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Only 2 games.. if this is happening after all star break then we can panic our asses off
Blah that was ugly. Guess they had to do something to offset the beautiful performance they had last night.
Only 2 games.. if this is happening after all star break then we can panic our asses off
Bulls 92, Spurs 85
By Joe Alexander
Every Bulls starter scored in double figures as they beat the Spurs 92-85 Thursday night in Chicago.
Tim Duncan led the Spurs with 28 points and 16 rebounds. Manu Ginobili had 12 points off the bench.
Luol Deng led the Bulls with 17 points and nine rebounds.
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The Bulls are maintaining their lead, up 87-76 with 2:56 left in the game. Luol Deng leads the Bulls with 16 points and seven rebounds.
The Bulls lead 81-70 with 5:56 left in the game. The Spurs have trimmed four points off the Bulls' lead since the last timeout.
The Bulls lead 79-65 with 8:41 left in the game. Timeout.
THIRD QUARTER
The Bulls take a 74-64 lead into the fourth quarter. The Bulls outscored the Spurs 27-18 in the third quarter. Tim Duncan leads the Spurs with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Four players have scored in double figures for the Bulls.
The Bulls are making a run and lead 70-58 with 3:01 left in the third quarter. Timeout.
The Bulls lead the Spurs 60-54 with 5:52 left in the third quarter. The Bulls have out-rebounded the Spurs 35-27.
SECOND QUARTER
The Bulls took a 47-46 halftime lead despite 12 points and nine rebounds in the first half from Tim Duncan. Manu Ginobili came off the bench and had 10 points.
The Bulls are on a 9-0 run and lead 44-38 with 3:09 left in the second quarter. Timeout Spurs.
Tim Duncan is up to 10 points and six rebounds. The Spurs lead 38-35 with 5:28 left in the first half. Timeout.
The Bulls made a little run early in the second quarter. They lead 29-26 with 9:06 left in the first half.
FIRST QUARTER
Manu Ginobili has eight points off the bench and the Spurs lead 23-22 at the end of the first quarter. Ginobili was 3 of 4 from the field and made his only 3-point attempt. Tim Duncan had six points and six rebounds.
The Spurs are on a 13-2 run. This is on a pattern very similar to the first quarter last night. The Spurs lead 15-10 with 3:53 left in the first quarter.
The Bulls build a quick 8-2 lead to start the game with 8:45 left in the first. Joakim Noah has two baskets. Timeout Spurs.
Same here I thought blair did pretty decent with the time given to him. He is a rookie people! And a rookie that doesn't get 30+ minutes at that. Yes he needs to work on a few things and he has even acknowledged that.
why not to play Mahinmi or Haislip? it was clear that we needed athletic big to match up with Chicago bigs! we must put one of them into the rotation - there will be a lot of teams like Chicago today.
Why the NBA has the game recap in reverse still annoys the out of me. It's like the youtube comments, how hard is it to go from the top down!?!
Oh, and how'd the Spurs blow it in the third? I went to get some chow for that quarter.
Nor should they be on the floor at the same time.
Why do that when we can allways play Finely at the 4?
wow that was frustrating!!! i meditated and im back lol overll terrible game!! timmy played like timmy im glad he felt better in this game.
Pop won't even let them (or Hairston) get dressed. But he'll let Fin go for 28 minutes. Almost half an hour of Fin being the of whoever he was guarding. Give Hill his minutes for crying out loud, he is 5x the defender Fin is, and is supposedly Pops fave player.
So this is how the Spurs play against a team that isn't trying to find chemistry.
Dude, your sig is scary as . It negates anything you say, because of how awesomely horrifying it is. Like Fin trying to play D.
Mini-brain game thoughts, episode II:
- The more things change...
- When Tim came out hitting shots and the rest of the team stood around watching him, I knew we were all in for a long night. One would think with all the energy from last night the team could sustain it and capitalize off Duncan's production. I guess the new guys aren't just learning the good tendencies from the old guys.
