The pure joy of believing in the team that started the season 20-9. The intense agony of watching it all come crashing down. The defeated feeling of the realization that major changes need to be made. That maybe there's nothing there worth salvaging. It's all brought us to this. Will this series be the culmination of the downward spiral, or a reminder of the inspiring team play that energized the city a few short months ago? Only one way to find out.
It's time for a mea culpa. I live for this. There's a reason I've been so reluctant to say "Just trade everyone. Tear it all down." This is it. I love playoff basketball. Absolutely live for it, and any year when the Sixers don't get a taste is like torture. Are they a legit contender? No. Do I think they're going to win this series? No, probably not. But in a few short hours two 0-0 teams are going to take the floor. Two teams that have played some of the best games I've watched over the past two seasons. It's going to be a battle. It's going to be brutal, and beautiful, and uplifting, and soul-crushing. Ultimately, I want to believe. Far too often, we're made to feel guilty for being fans blinded by our fandom. Well, this is the playoffs. This is the time to root with everything you have without a care for what happens in a couple of months because winning this game, today, is all that matters.
There are no consequences to winning now. A loss won't get you a better draft pick. The evaluation of the roster should be done by now for the front office. If a hot series from someone changes their mind about a player, then there was no hope to begin with. It's just basketball for basketball's sake. I hope Spencer Hawes averages 20/10 in leading the Sixers to a win in six games. Nothing would make me happier than seeing Andre Iguodala drop 30 on Deng, or Jodie Meeks shoot 70% from three, or Lou putting on an absolute show in the fourth quarter for a win. I'll be completely OK if the Sixers win this series on the back of completely unsustainable shooting on long twos. I don't care how, or who, or why. I just want a win.
The tip is at 1pm. I'll be right here, on the edge of my seat, waiting for the battle. Join me.
Prediction: Win. Just win.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZKX-cf_p90
i'll admit my anger has gotten the best of me at times this season, but this post mirrors my feelings exactly.
love the rocky II quote too!!
Alright, screw it(!), that post (along with Dollar Bill's previous post smelling-salt) brought me around. I needed something because I've never ever felt this drab on the day before, or day of, the friggin' PLAYOFFS!!
Side note: even though you were reluctant to say the unsaid, still hope you share those 30,000 words swimming around in that noggin
Let's get it!@!!!! Go 76ers!!!
Hear hear (Though I agree with Eddies).
Jrue, Evan, and Lou need to come up big.
Agree totally, can't help but root for the team now that the playoffs are here.
Let's do this!
Before this one starts, posted this a couple threads down but it is awesome, Jrue trying to sell his own jersey and nobody recognizing him:
http://www.facebook.com/Sixers/posts/344031528983245
Yeah, hilarious.
Thought 3 tickets had lucked upon me for this one. TNT it is. Should be a good one.
This Law and Order is thrilling and all, but kinda wish there was a pregame on TNT right now.
They had pregame on NBA TV
ahhh gametime, let's do this!
Hope Lavoy doesn't have the jitters. No early turnovers. Jrue needs to look to create for others early if he's not stroking his J. Set your feet and don't rush it Jodie. EB, silky smooth J, get enough arc on it. Andre, hit the glass, HARD!
Let's go!
Bulls allowed the fewest opponent PPG in eight years this season...wonder how much of that was schedule fatigue though..
Where are D Rose's injuries located?
I think the latest was in the leg, right? It was his back at one point, too.
I'm kinda optimistic, which normally leads to bigger disappointment.
whos calling the game for tnt? im watching the local feed
Dunno. They just had the studio doofus crew so far.
Already overhyping the Turner comments, as if that will decide the series one way or another. Looks like they gave Shag some horse tranquilizers again.
harlan/miller
amn, Shaq is AWFUL on TV...the rest of them are so sick of it at this point. Chuck gave Jrue some love, otherwise NO RESPECT
Wonder if any of the Bulls try to go after Jrue's nose early?
ALLLLLLLLLLRIGHT!!!! We're off...Lavoy loses the tip.
jrue 3!
Jrue 4 3!
Rose bricked three on the first possession.Good start.
JRUE43!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On the other end, baby!
Take a step in from there, Lavoy.
Foul on AI9.
HERE WE GOOOOOOOO
Lavoy on Boozer, Brand on Noah.
