ATL vs. CHI sponsored by Mickey D's because....

[NewJerSpur]

You

[NewJerSpur]

Are

[NewJerSpur]

The

[NewJerSpur]

Best

[NewJerSpur]

Mr.

[NewJerSpur]

Snuggles.

[Giuseppe]

I need Atlanta to act like somebody tonite and not revert to form. GD it.

& I need it bad.

[LakerHater]

Finally, some playoff basketball!!

[Bill_Brasky]

It's been an eternity since Wednesday. Let's get this shit started chipmunk!

[IronMexican]

I hate ESPN broadcasts.

[NewJerSpur]

I hate ESPN broadcasts.

They do seem kind of cheap and cheesy, especially during the playoffs for some reason......NBA TV's by far the worst though imo. NBC was the best :depressed.

ONWARD.....:toast

[Bill_Brasky]

They do seem kind of cheap and cheesy, especially during the playoffs for some reason......NBA TV's by far the worst though imo. NBC was the best :depressed.

ONWARD.....:toast

I'd give my left nut to have the NBA on NBC again.

[Giuseppe]

The NBC lasers were incredible.

[Giuseppe]

UooitEU6AtE

[NewJerSpur]

That Tesh NBA on NBC song might have been the single greatest [sports] theme of all time.

[NewJerSpur]

Ankle looks good.

[Bill_Brasky]

UooitEU6AtE

I seriously get goosebumps watching this.

[NewJerSpur]

Back on. Smith at some point has to realize that 20 & 10 doesn't have to signify 20 points and 10 boards....it can also mean 20 boards and 10 blocks and getting the offense when the ball rolls yourr way.

[Giuseppe]

I seriously get goosebumps watching this.


Me too, Bill. It's something else again.

[NewJerSpur]

Teague might be pushing Hinrich for the starting spot next year if Kirk returns, lol. Kid looks good.

[NewJerSpur]

Sloppy ball. Surprising to see Boozer with a STRONG rebound AND post move earlier.....then he returns with the pushoff. smh

[NewJerSpur]

The floater's back.

[NewJerSpur]

More of that from Smith is necessary....Boozer has no lift with or without turf toe.

[LakerHater]

Block or charge?

[NewJerSpur]

Ankle looks good.

3 still unnecessary.

[024]

:lol rose mvp chants in atlanta

[LakerHater]

WHAT A MOVE by Rose!!!

[Ashy Larry]

The sponsor should be brought to us by BIG ASSES STRIP CLUB ........... The ATL does it well ..

[Bill_Brasky]

Rose....my god.

[NewJerSpur]

Block or charge?

Jumpball coming back, though it looked kind of like Smith might've travelled before the tie-up imo.

[NewJerSpur]

The sponsor should be brought to us by BIG ASSES STRIP CLUB ........... The ATL does it well ..

Magic City Ashy Larry, Magic City. :hat

[NewcastleKEG]

What an entertaining 1st Quarter !

[NewJerSpur]

Should a hitting streak count if you take a day off in between games? Not saying anything one way or the other, but just wondering out loud.

[Bill_Brasky]

:lol Chicago getting like 7 rebounds right there.

[Bill_Brasky]

Should a hitting streak count if you take a day off in between games? Not saying anything one way or the other, but just wondering out loud.

I hate baseball with a passion........

[NewJerSpur]

Collins was a big part of the win for Atlanta in Game 1, as Spur-Addict pointed out, but the Hawks have been leaning on Zaza since game 2 more....interesting.

[LakerHater]

17 points in the 1st period!

[Frenzy]

UooitEU6AtE

http://i52.tinypic.com/2ihxmkh.gif

[NewJerSpur]

I hate baseball with a passion........

I like the sport, have learned to watch an entire game overtime, but the roids soured/HGH soured it for me a bit. Not that that probably doesn't go on in other sports though.

[NewJerSpur]

Bailout call, Zaza had nowhere to go. Looked like good, clean defense/bodying by Asik.

[NewJerSpur]

Rose needs to stop shooting the 3 altogether if the Bulls make it to the ECF if he's serious about getting to the finals. For him to mean what he does to the team offensively, he probably takes the worst shots out of anyone on the roster. He needs to no his limits and play to his strengths to take them over the top imo.

[NewJerSpur]

Teague's got to take that shot.

[NewJerSpur]

Collins sighting. Teague DOESN'T have to take that shot.

[NewJerSpur]

Smart decision by Williams. Chicago really pressuring the Hawks forcing them to go into their sets quicker than they like to.....usually Atlanta milks the clock and right now their offense seems to be throw off as a result.