- I didn't think Bonner was horrible, but when you see your team getting absolutly destroyed on the boards would it be a good idea to replace your worst rebounding big with your best rebounding big? Doesn't seem like too much to ask.
- I guess all those great lineups I gave Pop credit for last night were just lucky guesses, as they pretty much went out the window tonight.
- If Pop loves George Hill so much and loves to tell people how he's improved as a point guard, why is Roger Mason running the point when he and Hill are in the game together?
- If you're not going to get calls in a game, make sure it's a game where you're settling for jumpers, not passing, standing around and making dumb turnovers so it has no bearing on the outcome.
- I saw three blocks from Duncan. Hopefully the Chicago scorekeeper is better than the San Antonio one.
- Apparently all the good passing, good movement, active hands on defense, and taking advantage of fast-break opportunities were thanks to the San Antonio crowd. This team didn't look tired, they just looked like they didn't care enough to try.
I've got three blocks for Duncan from the yahoo box.
it's all good. just one game. a learning experience for all.
Perhaps this will instill what Pop calls appropriate fear. If it was all easy, what kind of chemistry would this version of the Spurs develop? They're going to learn a lot from the film.
-Duncan was great tonight..he carried us offensively..got great position, made the bank shots, finished well, passed very well..his defense was also very good tonight..he got a number of blocks, altered shots, got a few steals, helped very well..nobody else showed up to help..
-Parker looked really slow compared to his usual self..he had no explosion..he couldn't take advantage of a bad defender..he made bad decisions with the ball..his defense wasn't really bad, wasn't good, Rose made some tough shots, and he's difficult to guard for anybody..Rose definitely outplayed him tonight..
-Manu had one of his "bad Manu" games that we've come to know of him, where he takes way too many bad shots..he had a hot start, but cooled off considerably..I liked his defense though, he played off screens well, and he played good individual D IMO..
-RJ wasn't good offensively..he missed all his open Js, didn't shoot well from the FT line..he got to the line very well though, and he was aggressive..still needs to find his role here..I liked his defense for most of the game though..he got beat by Deng a few times in the 2nd half, but his D was good for most of the game IMO..
-Bonner was non-existent..his defense wasn't bad, he just didn't do anything significant in this game..if he isn't making shots, he's obviously useless for the most part..
-Finley was just horrible..people can keep making excuses for him, but he just isn't a good player anymore..I pointed it out last night, so this isn't just because he missed his shots tonight..he no longer has the quickness to play average defense..he missed a lot of rotations, he got torched by Deng during small-ball, Salmons penetrated by him every time, he closed out on the wrong players..
-McDyess didn't play well..this was definitely a chemistry game for him..he was caught in the wrong place multiple times, and his J didn't go down..he's going to have a lot of nights like these with the team trying to gel..
-Mason played good defense for the most part IMO, showed some quickness..his offense was bad though, which is what happens when Mason isn't making..
-Hill wasn't good..he picked up some stats during garbage time, but he wasn't good when the game mattered..his defense is always good compared to most PGs, but it wasn't like we're accustomed to seeing from him..missed his Js, didn't really do too much..
-Blair was horrible..his stats look decent due to garbage time, but he was really bad, so I don't understand why a lot of people here are complaining about his PT..his defense was really bad, especially his rotations..he didn't rebound well, 2 of his rebounds came in the last 10 seconds of the game, so don't be fooled by that..he didn't do anything offensively..
at this stage of his career, Finley should not play more than 15 minutes a game, unless he's -hot and drilling everything.
bonner was a waste and blair and hill did struggle
looks like pop is still trying to get what he can out of finley and i just dont know why
Things have been crazy and I really have not had the chance to follow the Spurs during the pre-season. I had no clue until tonight that Finley and Bonner really are starting! I thought that people were joking.
Where's mouse with his shower curtain pictures? Usually we don't get overreaction on the main Spurs board like this until after Halloween.
Duncan was the only one to show up tonight. Everyone else pretty much sucked.
No rebounding, wide open shots clanking, missed rotations, missed fts, settling for too many jumpers.