Meeks, gotta grab that fucking floor board.
That early foul on Dre scares me
ugh, that's twice Dre seemed a step slow so far on Deng, first time he committed a lazy foul
grrr seeing an awful lot of long jumpers so far..
Settle down, too harried on the offensive end.
this is already starting to piss me off.
10-0 run. Gotta settle down.
OK, the nerves should be out the way by now...
Meeks out, Turner in.
Nope.
Awful start on both ends for that noted playoff performer wearing #9 for our boys...
dammit guys can we get Thad in there yet?
Great find by AI9 there. Jrue...ugh.
Good job Jrue backing off Rose, make him shoot those 20 ft'ers
Come on, Meeks.
nice move jrue
BEAUTY JRUE
Nice take Jrue
I think there might be something wrong w/ Iguodala's achilles. He isn't changing direction like he usually does.
Jrue bobbing and weaving his way to a lefty layup.
YES nice attack Jrue...just do that like 30 more times this game...
Lavoy on glass at both ends...nice to see Dre go to the f-ing hoop. Argh Meeks missed j
JRUE beautiful drive!!
D-REBOUNDING LOOKING SOLID
eb foul line jumper
There we go. That shot is there all the time for EB.
EB again, nice
ugh who left Rip open??
Might want to at least "attempt' to close out a little faster/harder there Jodie on that Rip 3
How does he get that wide open for a corner three?
FUCK MEEKS.
Get Jodie the fuck out now please
you se jrue get in front of rose after the miss? awesome.
You can't throw those weak fucking passes in the open floor.
Atta boy, Jrue.
Rip getting hot, brand too
jesus, rip...
Great find, Jrue.
Get Jodie out ...
Get Meeks out of the fucking game.
Rip w/ 9 way too early pts so far, not good at all.
ugh, going to the line for two more, shit
Lou for Meeks reallly?? not Thad?
How bad was Jodie's stint?
great pass from jrue to allen...turner is coming in here right??
good job by eb to cut when dre got stuck in the air
Lou in for Jodie. Great job by AI9 setting up Brand.
woah EB way to remind Bulls fans that yes you do still exist!
EB rolled to the hoop? and for a dunk? OK....
ugh and you get dunked on by Noah really?
Nice fight, Lavoy.
Damn EB just got fouled! Lou gets a call though. sheesh
Jrue to the line.
thad an
Nice early run by Lavoy...how about some Battie now?
Two o-boards on that possession, ends in a fucking dunk. PUT A BODY ON THEM!
Dammit Thad, keep your body on Gibson man!!!
...why was Scottie Pippen standing right behind Collins?
So many defensive breakdowns.
ugh. Perhaps evan turner would help on the defensive glass?
That play went to shit when Rose wound up with Lou on him. Basically looked like a matador, letting Rose get right to the rim.
Blown bunny. Can't have that.
Good work, Thad.
good leak out pass to thad
The Bulls are really attacking the mismatches. Ronnie Brewer just backed Lou down.
spencer hawes, instant flail
ET!!!!!!
thad
Ha Turner gets booed, if only he would unleash his inner villain and take over this game...
he would get pulled anyway
Good work, Thad. How Gibson didn't know he was going back left is beyond me.
Thad draws the charge. Great job.
Now if only Thad would get in position to box out like he does to take charges, we'd be ok.
Thad.
how the hell does Lou make that shot???
lou fadeaway, not a fan
only down 4, rose 1-7
nice shot, Rose...you ain't no Lue, son.
PHI 24, CHI 28 after one.
Early jitters survived. Bench pulled them back into it. Start the second quarter strong.
Rip with 11 of their 28 points? usually I'd say i'd take it, but not this time, think those early ones from him will be a difference maker in this game down the stretch, that is if the Sixers even keep it close.
Can't have Jodie on him. They're going to need to put Turner in the starting lineup if Chicago's going to just attack Meeks.
Down 4. That's ok.
That's Jrue's 8th shot, and I think he needs to stay aggressive.
Yes ET!!!
et
ET!
Hawes almost blew that rebound, good hustle by Turner.
Turner with the floorboard and pull up j... so nice that he hit that first shot
Nice steal, Lou.
Jump to pass, Lou. Don't do it.
ugh can't turn the ball over guys...
ugh Jrue, clean that mess up .... NOW!
