DocHolliday
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I love it.
Shaq has 4 fouls with 9:53 in the 3rd...
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acisking
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I dunno...that third foul was extremly questionable...I didn't even see an elbow. This is playoff basketball....it is going to be physical by nature. I mean I know Shaq has thrown some nasty elbows over the years, but touch fouls in the post are just plain unfair to anyone who wants to be efficient down there.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Well we've got Ron of course.
But I LOVE Andres Nocioni. He's been the Bulls Bonzi in this series.
But I LOVE Andres Nocioni. He's been the Bulls Bonzi in this series.
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AriesMar27
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chandler hurt.... thats messed up.... cause the baby bulls are about to win....
DocHolliday
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Damn that was a bad injury that Tyson Chandler got. He had to be carried off the court. I wonder if it's a knee or an ankle.
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AriesMar27
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those baby bulls.... tied it.... c'mon kings and suns, we can do it too....
GoGoGadget
All-Star
That was a fun game to watch.
I've made a point to spend more time with the playoffs this year than I have the last few, and I've enjoyed it.
I've made a point to spend more time with the playoffs this year than I have the last few, and I've enjoyed it.
6th
Homer Fan Since 1985
DocHolliday said:
It looked like his right ankle. All those guys jumping for the rebound, that no one seemed to be able to grab. That many guys jumping up, someone is liable to come down and step on someone else's foot. I think that is what may have happened. Hopefully, it is not too bad. They are going to need Tyson when they head back to Miami.
vladetomiller
Bench
LOL, refs really are taking control of the game 
They are deciding todays games than before. Kobe has got 3 fouls into the first half and the lakers are still tied at the break. I guess stern wants this series to be tied as well.
They are deciding todays games than before. Kobe has got 3 fouls into the first half and the lakers are still tied at the break. I guess stern wants this series to be tied as well.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
T[MaC] said:
No, because see now the fix was ACTUALLY in the other way, and the 3 fls was just misdirection.
You really are ignorant in the ways of the conspiracy theory aren't you?
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T[MaC]
G-League
Bricklayer said:No, because see now the fix was ACTUALLY in the other way, and the 3 fls was just misdirection.
You really are ignorant in the ways of the conspiracy theory aren't you?
Excuse my ignorant ways; i'll be sure to catch vladetomiller's (i think it should have been kobetokobe, but that's me) next highly intellectual rant on the refs.
vladetomiller
Bench
Read my earlier posts about lakers in the WCF
I am also predicting both the spurs and pistons not being in the finals as well.
I am also predicting both the spurs and pistons not being in the finals as well.
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AriesMar27
Guest
whos going to beat the pistons? the nets? the cavs? the heat might not even make it to the 2nd round...
vladetomiller
Bench
it seems like they really came out against the stars today. Watch out for Duncan to pick up a few offensive fouls today
KevinMartin'sShotDoctor
G-League
It looks like Scott Skiles has overcome the Scott Skiles syndrome. Usually his effectiveness as a coach wears off in a few years.
The Bulls are looking good if Chandler isn't badly injured.
The Bulls are looking good if Chandler isn't badly injured.
Padrino
All-Star
man i'd love to have nocioni off the kings bench:
Scrappy Noce giving Miami fits
May 1, 2006
BY RICK TELANDER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST
You think Andres Nocioni doesn't frustrate another team? You think, right now, there's a pro coach on this planet who wouldn't love to have the second-year forward from Argentina on his team?
Noce scored a game-high 24 points Sunday in the Bulls' 93-87 victory over the Miami Heat that evened the series at two games apiece.
The pale, sandy-bearded fellow made 7 of 8 free throws, had a team-high seven rebounds and three steals and basically made the Heat realize something is busted in its approach to the game.
Consider the Heat's meltdown just before halftime, when the always-edgy, ever-mouthy Gary Payton and superstar Dwyane Wade nearly got into it during a timeout huddle.
"[Bleep] you!'' snapped Wade, the scoring phenom who essentially had been turned into a dishing point guard by the swarming defense of Nocioni and the Bulls. "I'm not your [bleep]!''
A good part of the problem for the Heat is that it clearly didn't take the Bulls' overachieving and under-recognized players as seriously as it should have.
Maybe Payton could jabber until the season ends, but none of his nonsense even would have occurred if Kirk Hinrich, Luol Deng and Ben Gordon hadn't shown how the whole of a team can be far greater than its pieces.
And then there's the demoralizing equalizer that is Nocioni.
No one ever has called Noce a superstar, but here he is after four playoff games averaging almost 23 points and 10 rebounds and shooting 54 percent from the field and 89 percent from the free-throw line.
And there's no accounting for the frustration he causes opponents by jumping in front of their dribbles, slapping the ball from their hands, leaping for rebounds, hitting the floor more often than the ball boy's mop.
