Wizards at Bulls Game Thread 8 ET

[tontoz]

Wizards starting the careless turnovers right off the bat. Luckily Beal started off well.

[nathanjizzle]

D rose

[Relinquish]

Damn, I just made a thread too. Mods, please delete my thread. Thanks.

[poido123]

I like that Snell is starting and playing well.

The guy hasn't been played anywhere near enough considering we have a SG playing 40 minutes a game and two small forwards injured :facepalm

[Milbuck]

Rose looks great so far. Fighting through screens on D, finding the right mix between attacking the basket and long jumpers.

[Relinquish]

Oh shit. Rose is hot.

[beastee]

This is why the hawks and rest of the ecf need to be worried. Rose is fine in marquee games. He really will turn it up come playoff time. Noah just needs to get right.

[emaugust]

Seeing Rose get up for this one REALLY makes me think we will see him ball out in the playoffs...

Lotta game to go of course.

[beastee]

No hinrich starting makes such a difference.

[Relinquish]

Seeing Rose get up for this one REALLY makes me think we will see him ball out in the playoffs...

Lotta game to go of course.

I mean, this is best he's looked to start a game this entire season. So far it seems more like an anomaly than a common occurrence.

[Milbuck]

This is why the hawks and rest of the ecf need to be worried. Rose is fine in marquee games. He really will turn it up come playoff time. Noah just needs to get right.
Another thing about Noah is that he needs to be playing in position. They started him at C tonight, hopefully that makes a difference.

Aside from health, I don't think he'll truly be the Noah of old until he's playing alongside Taj or Mirotic for big minutes. Pau is awesome but he just doesn't let Noah play his natural game 100%.

[Milbuck]

Rose :applause:

[WallIn]

Rose :kobe:

[Milbuck]

:roll: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[Relinquish]

:roll:

:wtf:

[beastee]

Wowza rose!!!

[emaugust]

I mean, this is best he's looked to start a game this entire season. So far it seems more like an anomaly than a common occurrence.

I think he generally has and will continue to go through the motions playing back into shape, but that last loss to the Wizards actually made him give a shit and you see how that is going for the Wizards.

But I am a Bulls fan so... pretty biased here.

[Kellogs4toniee]

That was really nostalgic watching some prime rose that first quarter and that buzzer beater from near the half court !!!'

Almost spit the chicken from my mouth from screaming.

[Relinquish]

I think he generally has and will continue to go through the motions playing back into shape, but that last loss to the Wizards actually made him give a shit and you see how that is going for the Wizards.

But I am a Bulls fan so... pretty biased here.

Of course, I mean if he continues to play like this for the rest of the season he would be the GOAT. It won't happen, but that does not mean he won't continue to play better and better.

[tontoz]

too many turnovers. This is a recording.

[WallIn]

GOATre Miller

[poido123]

Snell playing well again.

Stick with him Thibs.

We need his length on defense and minutes...

[Relinquish]

Please put Wall back in, thanks.

[WallIn]

Mirotic got a beard like Moses

[tontoz]

How can they keep making the same dumb turnovers game after game.

[poido123]

Niko can provide so much when he's confident and looking to be aggressive.

He and Snell are such confidence players.

[beastee]

Niko with a tap assist, block, steal and 3 in two minute span. Dude is gonna be a stud for years.

[Milbuck]

Niko's gotta take those shots. Teams are figuring out his pump fakes. With his jumper there's no reason to pass up shots with that much space.

[tontoz]

10 turnovers with 5 minutes left in the half.:facepalm

Could be a replay of the Atlanta game.

[beastee]

Interesting to see what rose does now

[WallIn]

Noah plays like a scrub

[beastee]

Noah plays like a scrub
Not right. His knee surgery is clearly an issue.

[PieceOfFelt]

Noah plays like a scrub

He hasn't been the same player this year. His knees have been giving him problems.

[tontoz]

12 turnovers in a half. That is just a disgrace.

[WallIn]

Million turnovers and we are down 6. Something positive-negative.

[beastee]

Not the way to end the half. Rose should have the ISO not butler and Noah tweaks an ankle.

[poido123]

I say shut Noah down til the allstar break.

