NBA Playoffs Thread

Taj Gibson's.

My God, what a play. Where the hell did that come from??

 

Corver has to start hitting those tre's

 

Whenever they show Gar Foreman, I think, "John Cusack aged quick!"

 

Another huge follow-up dunk from Taj ...

 

I defended the Heat for their Game 6 shenanigans more than anybody, but not any more. Bottom line: LeBron James will never, ever be Michael Jordan. Never. Michael Jordan would never come out and lay an egg like that in a game like this. What a phony hack. Hope there's good fishing in South Beach, you softie.

 

That was about as dominant a second half as the Bulls could have had. Bosh scored 30 and they won easily? Crazy. Defense, rebounding and depth will carry the Bulls through this series.

 

Spoelstra has to be second-guessing the small lineup approach.

 

It's fun to watch Tom Thibodeau's teams play defense when they're motivated to play hard.. Help just comes from everywhere.

Not to harp on the Jordan/Pippen vs. Wade/LeBron thing too much from the other thread, but...

The thing about Jordan was, you could throw a whole defense at him, and in his prime, he'd still kick your ass. Didn't matter if the help was running at him. He'd still get his points. He split double teams, found seams where seams didn't previously exist. He went over guys, between them, around them, under them. He had the best mid-range jumper in the league, and was probably the best finisher the game has ever seen when he got to the rim.

LeBron is such a locomotive, but he's not in Jordan's stratosphere as a finisher. He goes through people or over them. And when you run enough guys at him, he's still great, but ... he'll also have games like this.

Also, when Noah stuffed Wade, all I could think was "Scottie Pippen would never be able to handle Wade's quickness!"

Should be a fun series. Loved Chicago's hustle on the glass.

 

It'll be interesting to see how Miami responds to the game Luol Deng had. If he doesn't supplement Rose on offense like that, I'm not sure where the points will come from. Putbacks are great, but that'll only get you so far.

 

Bring on Oklahoma City. Hoping the extended layoff doesn't deter another finals loss for the Mavs however.

 

@Gachatz -- Grant Achatz

NBA Bulls player comes into Aviary and says..clear these cocktails off the table and give us Vodka and seltzer water. We say no, they leave.