Washington 5 x 42-40 Indiana 6 x 41-41 Chicago 7 x 41-41 Milwaukee 8 x 40-42 X-All have clinched I have adjusted the games back so it is more accurate of the position we are trying to get to. Right now as most of you know we are two and a half games back of the Bucks with exactly 19 games left in the regular season. Including one game against the Bucks and a pair of games left against the 76ers, Wizards, and Celtics. I will be updating this thread with key games that affect our playoff push each night until the end of the season. Date: 3/12/06: Philadelphia 76ers defeat Memphis Grizzlies now trail Washington by 0.5 games. Boston Celtics defeated the Denver Nuggets now trail Chicago by 0.5 games. Date: 3/13/06: Milwaukee Bucks defeat Atlanta Hawks trail 76ers by 0.5 games. Date: 3/14/06: Chicago Bulls dismantal the Blazers move within 2 1/2 games of 8th place. Philadelphia 76ers lose to the Raptors fall back to 8th place due to tie breaker. Date: 3/16/06: Philadelphia 76ers lose a close game now hold a 2 1/2 game lead for the 8th spot. Date: 3/17/06: Boston Celtics lose fall back another half game behind the Bulls for 9th spot Bucks lose to Raptors lead 76ers by half game for 7th seed. Sixers lose to Clippers hold a two game lead for the 8th seed over Chicago. Date: 3/18/06: Bulls lose tough game to Miami Heat Date: 3/19/06: Philadelphia 76ers lose to Golden State Warriors Chicago Bulls lose to Washington Wizards Date: 3/26/06: Chicago Bulls win move within 1.5 games of eigth spot Philadelphia 76ers lose to Pacers Date: 4/01/06: Indiana Pacers drop fifth straight game Bulls sweep Celtics trail Sixers by one game.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting NaKz:</div><div class="quote_post">if only we could close out games, we'd be in the 8 already</div> Exactly, honestly I believe their is a minimum of 15 games we had in our control that we should have won this season. If we had some veteran leadership on this team, outside of Othella Harrington, I think we could have pulled at least half of those wins out. We have no one on our team who can calm the young guys down before a key possession or help everyone keep their composure. I can?t wait for this off season so we can add some veteran leadership to the team.
Mar 14 vs Portland 8:30 pm - Win - Won: 95 - 66 Mar 15 at Milwaukee 8:00 pm - Win - Lost: 88 - 104 Mar 18 vs Miami 2:00 pm - Loss - Lost: 84 - 85 Mar 19 at Washington 3:30 pm - Loss - Lost: 104 - 113 Mar 22 at Indiana 7:00 pm - Loss - Lost: 85 - 95 Mar 24 vs New Orl/OKC 8:30 pm - Win - Won: 96 - 82 Mar 26 at Boston 4:00 pm - Win - Won: 101 - 97 Mar 28 vs Orlando 8:30 pm -Win - Lost: 93 - 97 Mar 31 at Charlotte 7:30 pm - Win - Won: 113 - 107 Apr 1 vs Boston 8:30 pm - Win - Won: 100 - 94 Apr 4 vs Indiana 8:30 pm - Win - Won: 102 - 96 Apr 5 at Philadelphia 7:00 pm - Loss - Won: 99 - 92 Apr 8 vs Philadelphia 8:30 pm - Win - Lost: 89 - 75 Apr 11 vs New Jersey 8:30 pm - Loss - Won: 104 -101 Apr 12 at Atlanta 7:00 pm - Win - Won: 96 - 90 Apr 14 vs Washington 8:30 pm - Loss - Won: 103 - 101 Apr 16 at Miami 1:00 pm - Loss - Won: 117 - 93 Apr 17 at Orlando 7:00 pm - Win - Won: 116 - 112 Apr 19 vs Toronto 8:30 pm - Win - Won: 127 - 106 This is the remaining 19 games. Realistically I can see us winning around 12 of these games. Of course that is coming through a bias Bulls fan point of view.
The 76ers are reeling without Iverson they are losing winnable games, and are just begging for someone to pass them in the playoff standings. Unfortunately, the Bulls have a game against the Heat coming up, but we still have two games against the 76ers before the season is over so the playoffs are still a possibility.
well if we can pull off a win in a game where we shouldn't win (ie. Miami) it puts us right back in the hunt. However beating Miami is going to be tough.
Milwaukee lost to Toronto today as well. 3 games seperates up between Chicago and Milwaukee, as well as Philly 2.5 games in front sitting at #8. Boston losing also helps seeing as some think they are the biggest threat to the #8 spot.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting I-Miss-MJ:</div><div class="quote_post"> Boston losing also helps seeing as some think they are the biggest threat to the #8 spot.</div> Boston is done in my opinion. They have no chance of catching up to the Bulls let alone the 76ers/Bucks unless a major injury takes place. They are just too far back with not enough games left.
forget it, i want them to go past the 1st round not just get in ther barely, not ready or knwoing they wn't do well, lets get a good pick, we got some from the knicks, but we'll still get more. i don't see hte point for playoffs this season
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting number99:</div><div class="quote_post">forget it, i want them to go past the 1st round not just get in ther barely, not ready or knwoing they wn't do well, lets get a good pick, we got some from the knicks, but we'll still get more. i don't see hte point for playoffs this season</div> This Bulls team is incredibly young. Even if it's a 4 game sweep, it will be another 4 games of experience in the playoffs. Is their really that big of a difference between the 14th-16th pick?
Bulls move into a game and a half of the 76ers who have the Pistons next game in 3 nights, if we beat the Magic and they lose to the Pistons we could be tied for the 8th seed
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting I-Miss-MJ:</div><div class="quote_post">Bulls move into a game and a half of the 76ers</div> Not sure if it has not been updated yet or what, but right now nba.com has us 1.5 games behind the 76ers. I think that is correct not sure though.
