Bulls won for the 5th straight time tonight. They are getting better and better as the games go by seemingly. Do you guys think this streak is just a run of luck...or are the Bulls finally maturing and turning into the team that many fans believed they could be?
The biggest change in the Bulls play is their new found ability to close out a game. After that GUTWRENCHING loss against dallas the bulls have closed out games where they held a lead in the last 4 minutes. To night was a good example of that. Even when the pistons cut the lead to 2 Ben stepped up and hit HUGE shots for the bulls. If the bulls wouldnt have allowed so many offensive rebounds they wouldve won by 18 or 20. I must say that the loss to dallas was the best thing that ever happened to the bulls since 98, The pain of that loss has given them the motivation to play hard for the whole 48. ONE!(love) GO BULLS!
One problem i noticed is that we seem to give out a lot of fouls, particulary Hinrich and Curry, guys we need in the closing because they are our 2 main threats. Ben Gordon is total clutch in the 4th, its amazing.
This Bulls team really is scary me now! They won 5 straight and won against Detroit. They are starting to remind me a little bit of the Heat when they started becoming a solid team last year. The only thing is the Bulls are doing it much sooner. Chicago might be playoff bound! If they keep playing like this they will. What did they do differently from their other 9 games they lost. This run is not a fluke I think it will continue but, I do think the Bulls wont make the playoffs. I think they might just miss it. Too many other teams like Boston and Philadelphia trying to make a run to the playoffs who started off better. I think that 0-9 start will prove costly. But, it is no question that the Chicago Bulls have definitely improved. Those rookies are really doing big things for them.
i knwo it bites... if onmly we didnt start off 0-9 and if only we won that stupid game against dallas that i've decided to blame the refs for... hinrich's 2 was a 3, punks!~!
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting I-Miss-MJ:</div><div class="quote_post">One problem i noticed is that we seem to give out a lot of fouls, particulary Hinrich and Curry, guys we need in the closing because they are our 2 main threats. Ben Gordon is total clutch in the 4th, its amazing.</div> EH, I dont think thats as big a deal as turnovers. Once and a while you can expect to have players in foul trouble but the bulls have struggled in every game with turnovers. I hope people start taking the bulls a little bit more serious instead of saying "calm down you only have won 4 straight its not like your going to the playoffs" kind of crap. Although I think we're only 2.5 back of a spot??
we are 2.5 behind 8th spot. But i seem to notice that Curry and Hinrich seem to foul out or get into foul trouble to the point where we cant use them as we would like. I have noticed the turnovers though.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting I-Miss-MJ:</div><div class="quote_post">we are 2.5 behind 8th spot. But i seem to notice that Curry and Hinrich seem to foul out or get into foul trouble to the point where we cant use them as we would like. I have noticed the turnovers though.</div> Curry fouling out really isn't too big of a deal. The fact that we have Tyson Chandler, who in my opinon is playing better ball, makes him somewhat less of a worry if he does get in foul trouble. Hinrich...we always have Duhon to come in and play point. Or, if all else fails, Gordon is capable of playing point, however, it's not his natural position. So really, those aren't really my worries. My worries consist of the turnover problem and the falling asleep on a big lead problem that seems to happen from time to time.
