This is a must win here, the bulls are two games ahead of Boston in the race for the #8 spot and Philly is 3 1/2 games ahead of us standing in that #8 spot right now. We have to win today, period.Matchups: Chris Duhon vs. Delonte WestDuhon is a true point guard, he doesn't have the greatest defensive skills but he definately knows how to run an offense. He is a guy who hustles and gives a lot of effort and isn't looking to fill up the stat line every night. This should be a great matchup because Delonte is definately more versatile and has more scoring threats in his game.Wally Szczberiak vs. Kirk HinrichWally will look to exploit this size mismatch and take Kirch to the low post. I honestly love watching Hinrich play, he can create his own shots and is very good at it. He's a quick guard with a lot of scoring options. Also what makes him really a threat is his ability to play either the 1 or 2 guard spot. Hinrich should have a tough night on the low post with Wally and also getting up in Wally's face for outside jumpers.Paul Pierce vs. Luol DengLuol is one of the more underrated players in the NBA. He's a terrific defender and seems like he's always looking to get the basketball wether it be on defense or offense. He does have some scoring punch but nothing close to the man he'll be guarding tonight. The Truth is The Truth and we all know his scoring abilities. I'm looking for Pierce to get by Deng and use foul prone Tyson Chandler to his advantage.Ryan Gomes vs. Andre NocioniNocioni plays more of an outside game to Gomes's crash the boards mentality. Gomes had a great game in NY where he put up 15 points and 13 rebounds but then again that was the NY Knicks. I think Gomes might have some trouble guarding the perimeter but his inside strengths will give Nocioni lots of trouble. This should be a good matchup.Raef LaFrentz vs. Mike SweetneySweetney is the starting center but usually doesn't even play that many minutes. He does a good job of creating space around the hoop with his wide body and he can definately mustle Raef out of paint. Like always for Raef to be profoundly effective he needs to get his outside jumper going. Boston at ChicagoSaturday, 8:30
we need this one. If there's any hope at all, we need this one. Let's see if we can actually close out a game this time.
end of the third quarter. tied at 76.paul is shooting only 1-11. :no3:we had a double digit lead, but we lost it, again. Wally is the only one playing according to the boxscore. He has 24 right now.Tony is doing well off the bench. 5-6, 10 points, 1 steal, 2 blocks.
I didnt see the game but yesss chicago won. Looks like they had played great D on paul.Nice win for the Bulls
the refs were so bad in this game, they had so many BS charge calls, still the C's couldnt finish out another one, too bad
Lol, but lots of peoples are also called for blocking most of the times when it's close, so I guess charges calls have to come, eh?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (WELCOMEtotheJUNGLE @ Apr 2 2006, 10:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>the refs were so bad in this game, they had so many BS charge calls, still the C's couldnt finish out another one, too bad</div>Oh my God, i noticed the same exact thing when we played Chicago a week ago! That crap pisses me off, they always slide into position late, but they get it every time. So frustrating.
