Sunday, October 31, 2010

5 things from the Bulls vs Pistons



Derrick Rose & Noah are both All Stars: there's no denying that they are the two best players on this team but now they are playing like 2 of the best players in the league! Rose (33.5 ppg) & Noah (18 rpg) lead the league in their prospective categories. They were without a doubt  the catalyst for the bulls last night without them leading the charge for the bulls last night that game would've turned into a laugher. Derrick Rose was everywhere  for the bulls last night he willed that team to a win on his way to 39 points (once again i thought he was going to have 50) he probably could have had 40 or even 50 last night he missed a couple of lay ups last night but its okay because whenever he did miss Noah was there to tip it back in. Noah set the tone for that comeback last night with a rebound from a missed free throw. He went up for a furious jam and let out a banshee scream. A few minutes later Rose took the ball coast to coast in 3 seconds and finished at the rim for a and one (Fast Don't lie) and that started the comeback.
 
          
                                                                            

Was Deng Waldo for Halloween:  I guess he could be the invisible man, or a ghost or something like that too but i go with waldo because his game just cant be found right now so I'm going with Waldo I'm not even sure if Deng played in the 4th quarter yesterday more importantly I don't care because he really didn't matter offensively last night. Deng went 2-10 last night and for the most part he took good shots they just didn't fall for him hopefully he can get out of this slump. He did however do a great job on Ben Gordon defensively in the second half so he did have an impact on defense but his has got to find his rhythm on the other side of the court.



What was with that effort in the 1st half: I have no idea what happened during the second quarter last night the bulls just got blitzed and it took them two quarters to erase the 20 point deficit. One thing i can say about Thibbs is that he made some great adjustments at halftime Detroit's FG percentage in the first half was 52% in the second half 26 % including holding the pistons to 9 points in the 4th quarter! This is why the bulls hired him. That win probably would have never happened last year



We need Bench production: I don't how long this team can last with Scal playing 20 minutes a game. Sure we can use his shooting off the bench, but he cant stop anyone in defense! I don't know if its him or not but it seems like whoever he guards automatically scores! its one of the funniest things i have ever seen because scal plays good D and forces people to shoot tough shoots they just drain it. We need to see Korver Step up and also Watson if one of them have can give the bulls 10 points of the bench a night it would help ease the burden of scoring off of derrick's shoulder which leads me to.....




James Johnson?????:  Dare I say James Johnson was an impact player last night he was everywhere in the 4th he had 9 rebs, 4 ast, 2 steals, 3 Blocks and 8 points last night he provided energy and hustle last night and reminded me of what Tyrus Thomas did for the bulls when he was here. lets hope that he can carry this type of energy for 82 games but at any rate it was great to see him have a great game and help the bulls get the win.



Thursday, October 28, 2010

5 things from the Bulls vs Thunder games



News Flash Derrick Rose is amazing!: Rose was Amazing in the first half especially in the first quarter he was every where his jumper was on and he got to the lane almost at will on his way to 20 first half points. (I thought for a little while that he was on his way to 50) But 31 shots I  REPEAT 31 is way too many shots for your point guard someone else has to pick up some of the slack or its going to be a frustrating first month. The thing that surprised me is that some of derrick's shots were forced and he was noticeably fatigued at the end of the game which allowed his shots to be blocked. he missed all of his 3point attempts and he also stayed in foul trouble but it was mainly do to how aggressive he was on D. But he still had a great game

Lets Post Joakim Noah up: Noah was his usual double double self  12 & 19 (Which he will lead the league in) he hit one jumper he a couple of nice looking assists. One thing i would like to see is Noah posting up down low. His footwork has gotten better and he's proven to be very effective going over either shoulder. Somebody is going to have to post up on this team until Boozer gets back and i believe Noah can handle that.

                                                                

The Old Bulls showed up again: By old i mean the jump shooting Bulls. One thing that shocked me was that we didn't even see any of that excellent ball movement that we saw during the preseason. the bulls can not afford that at all. they didn't go to the foul line a lot and when they did go they missed. Deng went 2-6 from the foul line that's completely unacceptable. The Bulls as a team went 13-22 for 59%.Why did the Thunder get so many fouls every time i looked up they were shooting free throws. Also where was Korver at? Was I the only person who thought the bulls rotation was weird I know it's the first game but don't we need to see korver and rose playing together. We didn't see any decent scoring of the bench i thought korver was supposed to provide that and what was with scal playing so many minutes?



                                                                             
                                                                           
Where was Deng???: Again Deng was trapped in basketball purgatory! he was on the floor but he didn't move with any purpose i even saw James Harden push him of the block once  and i seen him try to post up Jeff Green  Lou has to step it up! Whenever rose it out of the game Deng needs to step it up  and call for the ball, he did have 13 points but if he played aggressive he could have had at least 25 points. He should have put Thabo in the rim on the fast break too but he went up soft and got it rejected


                                                                
The Bulls D: Bulls played great Defense until 4:00 minutes left in the game then i have no idea what happen. the thunder got 3 dunks in a row and started fast breaking like the Atlanta hawks. Thibbs cant be happy with that effort!