Everything you guys are saying abotu the underachieving Bulls is correct, but I'll still have to go with the Bulls winning by 5 in this one. It all depends on who wants it more, and I guess the Cavs do becasue they actually are fighting for a playoff spot, but I'll have to hand this one to the Bulls. Bash all you want, we'll see tonight.
i take my last message back. Maybe the Bulls won't do so well tonight becasue they're at home and although they have sellout crowds for nights like this, they still don't live to their lowly expectations. When playing on the road, the Bulls are shooting .433 from the floor, including .346 from 3-point range. When playing at home, Chicago is managing .405 from the field, including .336 from beyond the arc.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting mydi619:</div><div class="quote_post">It all depends on who wants it more, and I guess the Cavs do becasue they actually are fighting for a playoff spot, but I'll have to hand this one to the Bulls.</div> Lol, what? If it all depends on who wants it more, and the Cavs want it more, reason would follow that the Cavs win. Please use the edit feature and drop the double posts.
This one will probably be much closer then you all expect.... we never ever beat anyone convincingly and will probably end up winning by 4 or so.
Arghhhh...........A nailbiter or a runaway, which is it?? The Bulls coming off a 6 pt win against the Warriors. A win is a win but it was a weak win at that. Golden State jacked up 100 shots and only made 27...................Still Curry and crawford carried the load, going off for 53 of the 87pts. The rest of the bulls might as well of stayed home. Gill, Davis and Hinrich were a combined 7 for 33 from the floor. Hinerich only made 3 shots but they were all 3 pointers. We need this win. We're the better team right now, and if we're on our game we should be OK. Just hope the Bulls don't deceide to wake up tonight !!
We seem to give up a bunch of open outside looks.... it will be very interesting to see if Gunslinger Crawford is knocking down said jumpers.
Then again guys!!...............We may not have a thing to worry about. According to Chad Ford in his insider article today, GM John Paxon really has a thing for Emeka Okafor, and the Bulls are in line for the #1 pick..........."IT'S TANKING TIME".
The bulls don't want to win. Crawford wants to play for a big FA contract. Hinrich doesn't know anything else but to play hard for the win coming from Kansas. Curry's coming off his injury with something to prove. Other than that, the rest of the guys don't have much to play for. The vets will kind of want it... cause the are older and all that. We should have this game. That being said, the Cavs have to go into this game like they would any tougher game. Can't fall asleep on anyone.
23/21 Cavs after one McInnis has 8, 1, and 1 Boozer has 4, 6, and 2 Z has 7 and 4 Curry has 8 and 4 Crawford has 4 assists, but is 0-5 from the field
Haha the Bulls are up 29-25. Maybe my prediction will be correct, but then again, we know the Bulls will lose even thoguh the Bulls are winning by 5 points in the end of the 3rd.
^ ehhh? English please. Cavs are not being aggressive, taking jump shots, turning the ball over, it's ugly out there. 32/27 Bulls 8:30 left
I really don't think Chicago has any intention to tank games. They get Dwight or Emeka. It's a win-win.
51/37 Bulls @ the half McInnis has 8, 2, and 3 James has 8 on 4-9 shooting Boozer has 4, 7, and 2 Z has 11 and 7 Williams is 1-6 as his shooting woes continue. Hinrich, Davis, and Curry have all scored over double figures. Hinrich had the play of the half by throwing down a huge dunk over Ilgauskas. Cavs shot 36.6% to the Bulls 48.7 Cavs have 10 turnover to the Bulls 8 Cavs have 14 points in the paint to the Bulls 20 Cavs are 0-7 from deep, the Bulls are 2-5 The Cavs are not attacking the basket, not moving around, not setting picks, all just taking jump shots. The Bulls are setting the tempo of this ball game, they are the ones playing aggressive. Ugly, just flat out ugly.
This may not be comforting to say right now but I would rather see Cleveland down at halftime, than going into the second half with a huge lead. Whenever the Cavaliers get a large lead, they stop putting forth effort and let the other team back into the game. At least in this situation, you know Cleveland won't relax because they no longer have the option to. I expect a run in the 3rd but Chicago might be able to hold it off if their good play continues.
I can't see this game, so I can't analyze it, but this doesn't surprise me at all. The only thing that the Cavs have been consistent about this year, is their inconsistency. One quarter they look like one of the best teams in the East, the next they look like a lottery team. The Cavs need to cut out these quarters each game where they get outscored by double digits if they plan on continuing this march forward. I thought it was just a little lapse one week, but now it appears to be a reoccurring theme.
Cavs down 74/56 after 3 No need to even explain this one, the Bulls want this so much more than the Cavs. This can help us though, we are too young to play well every game, usually we bounce back well after getting our brains kicked in.
