God damn just bow!!!

LeBron James is not only a beast but basketball royalty. Bron', Shaq, Twan, Mo, and AP are putting it down right now and if Cleveland continues to play like this the East is theirs. Last season they steamrolled through rounds 1 &2 virtually unscathed until Orlando took CLE down a peg, but if Shaq plays as sprightly as he is Orlando may not overcome them.

Needless to say I agree with JVG as an announcer for the 1st time in a long time. I may not be so quick to call ORL the winners against CHA. We all know CHA plays great d and they are long and athletic with Chandler and Thomas and long and physical with Theo and Nazr added onto Chandler and Thomas. They have a lot of bodies to guard DH12 and draw fouls. It all depends on Captn Jax v. VC really and we all know how great Captn Jax plays whenever in an underdog role, so who knows CHA could pull off an upset.

Still, but Orlando has a crapload of shooters on their team and Charlotte...ehhh, can't really say the same aside from Captain Jack. Charlotte will win at least one game but I think Orlando can win this series. We will see of course homie. It should be a very interesting match up for sure.

The Bulls barely got into the playoffs. Bosh's injury practically sealed the Bulls 8th spot.

This is a team with no Gordon. No Salmons. No Tyrus Thomas.

Derrick Rose has no one to make the Cavs pay for collapsing on him. No one outside of Kirk and Deng are shooters and both of them can be streaky. This is when you miss Gordon and Salmons.

As for ORL/CHA. Orlando can give games away. They did it last year vs. Philly winning 4-2. So I don't think there will be an upset as much as a game or two they don't show up vs. weaker comp. I do agree with what you said about Jax, but Matt Barnes will be realy important in this series vs. Jackson.

I agree on Barnes on Steve Jax will be important. Hahahaha 2 former teammates...


Anyways, the Bulls do not have sound perimeter shooting and were worked on the boards today. Rose had an off-shooting game, but had to force up shots and score big to keep them in it. He also was overanxious and did not make the right decisions at times and lost the ball a lot. 28/10 he played his part to keep them in it, but 40+ attempts for Rose is too much. Mo Williams was right there with him. Mo bounced back at least tonight from that fiasco.

EXCEPT the 3rd quarter...

They played like a college team, man. Is there a worse team in the 3rd quarters EVER?