"I like to play like this, you know,'' Nocioni said of the high-pressured, ever-so-loud playoff conditions that complement his fervor. "We play hard defense, we run the floor, move the big guys, move the Miami guys.''
That would mean moving Shaquille O'Neal, the biggest guy of all, who's getting moved a lot to a seat on the bench.
That is mostly due to foul trouble.
But fouls occur from frustration and uncertainty and bad positioning and hustle by the other team.
And Nocioni is pretty sure he hasn't singlehandedly turned the Heat into softies.
"They play different in Miami,'' he said. "They play harder in Miami. And we know we have to win a game there.''
Which will not be easy.
But Bulls coach Scott Skiles has turned loose his secret weapon, giving Nocioni so much playing time that the forward even logged more time acourt Sunday (45:48) than the indefatigable Wade.
"Noce has had a great year,'' Skiles said. "I don't know what to say about him I haven't already said.''
But Nocioni averaged only 13 points, six rebounds and 27.3 minutes during the regular season.
Now he has jacked into a new dimension.
"He's a man,'' Skiles continued. "He's genuinely tough -- not the false bravado you see out there around the league.''
"We've watched incredible improvement when he came out of South America,'' dispirited Heat coach Pat Riley said. "They've done a great job of developing him. He's playing with a lot of moxie, a lot of experience and confidence.''
http://www.suntimes.com/output/telander/cst-spt-rick01.html
like bonzi, nocioni has elevated his game ridiculously beyond expectations. good for him and chicago! i would love to see the heat upset in this series!
Scrappy Noce giving Miami fits
May 1, 2006
BY RICK TELANDER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST
You think Andres Nocioni doesn't frustrate another team? You think, right now, there's a pro coach on this planet who wouldn't love to have the second-year forward from Argentina on his team?
Noce scored a game-high 24 points Sunday in the Bulls' 93-87 victory over the Miami Heat that evened the series at two games apiece.
The pale, sandy-bearded fellow made 7 of 8 free throws, had a team-high seven rebounds and three steals and basically made the Heat realize something is busted in its approach to the game.
Consider the Heat's meltdown just before halftime, when the always-edgy, ever-mouthy Gary Payton and superstar Dwyane Wade nearly got into it during a timeout huddle.
"[Bleep] you!'' snapped Wade, the scoring phenom who essentially had been turned into a dishing point guard by the swarming defense of Nocioni and the Bulls. "I'm not your [bleep]!''
A good part of the problem for the Heat is that it clearly didn't take the Bulls' overachieving and under-recognized players as seriously as it should have.
Maybe Payton could jabber until the season ends, but none of his nonsense even would have occurred if Kirk Hinrich, Luol Deng and Ben Gordon hadn't shown how the whole of a team can be far greater than its pieces.
And then there's the demoralizing equalizer that is Nocioni.
No one ever has called Noce a superstar, but here he is after four playoff games averaging almost 23 points and 10 rebounds and shooting 54 percent from the field and 89 percent from the free-throw line.
And there's no accounting for the frustration he causes opponents by jumping in front of their dribbles, slapping the ball from their hands, leaping for rebounds, hitting the floor more often than the ball boy's mop.
"I like to play like this, you know,'' Nocioni said of the high-pressured, ever-so-loud playoff conditions that complement his fervor. "We play hard defense, we run the floor, move the big guys, move the Miami guys.''
That would mean moving Shaquille O'Neal, the biggest guy of all, who's getting moved a lot to a seat on the bench.
That is mostly due to foul trouble.
But fouls occur from frustration and uncertainty and bad positioning and hustle by the other team.
And Nocioni is pretty sure he hasn't singlehandedly turned the Heat into softies.
"They play different in Miami,'' he said. "They play harder in Miami. And we know we have to win a game there.''
Which will not be easy.
But Bulls coach Scott Skiles has turned loose his secret weapon, giving Nocioni so much playing time that the forward even logged more time acourt Sunday (45:48) than the indefatigable Wade.
"Noce has had a great year,'' Skiles said. "I don't know what to say about him I haven't already said.''
But Nocioni averaged only 13 points, six rebounds and 27.3 minutes during the regular season.
Now he has jacked into a new dimension.
"He's a man,'' Skiles continued. "He's genuinely tough -- not the false bravado you see out there around the league.''
"We've watched incredible improvement when he came out of South America,'' dispirited Heat coach Pat Riley said. "They've done a great job of developing him. He's playing with a lot of moxie, a lot of experience and confidence.''
http://www.suntimes.com/output/telander/cst-spt-rick01.html
like bonzi, nocioni has elevated his game ridiculously beyond expectations. good for him and chicago! i would love to see the heat upset in this series!
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