[Game] Kings @ Bulls - 15 MAR 2014, 20:00 EST, 17:00 PST

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Bugger me...

 

[Spike]

Boy.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

B-Mac.....

Since we 'won't' do the D-League, he needs more Summer League

 

[Glenn]

Bugger me...

I'll pass.

 

[cuad]

It's a three point game.

 

[theclash4u5]

Cousins has really bounced back in the 2nd half

 

[Spike]

Oh boy.

 

[theclash4u5]

Good D but sometimes they just make it

 

[Spike]

Well, that's probably the shot we wanted him to take.

 

[The_Jamal]

Nice D JT!

 

[theclash4u5]

We really should have won this game by 10+ if B-Mac makes a few wide open shots and we make our FT's at a .. decent rate

 

[theclash4u5]

WTF PIZZA GUY

 

[Spike]

Not sure he had to foul there.
I'll take it, though.

 

[theclash4u5]

No he didn't at all. Stupid.

 

[The_Jamal]

WTF PIZZA GUY

What are you even talking about?

 

[theclash4u5]

How fitting that B-Mac misses a shot to close the game

 

[Chubbs]

The bulls don't exactly feature jimmer per se...

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

:: sighs ::

 

[theclash4u5]

What are you even talking about?

There was no reason to foul. At all.

 

[Chubbs]

Isaiah is absolutely clueless.

Not even worth the MLE.

 

[theclash4u5]

10 of 29 from our backcourt tonight

 

[Glenn]

I wonder if IT was told to foul. One of two people were clueless.

 

[enigma99a]

Why does b-mac keep chucking 3s? Man he's bad. I would rather him use his athleticism to get close to the basket

 

[Spike]

Man, this game was for the taking. DMC worked for all his points, D mostly showed up. If McLemore hits just ONE three, or if the Kings hit a few more free throws, things might go differently.

This team played to the end, and through some bad officiating. They could have melted; I'll give them credit for that.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Played decent defense, for a change, murdered them on the glass, had an... "acceptable" level of turnovers. Man, those fourteen points we left at the line sting.

 

[cuad]

Another hard fought lin tonight.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Well, we stayed close against a great defensive D by playing some pretty good defense of our own. Too bad we made a couple big mistakes down the stretch. Nonetheless, it was a good game for us. Next up, Minny at home (I think).

 

[HereWeBoogie]

Isaiah with his typical crapty game where where he gets his beloved points but his fg% and assist to turnover ratio is awful along with his defense and general awareness of the game. Awesome foul at the there dude

 

[Tetsujin]

Via John Santiago:
Michael Malone basically told reporters in Chicago after the game that Isaiah Thomas' foul on Kirk Hinrich late in game was not planned.
Michael Malone on the Isaiah Thomas' foul on Kirk Hinrich w/ 27 seconds left in the game:

From Chicago Bulls media relations:

“We wanted to trust the defense with the differential in the shot clock and game clock. We wanted to defend the shot, get the rebound, call a timeout, advance the ball and get a shot and maybe force overtime. These are always learning experiences and the best time to teach and learn is after a tough loss like this. Aside from that play, I’m real proud of our team tonight. I like how we competed and gave ourselves a chance to win. We were on the road against a very good basketball team so that is all I can ask from our guys. “

 

[Spike]

Whoops.