that we even had a chance to win

I didn't see anything today to make me change my mind that the Bulls can absolutely beat Miami in a 7-game series if they are healthy. 

no they cant. Not without HCA

HCA?

Hibiscus covered anus

I have no idea what that means.

Home Court Advantage

Kinda agree with SimpleBay on this. We need HCA to beat them. For whatever reason, Rose seems to be mind f***ed late in games against Miami. Almost reminds me of Jordan against the Pistons in the late 80s.

Obviously having home court is a big benefit, but to say we CAN'T beat them without it is just asinine. I have two words that should help convince anyone that Miami is beatable: Erik Spoelstra.

Bosh and Miller need to play worse in order for the Bulls to have a chance. Battier is playing well. Norris Cole is playing well. and if Chalmers is on from deep watchout.

they Bulls CANT beat the Heat under those circumstances. The Heat are a fair bit better than last year. And they beat them last year. And the Bulls are worse. (because injuries right now)

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I didn't see anything today to make me change my mind that the Bulls can absolutely beat Miami in a 7-game series if they are healthy.

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You suck at reading.

actually, you do. my reference to the Bulls injuries is an explanation as to why the Bulls are worse than the BULLS (of last year). hence the miami to miami comparison preceiding that.

that, added with the other comments showing the Heat's supporting cast playing extremely well, you shouldve used that to reinforce my comment earlier that the Bulls will lose to the Heat regardless of the Bulls injury status without Home Court Advantage.

The Bulls didn't have injuries last year? Oh, they added this guy named Rip Hamilton, too.

not like this they didnt.

you are missing the point. let me be more clear.

if both teams are 100% healthy, and the bulls are playing as they are now, and the Heat (supporting cast in particular) are playing as they are now...

they will not beat the Heat. even with HCA. if the Heat return to Earth (Bosh, Miller, Chalmers, Cole) and start playing worse....then the Bulls can win with HCA.

how many bulls fans just got a toy story cowboy

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"If I could play with Derrick right now and God wanted that to happen, it will happen," Howard told the Chicago Tribune. "It has nothing to do with me not wanting to play with Derrick Rose. I love him. That's my brother."

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http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story/_/id/7518789/orlando-magic-dwight-howard-ok-playing-chicago-bulls

I was very impressed with Rip's defense on Wade yesterday. He's such a smart player.

Getting CJ back will help too. We would have been better off playing 4 on 5 yesterday than letting John Lucas see the floor.

A healthy Bulls team beats Miami yesterday. But we will see a hungry and motivated Miami team in the ECF. I hope I'm wrong but I don't think it's our year.

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Boozer missed 23 games last season.
Noah missed 34 games last season.
Kurt Thomas missed 30 games last season.
DRose played hurt in the playoffs.

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if both teams are 100% healthy, and the bulls are playing as they are now, and the Heat (supporting cast in particular) are playing as they are now...

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They lost by 2 in Miami without Luol Deng. How ****ing dense are you?

they ain't beating Miami snitch. ain't. happenin.

and please tell me you're using Kurt Thomas as a defense.

Kurt Thomas was a solid contributor to the team last year. If you don't know that, you didn't pay attention to the Bulls. And I love how you skipped over the two starters that combined to miss almost 70% of a season's worth of games.

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The bulls were probably better with Boozer out and Gibson/Asik in.


don't know if you've been paying attention to the bulls this year and seen Boozer and Noah's 4th quarter MPG: hint....they are low.

hence, they've been sucking

And yet they still almost beat the Heat in Miami without Deng.

I'm not guaranteeing they will win like some moron. I'm also not saying that they have no chance of winning the series like some moron. Run along and play with your GI Joe dolls, little boy. Let the men talk basketball.

they only beat the wizards by 10. Pathetic. This clearly shows this team is not ready to go to the finals.

And Rose only wishez he had the Rose System for all day i dream about sex.

Suck it deluxe.

I heard Kanye is switching from the Kobe System to D Rose system btw.

Also, I'll take any W's on this 9 game road trip. Even ugly ones.

Will Farrell doing intros at the Bulls v. Hornets game.

http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/02/08/will-ferrell-bulls-hornets-lineup/

I saw that IowaAggie

That was awesome.