[NewJerSpur]

Didn't see a foul there but meh. Nick Van Exel on your coaching staff does not inspire better shot selection by your guards btw, lol, but dude could go off at times.

[Bill_Brasky]

Rose needs to stop shooting the 3 altogether if the Bulls make it to the ECF if he's serious about getting to the finals. For him to mean what he does to the team offensively, he probably takes the worst shots out of anyone on the roster. He needs to no his limits and play to his strengths to take them over the top imo.

[NewJerSpur]

Christian Laetner with the blow-by. Thems were the days.

[NewJerSpur]

Josh with the rainbow instead of moving the ball around.

[NewJerSpur]

I'd keep Rose on the bench until the lead shrunk down to about 5 or so. I know you want to keep the ankle warm IF it is messed up still, but better to preserve the energy while the Hawks look stagnate, confused and disinterested until they're ready to make a game of it.

[NewJerSpur]

Nice block by Smith.

[NewJerSpur]

Ronnie Brewer sighting.

[tlongII]

Chicago's got this. Atlanta sucks.

[NewcastleKEG]

Rose:8 of 12

R U FKN SATISFIED?

[NewJerSpur]

Rose giving the head nob to Dr. J on the way back down the floor, lol.

[NewJerSpur]

Where were those misses against Orlando JJ?

[NewcastleKEG]

Chicago's got this. Atlanta sucks.
Josh Smith sucks

Would be a star player if he attended college

[NewJerSpur]

Damn, getting out of hand now. Long shots taken by your Big + long rebounds=loss

[NewJerSpur]

Josh Smith sucks

Would be a star player if he attended college

Problem is, dude thinks he's a premier scorer in waiting when he needs to focus on the other aspects his length/athleticism afford him and stop being a ball-stopper igniting the other team's offense on long jumpers. College may or may not have fixed that, depending on how much he was able to dominate with raw ability alone. Once someone gets in his ear and tells him to be more like a Rodman type and stop killing the offense he'll be more productive imo.

[Bill_Brasky]

Yeah, ATL reverting to their old form and gettin' shat all over.

Bring on LA/DAL, GD it!!!!

[NewJerSpur]

Nice ball movement by ATL, better rotation by CHI.

[NewJerSpur]

Atlanta needs to make this more of a transition game to take advantage of their athleticism and to get away from the iso ball which Chicago has locked on to finally.

[Bill_Brasky]

OK, ATL starting to wake up a bit.

lol Rose is gonna have more "injuries" than Kobe.

[ffadicted]

lol rose looked like he was holding back some tears

[NewJerSpur]

In Game 2 Atlanta was sending 2 guys at Korver coming off of the screen which allowed the big setting the screen to roll to the basket. I'd rather give up the 2 and hope someone can rotate to the basket to contest the layup than give Korver and open 3....saw what he can do to a team's morale when he gets a rhythm.

[NewJerSpur]

ESPN wants to shoot to bonus coverage of the Lakers/Mavs getting taped up so bad, you can just feel it . :lol

[NewJerSpur]

Rose 3/200 from 3 in the playoffs.....yes, those are the actual numbers. Bogans on the other hand...

[NewJerSpur]

Rose going Rondo out this mofo.

[NewJerSpur]

Smith's transition offense/handles and decision-making is actually stronger than it is in the halfcourt. Doesn't have to think as much and reacts more to what the defense gives him, although I'd still prefer to have one of the other wings pushing it. Overall, Atlanta needs to speed up the tempo imo to spread Chicago thin on defense rather than allowing them to trap, etc.

[NewJerSpur]

Nice defense by Teague on Rose. Barely giving him any room to work.

[NewcastleKEG]

Smith's transition offense/handles and decision-making is actually stronger than it is in the halfcourt. Doesn't have to think as much and reacts more to what the defense gives him, although I'd still prefer to have one of the other wings pushing it. Overall, Atlanta needs to speed up the tempo imo to spread Chicago thin on defense rather than allowing them to trap, etc.
The lack of basketball IQ is what I meant by not playing college

[NewJerSpur]

Bogans gave JJ hiis favorite angle to work with on offense working parallel to the baseline.

[Red Hawk #21]

Fuck...

[NewJerSpur]

The lack of basketball IQ is what I meant by not playing college

Gotcha'. Still might have depended on which program he was a part of. Some coaches are stricter/more attentive to detail than others.

Boozer with the automatic clearout.

[Red Hawk #21]

Bulls are outplaying us but most of the time we make it easy on them.

[NewJerSpur]

Nice ball movement by Atlanta coming off the double team. They went away from the high low action they had going in Game 2.