Fucking Hawes. You are so god damned useless.
Three straight turnovers.
two bad decisions in a row from jrue.
SISSY MOTHERFUCKER.
hawes misses a layup
Motherfuck you Spence. Such wussiness man.....damn
ugh and Hawes blows the look from right undernearth, fuck us
newsflash: hawes is a huge fuckin wuss
Nice work, Spence.
yeah, not gonna keep it close this way.
Get that fucking pussy out of the game, Doug.
lou to the line
Hit the freebies, Lou.
Good outlet pass there from Thad to Lou. Got Lou to the line. GOod job.
Have to take the easy points when the Bulls give them to you. They're so hard to come by.
Thad, don't settle when you have Brewer on you.
EB should have shot that instead of giving it to Thad.
Jesus Christ, Turner. Attack Korver.
eb
woohoo EB and then to AI9
Good takeaway and give-up Evan! Let's go!
Rose back in. Can't have Lou on him.
Looks like the Bulls are gonna easily score over 100. Can't see us even getting there.
lou on rose
what the hell was that Dre? so out of control
EB+1!
OK, let's go. JTI, Brand and Allen. Want to see this group run together.
Looks like an entirely different team with Lavoy out there instead of 00
Dodged a bullet there w/ the Korver transition three. Two o-boards on that possession as well. Fuck me.
Have to make that wide open shot, Turner
He rushed it. W/ Korver running out at him, probably should've pump faked or just driven by him for an easier look.
Yeah I'm not encouraged by his settling for jump shots.
Bullshit call on Dre there!
Not much of a look out of the timeout.
That was a bullshit call on Iguodala. Fuck that noise.
bad call
Nice move, Thad.
They need to double on Rose
Has Turner been on Rose for all three of these makes, or did they just switch that?
All three
he was on him
Dammit Thad, EB was telling you to get up the floor and help on that Rose J. ugh
so how long until we can just put V8 in there to foul Noah on every possession?
Think Jrue tipped that one in for Chicago. Falling apart.
well this has been awful
Thad should have given up that ball earlier on that break, he could have gotten it back. Still, Lou to the line though.
4 missed bunnies for 8 points...
PHI 42, CHI 53 at the half.
Bad second quarter. Have to find a way to stop these Chicago runs, and have to cash in on the easy looks. Meeks never got back into the game, wonder if he starts the third.
Tried to have some excitement earlier, but about what I expected. We struggle sooo hard just to get a look in a halfcourt set. And sadly, that look usually ends up being a perimeter J.
Collins made 11 substitutions in that half, not including the quarter end. He hasn't had a half like that all year. My rotation chart is already filled up.
He's scrambling trying to find something, anything, that will worked, but the sixers are just out matched, especially if Richard Hamilton is showing up for the whole series
Extremely fast pace in the first half. 98 possessions/48 minute pace. Possibly Collins is pushing the pace and making a ton of subs, trying to wear Chicago down?
There's the optimistic view
If Chicago had less depth than the sixers that would make total sense :)
He told Cheryl Miller at the quarter break that he thought his guys young legs could be to their benefit.
Hmm...interesting since two of his best players can't be said to have 'young legs'
Looking at the advanced stats, it's basically just Chicago shooting too well, the Sixers not. The other numbers are pretty much in line, DREB is a bit low (73%), but not crazy. Turnover rate is fine, though it was much worse in the second quarter.
No reason ET should be covering Rose unless it is on a switch. And wanted to call out Iggy for a weak half and Jrue for poor play inside 8 feet with misses and TOs. Credit to brand. And Hawes killed them.
2 of Iguodala's misses were on last second shot-clock-expiring heaves so it is a little skewed. But I agree the backcourt needs to step up for the Sixers to have any chance this game.
Keep feeding Brand!
...isn't this series what you have been saving old man Battie for?
Sixers assistant coach at half: "if we make layups and dont get hurt by that charge call which should've been a 3 point play, this game is basically tied."
He'd be better off giving Battie those six minutes he gave Hawes.
Agreed. Really nice play to start the third, but Brannd misses it.
Turner for Meeks to start the third.
turner for meeks
ET. Makes it, but get into the paint, kid.
Shitty touch foul there.
Flopping cunt.