He's not making much of an impact and he is clearly lacking confidence with his body.

It will allow Mirotic to play more and Thibs to look at different lineups without him.

Noah would be better served off the bench with Gibson, but I doubt he would stomach that.

[Relinquish]

Just one of those nights for Rose.

[LoneyROY7]

Rose's jumper looking buttery smooth tonight.

[beastee]

Did rose see a shot specialist? All of the sudden his jump shot is straight, not leaning and has elevation.

[beastee]

Both teams look sloppy tonight.

[Relinquish]

Truth beasting

[tontoz]

How are we in the lead turning it over left and right with Rose going off?

:confusedshrug:

[LoneyROY7]

Dunk that sh*t John.

[WallIn]

What a miss by Wall :oldlol: Thankfully Beal clears it.

[Relinquish]

Bradley and Pierce going off while John is playing one of his worst games of the season. Good timing. :applause:

[beastee]

How are we in the lead turning it over left and right with Rose going off?

:confusedshrug:
Rose is the only bull that showed up tonight

[Relinquish]

What a miss by Wall :oldlol: Thankfully Beal clears it.

GOAT misser :bowdown:

[JebronLames]

What happened to Noah?

[Relinquish]

What happened to Noah?

He sucks, got benched.

[WallIn]

Noah won't return tonight

[The_Yearning]

Rose is the only bull that showed up tonight

What about all of those times that Rose didn't show up?

[beastee]

What happened to Noah?
Ankle turn

[Relinquish]

What about all of those times that Rose didn't show up?

Tonight is all that matters to Rose stans.

[JebronLames]

Ankle turn
Gonna drop this fakkit in fantasy.

[The_Yearning]

Bulls ain't winning shit this year

[beastee]

Tonight is all that matters to Rose stans.
I'm a bulls fan. Rose is a bulls player. I want them all to play well. How can you be a Stan of a dude who missed 2 years?

[Relinquish]

Refs keeping them in it right now.

[beastee]

Refs keeping them in it right now.
Been waiting all night for you to say that. Lame.

[tontoz]

Wizards love those long 2s. Wittman is too stupid to realize there is a reason why those shots are always open.

[WallIn]

Truth fooling everybody as always :oldlol:

[beastee]

Snell going for the glory. :lol

[tontoz]

Wish Wall would look for those 3s more often instead of long 2s.

[imnew09]

thib is dumb af, stop playing rose the full quarter :facepalm

[WallIn]

Solid quarter by the Bullets, still too many mid range jumpers though

[tontoz]

Subs will be in to start the 4th. Hopefully they don't blow it.

[Relinquish]

thib is dumb af, stop playing rose the full quarter :facepalm

And what's funny is he doesn't even shoot, despite being extremely hot. :roll:

[WallIn]

So Bulls are 17-0 when leading at the half and Bullets 23-0 when leading by the end of the 3rd.

[tontoz]

Mirotic seems like he tries to get too clever rather than just shooting off the catch.

[beastee]

Mirotic seems like he tries to get too clever rather than just shooting off the catch.
Yep. Pump fake is not effective anymore. He will adjust.

[beastee]

Hey relinq...bow bout them one sided refs...:facepalm

[Relinquish]

Should be a flagrant

[tontoz]

Here comes the bench fail.

[tontoz]

We need another pg. Miller just doesn't cut it.

[Relinquish]

We need another pg. Miller just doesn't cut it.

What? The guy who puts up 4 and 3 in 12 mins on 60% shooting, and that doesn't cut it? Who else in the league can put up those numbers, be honest. It's not like there are ton of great defensive backup PGs out there who can also put up stats like that.

[tontoz]

What? The guy who puts up 4 and 3.5 in 12 mins on 60% shooting, and that doesn't cut it? Who else in the league can put up those numbers, be honest. It's not like there are ton of great defensive backup PGs out there who can also put up stats like that.


He can't get the team into it's sets and gets torched on D routinely.

[beastee]

We need another pg. Miller just doesn't cut it.
Miller seems to play well against the bulls at least.

[Relinquish]

He can't get the team into it's sets and gets torched on D routinely.