[NewJerSpur]

Senseless pass by Rose, he had the lane.

[Giuseppe]

I need Atlanta to act like somebody tonite and not revert to form. GD it.

They reverted.

[NewJerSpur]

Teague going to the rim more than Rose in this series.

[Red Hawk #21]

What a pathetic effort in front of the home crowd smh

[NewJerSpur]

What a pathetic effort in front of the home crowd smh

The loudest they've been is when they've boo'ed/cheered Josh Smith. Effort definitely looks suspect, but the Bulls defense is locking down on the halfcourt iso stuff Atlanta like to run.

[Red Hawk #21]

Why did Joe go camp at the 3pt line on a fastbreak? FML

[NewJerSpur]

Smith still doesn't realize that Chicago is giving him that wide open jumper....he's got to force the issue imo or swing the ball around for a better shot even if it menas going deeper into the shotclock.

[Red Hawk #21]

The loudest they've been is when they've boo'ed/cheered Josh Smith. Effort definitely looks suspect, but the Bulls defense is locking down on the halfcourt iso stuff Atlanta like to run.

Teague is the only one who looks like he's going all out. Idk what this teams problem is. Do they not realize it's win or go home? Or maybe they don't mind going home...

PS- The Iso bullshit is hard on the eyes.

[NewJerSpur]

Atlanta seemed to be moving the ball better in Chicago and doing less iso, easpecially early on. Seems like they've almost given up on that in hopes that just coming back home alone would mean better shots/offense regardless.

[NewJerSpur]

Teague is the only one who looks like he's going all out. Idk what this teams problem is. Do they not realize it's win or go home? Or maybe they don't mind going home...

PS- The Iso bullshit is hard on the eyes.

:tu

[NewJerSpur]

No body boxing out.

[Red Hawk #21]

Good shit, Teague.

[NewcastleKEG]

Rose with a TOP3 performance of the 2011 Playoffs

[NewJerSpur]

Still only a 13-point game. A couple of stops.....

[Red Hawk #21]

I don't know why we haven't gone big with Al at the 4 and Zaza/Collins at the 5. We really can't rebound for shit.

[Red Hawk #21]

The offensive rebounding for the Bulls has doomed us.

[NewJerSpur]

Damien Wilkins going Gerald Wilkins. If the Bulls are going to double as hard as they have the Hawks have to move the ball to get the easiest shot possible more often rather than settling for one pass (if that) and a quick jackup.

[Red Hawk #21]

Yes!

[NewJerSpur]

Nice pass.

[NewJerSpur]

Good job by Crawford preventing Korver from coming out off the screen, better shot by Rose.

[ffadicted]

lol "M-V-P" vs. "Lets Go Hawks"

[Red Hawk #21]

Fuck

[LakerHater]

WOW, 44 ... game over

[NewJerSpur]

lol "M-V-P" vs. "Lets Go Hawks"

:lol

[NewJerSpur]

Damn.

[Budkin]

This is what I expected the Magic to do to the Hawks.

[NewJerSpur]

This is what I expected the Magic to do to the Hawks.

Same here. Guess Jameer was too busy focusing on Chicago. :rolleyes

[Banzai]

Rose is doing work..he has 44..everyone else has 6,6,7,2,6,2,11,13 lol..damn Rose beasting.

[LakerHater]

WoW Atlanta Bulls fans!??

[NewJerSpur]

I guess Atlanta's going to have to look at doubling Rose in Game 2 and depending on the other Bulls to create their own offense after this game. The rebounding has to be addressed.

[ffadicted]

LMAO Scalabrine to the camera "Get the fuck off the court"

[NewJerSpur]

Thought Rose was going to stuff that back to get closer to 50, lol.

[NewJerSpur]

Lakers could use Josh Powell right now.....maybe I'm serious, maybe I'm joking.

[Capt Bringdown]

JJ coming up very small when it matters, what a surprise.

[LakerHater]

Did she ask'em "what felt good"?

[NewJerSpur]

Hawks got to get to the looseballs somehow and got to throw more looks at Rose like Iniana did.

[NewJerSpur]

Did she ask'em "what felt good"?

:hat

[Venti Quattro]

newjerspur's game threads suck

[NewJerSpur]

newjerspur's game threads suck

Thank you for coming and drive home safely. :toast

[NewJerSpur]

Props to Red Hawk....still have missing persons looking into Hitman's disappearance. Boozermust've really pissed him off, lol.

[NewcastleKEG]

Do Hawks win another game this series?

I think no

[davethedope]

awful game. Atlanta should just be automatically booted for that bulshit.