Can't believe the refs didn't fall for it
nice flop
jrue is stone cold. big play iggy, damnit, TO by thibs.
Iguodala gets a gift from a Rip flop
Still in this. Iguodala needs to get a nasty streak in him.
et to jrue
Great feed by Turner to Jrue.
woah nice find ET to get Jrue!
It would be nice if we had a guy who could hit a 3 every now and then.
Didn't like the AI9 three. Good D by Brand on the other end.
hit shot looks more timid than it has the last 2 weeks
Iguodala picked off with a moving screen on that Rip jumper.
Don't need that shot that early from you Dre. ugh
Stay on the floor you fucking bitch.
Love that staredown from Iguodala on Rip on the floor.
how did holiday foul rose there??
foul was on lavoy not jrue
Another bad jumper by AI9. Don't know why he's forcing those.
Fucking Rose three.
Iggy's been ass today
agree, continuing his usual playoff showings
and just like that - lead goes from 5 to 12.
Dre, don't need to get yourself going by taking jumpers.
Rose 3. Fuck me.
what was jrue thinking leaving rose for a wide open 3??
Really bad decision by Jrue. I've remember at least 5 over helps.
Nothing pisses me off more than overhelping. Except maybe offensive rebounding, but they often go hand in hand.
there is a major issue with this team in that its best player is allergic to 4th quarters and playoff games...
good things when evan turner has had the ball in his hands. holliday has played best off the ball
Turner to the line. Hopefully to stop the bleeding.
why is Iguodala chasing Rip around? Not his strength on defense.
Because Deng isn't doing anything and Rip was killing them.
Turner got picked off by a back pick from Boozer, Thad has to be aware there that Deng was behind him right at the rim, ugh
eb
Good move, no finish.
ugh
God damnit. Grab the fucking boards.
Come on Jrue, don't just look at him fire it up.... sheesh
I mean we're so fucked if he's hitting threes. Just get mad when he hits them because the initial shot was so awful
Think Jrue fouled Rose on that three, but at least he contested it.
ugh now rose is hitting 3s
eb the mvp...not a surprise...consistenly been the mvp in pivotal moments this yr(to the extent that anyone has been). turner has easily been the second best offensive player, and the best distributor by some distance
a positive is that spencer hawes seemingly has one foot out the door already
Here comes the blowout
No comment by any announcer how Noah was in the lane for 5 seconds before that foul by thad.
Jrue is so much better when he plays methodically.
his decision making does leave something to be desired when the pace quickens. i think the game today has been an excellent argument for et at the 1, jrue at the 2
Uh oh, ET and Rose bickering?
ET and Boozer, I guess.
NBA is so EASILY the most inconsistently officiated sport. So frustrating.
Boozer being a little b*tch.
and Jrue misses the T. fuckin pathetic.
Two techs on the Bulls? And Jrue misses the fucking tech. One was called on the Sixers bench, too. Or Brand, I guess. Who knows?
Fucking free throws. Sack up and knock them down.
Get some contact Thad. Sheesh.
absolute JOKE of a call on ET there. FUcking horseshit call
Atta boy, Turner. Don't settle for that slop, attack! +1
Nice ET
ET and 1
Nice showing from ET thus far.
iggy made that look easy...
Man, Noah is killing Thad on the boards. Thats a killer foul.
How the Bulls continuously draw foul calls simply by yelling is beyond me.
Come on Dre, make 2.
split a pair, Dre?
Lou was fouled by Korver there.
don't worry everybody, Spencer hawes is in now
what was that, Lou??
Jrue abandoning Rose resulted in that three. What the fuck was he doing?
have no idea, was saying and seeing the same thing
hawes misses another layup
fuck hawes and his pussy shit.
Hawes, you rock.
lou got fouled, what a fucking no call. hawes missing a layup. now bulsl about to put this out of reach again
Another over help. Christ.
Spencer, Mitt's calling you, just go campaing already...............
Hope these are the lastbfewngames of the hawes era
/silverlining
Lou with the no call, Korver 3, and Spencer blowing, Lou foul on Rip...thatw as a killer sequence for us
ET to the bench after a real nice performance...hawes in, his utes have been mercifully few. dc has done a nice job with his personnel
second feed for an easy dunk hawes has managed not to convert
iggy has passed well. he just is unfit to be the best player on a contending team, it isn't his fault, but it isnt even close
Go back to the bench Lou and Hawes.