I think Jefferson was the only one attempting to attack the basket and get to the ft line. We need more of that.
LMAO im cracking up spurs fans cant take a loss LOL you pussies.
I'm spoiled
Updated.
Rose looks sharp, Bulls beat Spurs 92-85
By Andrew Seligman
Derrick Rose was so antsy and “geeked up” to get back on the court he had to blast the music on his way to the arena.
Once he arrived, he certainly seemed in tune. Or at least close.
Rose scored 13 points and had seven assists to lead the balanced Chicago Bulls to an impressive 92-85 season-opening victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night.
Rose, who missed most of the preseason because of pain in his right ankle, waved to his mom in the crowd and blew her a kiss before the opening tip. He then showed some of the explosiveness that carried him to the Rookie of the Year award last season.
“I was geeked up in the car listening to the music, just getting ready for the game,” Rose said. “I was ready.”
Was the ankle an issue?
“Not at all,” said Rose, who played 33 minutes.
He penetrated and delivered some dizzying spin moves that drew roars from the crowd, showing few signs of the pain that had bothered him the past few weeks even if there’s still some rust to scrape away.
Rose had plenty of help, and Chicago pulled away in the second half despite Tim Duncan’s 28 points and 16 rebounds for the Spurs.
“Derrick is one of my favorite players,” said Chicago’s Luol Deng, who had 17 points and nine rebounds. “Not just athletically, but he really reads the game well, finding guys. The team fits him real well. It starts with him, and he’s just doing a good job of finding everybody and penetrating.”
As for his own performance? Deng said, “I’m happy. It was one game.”
It was a good start for Deng, who missed the final 22 games last season and then the playoffs. Kirk Hinrich added 14 points, and Tyrus Thomas scored his 13 in the second half. Joakim Noah chipped in with 10 points and 10 rebounds, and the Bulls held advantages on the glass (52-44) and in second-chance points (22-13). There was also a big disparity in offensive rebounds, with Chicago grabbing 15 compared to eight for the Spurs.
“Just one of those nights we couldn’t make a shot, and on top of that, they brought a lot of energy to the table,” Duncan said.
Besides that dominant effort from their big man, the Spurs were simply flat after opening with an easy win over New Orleans on Wednesday.
Manu Ginobili scored 12 but was just 3 for 11. Tony Parker had eight points and three assists after leaving Wednesday’s game following a hard fall in the third quarter, and Richard Jefferson was off target again after a rough debut. He shot 3 for 9 and scored nine after going 1 for 7 against the Hornets.
“They were more aggressive—loose balls, board, the whole deal,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said.
The Bulls led by one at halftime after Hinrich hit a 3-pointer with just under a second left and then took control in the third, outscoring the Spurs 27-18 to go up 74-64.
Thomas started a 14-4 run midway through the third with a jumper and delivered and later dunked over Richard Jefferson on an alley-oop from Brad Miller, howling and burying a free throw to complete the three-point play. Hinrich then capped the run with a 7-footer that made it 72-58 with 2:19 left in the quarter.
Bulls players came down through the crowd during pregame introductions, high-fiving fans as they made their way to the court, and the good vibe didn’t end there. Chicago has higher expectations after pushing Boston to seven games in a thrilling first-round playoff series last season, and that largely hinges on the health of Rose.
He passed the first test and so did the Bulls. Now, they’re facing another one Friday when they visit the Celtics. This time they will have to contend with Kevin Garnett, who was injured and missed that series.
More important to the Bulls is this: Rose is getting better.
“In the game, I really didn’t feel it,” Rose said.
NOTES: Neither team shot well from 3-point range, with the Spurs going 4 for 21 and the Bulls hitting 3 of 16. … Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro has a fan in Popovich. “What Vinny does is he takes it seriously and works his (butt) off,” Popovich said. “In the summertime, he didn’t just go on vacation. He talked to a lot of us. He wanted to discuss basketball. He wanted to know how we do things here and there. And why we do this and why we do that.”
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