Sure, but the stats speak for themselves. We don't want any excuse to play someone and take away from Wall's minutes. I'm happy with 12 mins for the backup.

[tontoz]

Big shot from Wall there. It would be awesome if he can hit that consistently like he has lately.

[Relinquish]

Big shot from Wall there. It would be awesome if he can hit that consistently like he has lately.

Beal raises him a big shot. Can Wall answer?

[LoneyROY7]

The Wizards quietly kill you. They aren't too flashy (outside of Wall at times), but they wear you down throughout the game.

[tontoz]

Sure, but the stats speak for themselves. We don't want any excuse to play someone and take away from Wall's minutes. I'm happy with 12 mins for the backup.

I would love to have a backup pg that could help reduce Wall's minutes.

And if Wall misses a few games we will lose them all with a Miller/Temple combo.

[beastee]

Hinrich loses the bulls games.

[LoneyROY7]

Wall talking to Scotty. :lol

[DonDadda59]

The Bulls offense is garbage. For all the talent they have, they take a lot of bad shots and run nonsensical sets. Thibs needs to up his coaching game or hire an assistant to work that side of the court.

[tontoz]

Miller seems to play well against the bulls at least.


So does Beal for whatever reason.

Great assist by Wall there to Pierce. :rockon:

[Relinquish]

THAT'S WHY THEY BROUGHT ME HERE :bowdown:

[WallIn]

:applause:

Great play between Wall and Pierce

[navy]

Jimmy 40 minutes Butler has been in an extended "slump"

[Relinquish]

Wall talking to Scotty. :lol

Scottie: Hey John, you cool that shit. My Bulls need this one.
Wall: Suck my dick banana nose.

[beastee]

The Bulls offense is garbage. For all the talent they have, they take a lot of bad shots and run nonsensical sets. Thibs needs to up his coaching game or hire an assistant to work that side of the court.
Agreed. They really settle for bad jump shots. It's frustrating. Paul Pierce won them this game though. Wow.

[nathanjizzle]

Jimmy butler is garbage, huge defensive liability

[tontoz]

The Bulls offense is garbage. For all the talent they have, they take a lot of bad shots and run nonsensical sets. Thibs needs to up his coaching game or hire an assistant to work that side of the court.


Strangely enough i think they miss Dunleavy. He can shoot and helps spread the floor.

They do look pretty bad lately. Rose is going off and they are down 10 to a team that played last night. At home.

[Pointguard]

What was Hinrich doing?

[Relinquish]

Jimmy butler is garbage, huge defensive liability

:biggums:

:yaohappy:

[beastee]

What was Hinrich doing?
He is awful. But trys hard and is a vet...so thibs loves him. :facepalm

[WadeStan]

The Bulls offense is garbage. For all the talent they have, they take a lot of bad shots and run nonsensical sets. Thibs needs to up his coaching game or hire an assistant to work that side of the court.

For all the good that Thibs brings defensively, he's an uninspired offensive coach. Been that way for years. Should be talked about more.

[WallIn]

Agreed. They really settle for bad jump shots. It's frustrating. Paul Pierce won them this game though. Wow.
Solid jinx. Still 3 minutes left.

[navy]

Jimmy butler is garbage, huge defensive liability
:roll:

[LoneyROY7]

Wall too clutch. :applause:

[tontoz]

Wall with the clutch 3. :bowdown:

[Relinquish]

Aight Wall, I see you. :applause:

[navy]

Nene. :biggums:

[Relinquish]

NENE FOR THREE :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[tontoz]

Nene LMAO :roll: :roll: :roll:

[LoneyROY7]

Nene. :lol

[WallIn]

Nene steps back to shoot a 3 :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

I've seen it all.

[Bigsmoke]

Weak

How is Noah?

[Relinquish]

Wait, it didn't count as a 3? Still, that was a 3 in my book.

[LoneyROY7]

Amazing finish to the game for Wall. :applause:

[tontoz]

Wall > Chuck Norris in the clutch.

[tontoz]

Wait, it didn't count as a 3? Still, that was a 3 in my book.


Nene stepped on the line. Still good for laughs though.