That wasn't a fucking foul.
Now that is a bad call. Hawes and Thad looked straight up.
All this series will do is reaffirm how tired I am of watching a team in purgatory. Either suck or give me a glimmer of hope, but this middling stuff sucks.
+ 2,379
PHI 66, CHI 79 after three.
Lost the third by 2 points. Terrible end to the quarter. If they're going to get back into it, need to do it right now when Rose goes to the bench.
So many bad defensive decisions thus far...
I like that turner is not intimidated. This will be a competitive series and hopefully his coming out party.
This will be very unpopular here but we were down 15 when Holiday got removed. We immediately went on a run, cut it to 8. Then Holiday came back in, Turner went out, and we're now down 13.
It's not unpopular, it's true. What would be unpopular is drawing too many conclusions from one game.
I won't draw conclusions to the next game, but I will to this game. Holiday should have been benched for the remainder of the game. There was no reason to bring him back after we go on a 7-0 run with him on the bench. He's terrible today.
Is Jrue just a stupid person? I know that sounds harsh and I'm trying to give him the benefit of the doubt but how can he continuously leave rose on defense?
Did Lou just really foul Ronnie Brewer shooting a 17-footer?
Before the shot.
Jesus, every loose ball is going their way. We need to do something about that.
Brand is off now. As off as he was on in the first half.
Hawes looks like some random fan who won a contest to play 5 minutes with the sixers...he is sooooo bad.
Bulls might be shooting 80 percent on curl screens. That won't continue in the series. Gotta say though, really poor defense thus far.
Not very competitive right now
Asik wasn't touched on that shot.
Evan Turner looks silly always woofing at the refs. Shut your mouth kid.
I mean, somebody's got to do it. The entire Bulls roster is barking at the refs.
I don't care what he looks like if he's playing well (He is).
i think there is actually a strong likelihood that every single player on this team plays better the next game than they did today. this was just god awful.
Not that it matters but we don't get any calls
ah shit. dre at the line in the 4th quarter.
Keep attacking. Not much else you can do.
well if this team had 1998 EBrand they might stand a chance in this series
Turner stepped up today....not many guys on this team have guts. ET does.
And EB
Kyle freaking Korver, thanks Ed Stefanski.
and to make room for Thad Young to get minutes. Brilliant Ed, just brilliant.
Thad Young is a better player than Korver.
yeah, fit never mattered, or shooters
They started playing better that year when Thad got in the lineup. I really don't know what you are arguing. This team, four years later, could use Korver, but he wouldn't have them anywhere threatening a title. That move was a move for the future, to see what Thaf could do.
Aside from the fact that they are different players who play different positions I grew with your entire premise.
Korver was traded so the sixers could create some cap space, that ended in them obtaining Elton Brand
Actually, I wasn't "arguing" anything relating to Korver vs Young. Just more bitching about Stefanski trading away what has been a much needed shooter for four straight years and continuing. My argument would probably be he didn't have to trade away our only damn good shooter to 'get' Thad minutes. Stefanski thought he was a three at that time and it has proven itself out that that isn't the case. My beef is Thad could have gotten his minutes at the expense of someone else, not jettisoning Korver.
If you assumed what I think you did from my rant, I was never arguing Korver was better than Thad or vice versa. It seems like it's been a forever recent theme that this teams needs a shooter and banger inside, neither of which they ever try to obtain. Well, at least obtain ones that are worthy.
As gosixers said, that move was about clearing cap space for Brand.
No, gosixers was right in saying "it ended" in them getting Brand. Korver was traded in December right after Stefanski was hired, at that point he nor anyone else had any idea the team would even have a shot at Brand the following summer. So the move was not, and couldn't have been made to get Brand. They wooed Josh Smith first anyway in free agency that year.
The team needs better players who can also shoot the ball, period. As far as Korver goes, his postion as far as 2-3 hasn't been proven. His position in the roatation (9th man, shooting specialist) has been proven, a spot he's very valuable in on a good team. Everyone knew that when he was on the Sixers, though.
They swung and pretty much missed with EB, but I can't fault Stefanski for doing the Korver move at the time. An overwhelming majority of people felt that was a good move. He freed up time for his 1st Round Pick and got what was labeled as a top free agent.
