Game Thread: Preseason Game #2, Bulls @ Mavericks

Nice drive by Rose

 

Damn! Dirk makes a deep three from the side falling away to give the mavs the halftime lead.

45-44

 

D. Nowitzki 20 Rose 12

Bulls 43% Dallas 37%

Dallas is 16-18 from the line, bulls are 6-7.

Bulls are being out rebounded again 25-19

Noah has 7 pts 6 reboundes

 

Deng for 3!

 

nice 3 by Bogans

 

Noah gives the Bulls the lead and is fouled. missed the fta

 

nice left handed hook shot by Noah and was fouled again!

Time out. 55-53 Bulls

 

bogans with another 3

 

Noah drives the length of the court, misses the lay up lol

 

Deng and Gibson are not rebounding like they did last year

 

End of 3 Bulls down 66-63

 

Thomas puts the bulls back in the lead.

 

5:14 76-75 Mavs.

Bulls 45% Mavs 36%

Dallas 47-30 rebounding edge

 

Dallas has 25 second chance points!

Rose 2 assists

 

And this may just be a preview of the circus trip.

 

Easy there feisty ? The Bulls may start out slow and rack up the losses on the circus trip -- I think they probably will -- but it won't be because the Mavs played Jason Terry, Dirk and Caron Butler down the stretch and the Bulls played Omer Asik, Brian Scalabrine and Kyle Weaver. The Mavs were playing to win for some reason; the Bulls weren't. The Bulls outplayed the Mavs starters in general, but there's nothing to take away from the outcome of this one.

 

Winning is a culture thing. Jordan didn't want to lose, ever. I mean, shouldn't the preseason games be about learning to win as a team?

 

Maybe the new defensive system causes our key rebounders to be out of position much of the time? Or it could be we're not really playing very strong rebounders much in the preseason games.