[Relinquish]

Bad shot by Wall, but it's over so whatever.

[Smoke117]

I would love to have a backup pg that could help reduce Wall's minutes.

And if Wall misses a few games we will lose them all with a Miller/Temple combo.

Why would Walls minutes need to be reduced? He only plays 35.5mpg this season and is frankly at the point in his career (at 24) where he should be playing 40mpg.

[knicksman]

wall>>rose
pure pg>>score first pg
magic>>>bran

[navy]

Weak

How is Noah?
Been garbage all season.

[Relinquish]

At least Wall broke his streak of 8/12 assist games. :lol

[poido123]

Good game Wiz fans.


We got our ass kicked, we were sloppy and looked disjointed on offense again.

The wiz strangled us all game, like they did the last game. Nene is a real handfull for us. Beal and wall worked that top of the key screen well all game and got open shots.


A series between these two teams again would be epic :rockon:

[LoneyROY7]

I think I like the Wizards right now to represent the East in the NBA Finals.

[Relinquish]

Wall :biggums:

[tontoz]

Why would Walls minutes need to be reduced? He only plays 35.5mpg this season and is frankly at the point in his career (at 24) where he should be playing 40mpg.


He plays at a fast pace. He is a one man fast break. They rely on him too much.

The minutes per game don't tell the whole story because he obviously won't be playing at the end of blowouts. In games like this we lose leads routinely at the start of the 4th.

[Relinquish]

GG Bulls. Hopefully we meet in the playoffs. :applause:

[tontoz]

I think I like the Wizards right now to represent the East in the NBA Finals.

You obviously haven't seen us against the Hawks/Raps. Their mobile bigs give us fits.

I would much rather play the Bulls in the playoffs than those two teams.

[SwishSquared]

Been garbage all season.
Hasn't been the same since that knee injury. Thibs needs to stagger mins better so he's playing C on defense more, preferably against second units. His rotations and player management can be so frustrating.

Good game by the Wiz. These two teams always play competitive games against one another it seems. Tough matchup for the Bulls. Pierce was a big time pick-up for them, too. Wizards should be a tough out in the playoffs this year.

[LoneyROY7]

You obviously haven't seen us against the Hawks/Raps. Their mobile bigs give us fits.

I would much rather play the Bulls in the playoffs than those two teams.

I have faith in Wall, PP, and Beal in the clutch.

[hawksdogsbraves]

The Wiz have looked fantastic other than when they play us, hopefully that means we have a good matchup against them.

Makes sense that we would, Nene/Gortat aren't the most fleet-footed of bigs.

[Bigsmoke]

I think I like the Wizards right now to represent the East in the NBA Finals.

Hell no.

They ain't beating the Hawks.

[tontoz]

Wall with 10 points in the least 6 minutes, just like last game.

[beastee]

You obviously haven't seen us against the Hawks/Raps. Their mobile bigs give us fits.

I would much rather play the Bulls in the playoffs than those two teams.
I would like to NOT see the wizards in a playoff series. The Bulls can handle any team in the Eastern conference except the wizards. They pose matchup problems and have a lot of confidence against them. Good to see Rose and Wall ball it out though. Both played great.

[Relinquish]

The Wiz have looked fantastic other than when they play us, hopefully that means we have a good matchup against them.

Makes sense that we would, Nene/Gortat aren't the most fleet-footed of bigs.

Then again, you guys look fantastic against everyone.

[hawksdogsbraves]

Then again, you guys look fantastic against everyone.

Ha that has definitely been true. I still have big reservations about the Bulls frontcourt though.

The Raptors are 2-0 against us this season as well.

[Dengness9]

Team needs MDJ back but sit Noah til he is healthy. **** the regular season. I love watching my team win but I don't want to see them peak right now anyway. Bulls have been regular season champs twice and it guarantees nothing.


Bulls are fine as long as they have no serious injuries. That will continue to be the one thing that matters more than anything else by a long shot. A lot of new pieces, half the season left.

Just have to work as a team, sacrifice whatever it takes, that is who these guys are.

Wiz will indeed be a tough matchup for the Bulls. NBA would be lucky to see these two teams in a playoff series.