I meant Stefanski thought Thad was a three and time has proven that to be wrong.
Korver is one of the worst players in the NBA.
No - he really isn't - Eddy's statement was an over statement of foolishness, and so is this one
I hate to see you admit that because I'd hate to see where that puts Evan Turner. The numbers back it up.
Please.
Lou, you HAVE to close better than that. there were 2 fucking seconds on the shot clock.
ugh no way to defend against that...but Rose is so small and doesn't he have some sort of injury? Cant you at least try to get some contact on him?
Not our day
Sissy blocked shot.
Lazy, Lou. Lazy.
Ah, Lou could have done more today.
Pretty much everyone could've done more today.
I'm not going to get too crazy if we lose badly during this series. I just want to see guys compete. Hawes and Lou will be gone next year...but I want ET to get a ton of minutes.
Yeah I consider this is a successful season if Turner plays well, preventing Doug from getting him traded, and Lou and Jodie play terribly, increasing the odds they are gone next year.
They're showing this over the game? What the fuck?
What are they showing? (I"m still at work)
rose is hurt!!!!!
wow...Rose down
Good work having Rose in this game at this point. That's fucking brilliant.
woah Rose is down, holding his left knee
DOWN GOES ROSE!DOWN GOES ROSE!
Don't cheer about this dude.
it was a dramatic moment is all. i like rose
Really stupid move chicago...really stupid. I hate seeing rose go down.
Oh mna
Holy shit, that didn't look good.
well this could certainly change the series, dude looks like he is majorly hurting but he is up and putting weight on it...
The bulls are pretty good without rose, good enough to beat the sixers in 7 games
Definitely, if I wasn't a Sixers fan I would still put money on the Bulls.
If i was a betting man, i'd bet on the bulls - betting should never be done emotionally ;)
Well I'm not betting on the Sixers either
Walking off is a decent sign
Hmmn. Thought for a second he was walking OK, can't seem to bend it, though.
That might be one of the CLs.
Replay was UGLY.
yknow 12 points in 1:10 is not *impossible* to come back from...
On this team - with no big men - against a good defense - it's as close to impossible as you can get with still being possible
it looked like nobody hit his knee, so it looked a non contact knee injury which is normally bad
PHI 91, CHI 103 Final.
I hope Derrick Rose only needs a couple of weeks' rest.
ha well the injury did happen when Rose was trying to blow past Hawes in about three different directions at the same time...thanks 00!
back to the draft
Thibs was trying to get Rose a triple double. Had to be the reason
Well - that's a pretty stupid reason - period - leaving a guy in a game when it's decided who only plays one gear and has demonstrated himself to be injury prone is an entirely stupid coaching decision - a triple double is a selfish individual achievement and this is the playoffs.
If that's really the reason, I hope Thibodeau has lost Rose for the entirety of the playoffs, maybe teach him a lesson about what is important
yep that's what i just said to my friend. pride goeth before the fall
Or possibly it was just trying to get rose back into game playing / serious minutes condition when they play teams with a chance of beating them, since he sat so god damn long.
If it's the triple double thing - thibodeau is a jack ass
Hate to say this as a sixer fan but it's almost more enjoyable to watch the Knicks heat game,just to root against the heat....but this means I'm rooting for the Knicks....I feel dirty
In games like this i find it comforting to root for a giant sinkhole to form
Lol at the miami refs. That is exactly why the fuck i didnt want to play them 1st round.
sounds like Rose is going to be out for the rest of the series at least
To blame Thib for playing Rose is kinda stupid. Look at the play. There is no contact at all. Rose is fragile and had bad luck. Could have happened anytime.
It's not like this game was hard-fought or had hard fouls.
Shit just happens, live with it...
The game was over and he is already coming off and injury. He should absolutely be out of the game by that point.
Look, it may have saved him this time. He could have suffered the injury in the next game. Or the game before. You're always smarter afterwards.
I don't get why people always need someone to blame when something bad happens.
Honestly dude...we're gonna agree to disagree, but the fact is he got injured this game. And it happened when the game result was achieved by CHI. The man was not even 100% coming into this game. Coach should have pulled him. If what you say happens, and he gets injured later on in this series or the next, fighting to get the bulls a win while the game in question is still competitive...so be it. But this was a big mistake by chicago.
I agree.
Look, I have no further points to strengthen my argument. But if you guys want to blame Thib, why not blame Rose, too? What was he thinking still attacking the lane when the games was over? He knew he should avoid contact because he's not 100%.
https://twitter.com/#!/BreakingNews/status/196345525245714432
Holy shit
Fake.
im also skeptical why a miami based outlet would have it before chicago
heres this
https://twitter.com/#!/BreakingNews/status/196350019983511552
pretty sure that's fake
bad day for knee injuries, shumpert hurt his knee on a similar way that rose did
looked different though. shumperts knee just totally gave out & i'd be shocked if his season isn't over. rose's injury didn't look as bad imo.
https://twitter.com/#!/jrfingerCSN/status/196346547183697920
On the one hand it's a rumor and it's always more captivation from a tabloid perspective to entertain the worst possible outcome. On the other hand, even without being so severe, that has yet to be written off as 'merely' series ending or nothing at all is just as concerning.
https://twitter.com/#!/BreakingNews/status/196350019983511552
it was fake
I wouldn't say fake I'd say unconfirmed. B/C Cooney, who is in Chicago I believe, is saying reports are coming out that the ACL is torn.
yeah i guess you cant say fake, but we'll just have to wait and see
it's been established that everyone who covers the Sixers is a mental midget
...and by the way, LeBron was still in and shooting 3s with a 30 point lead over the Knicks after 3 quarters...is that only dumb if he gets hurt?
Uh oh.
In audio picked up by a TNT courtside camera Rose told his trainers that he "felt something pop.
bull sent out press release saying rose tore his acl
holy shit, yea Rose is done: http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story/_/id/7866701/2012-nba-playoffs-chicago-bulls-derrick-rose-suffers-torn-acl-philadelphia-76ers
So now if the sixers somehow win the first round, will that delude the ownership into keeping the roster together?
Probably
ugh
i think the Bulls are probably still better than us without Rose though. instead of a sweep or loss in 5 this probably just extends the series a game or 2.
Damn memory (and messing with Microsoft Dynamics all day, damn stupid broken pain in my arse). I thought the game the sixers beat the bulls in was sans rose, but turns out it was sans deng and hamilton
Could go the way most want it if we lose, though.
Derek Rose is "Mr Chicago" - Lebron James was really 'hurt' by Tyson Chandler
Things Magic Johnson believes :)
Kinda knew right away his ACL was torn, was obvious from the drawer sign the doctor tested. I liked how Turner was playing, hopefully we'll see him grow like he did in the Miami series last year.
Well, the news on Rose is sad-I really liked his game and its Iversonian nature-but unfortunately, this is the flip side of that...damn shame that at such a young age he's suffered an injury that will make it very difficult for him to ever recapture the most special part of his game
As an NBA, it also takes a lot of the luster off of the Eastern Conf playoffs. No Howard, No Rose.
Sixers will still lose the series, I think, although now an upset is legitimately possible. Not the way you want it, though. Now it will be a pretty poor showing if thwey cant win two games at minimum
but if ever there's a year to burn out your old guys trying to win this series...and then hope the Knicks (and i guess Celtics if they make it out of round one) thug it up on Miami...
this might work in our favor. it will be even more embarrassing now if they lose in 5 or 6 and hopefully lead Thorn to actually do something this off-season.
Is there any any way we could somehow get hibbert?
It's more likely the sixers could get greg monroe
And there's really no chance to get Greg Monroe
Didn't watch, not sure how the pacers lost - but i'm guessing 'not going to hibbert' is part of the issue
I think the Bulls are still far and away the better team, but I guess it depends on how they gather themselves mentally. Sorry to see Rose go down. He is part of the entertainment this series (vs Jrue.) And now losses will a bit more disappointing. Although it would be exciting to see them reach the second round or more.
I would have rather seen Noah get injured. I think the Sixers should start Tony Battie. I still think the Sixers will lose the series. CJ Watson is a good player and will abuse them on the pick and roll.
I think this is great; if we win, ownership will discount the win because we did it without Rose, and if we lose, it'll look really bad.
I wonder what Chicago is thinking. They have so much money invested in this team and their star player may never be as explosive as he once was.
Could potentially lead to a two or threepeat for LeBron.
Did I miss him getting the first one?