Bulls

[nwfisch]

Big game vs Philly tonight.


10 days until Miami comes to town.

[nwfisch]

Rose

http://www.nba.com/video/games/bucks/2012/03/07/0021100575_chi_mil_play5.nba/

Please do this against Miami. I'm ready for Bulls Heat now

[nwfisch]

Bulls

[Mogriffjr]

Revenge of John Lucas BIATCH!!

[FirstTimer]

Meh.

Nice win but doesn't mean much moving forward.

[ralaw]

So, the Bulls are 15-7 without Derrick Rose. Does anyone remember when everyone was saying Rose wasn't playing with anyone? If Rose gets healthy and Deng, Noah, etc continue to play with some fire do you guys think Chicago can contend with Miami? Hepefully Rose is healthy for the playoffs, because Chicago could make things interesting for Miami.....if not Miami is going to run through the east making it sort of meh.

[FirstTimer]

So, the Bulls are 15-7 without Derrick Rose. Does anyone remember when everyone was saying Rose wasn't playing with anyone? If Rose gets healthy and Deng, Noah, etc continue to play with some fire do you guys think Chicago can contend with Miami? Hepefully Rose is healthy for the playoffs, because Chicago could make things interesting for Miami.....if not Miami is going to run through the east making it sort of meh.

No.

[ralaw]

No.

[nwfisch]

It's amazing how well they've done without Rose. I think as long as the Bulls have a matchup with Miami they have a chance. The team will never quit against them, it's a matter of the unknowns (Rip, Boozer, Deng, and Noah) showing up for 4 games in a series against them.

[ralaw]

I agree, if Rose is healthy and the rest of the team continues to play with the effort they've shown I could see them pushing Miami to 7 games. As you said, the question is how the role players perform when Rose gets back, because roles will change.

[JeremyHight]

The Bulls could definitely beat the Heat or the OKC in a series if Rose is healthy. I don't see how anyone could argue otherwise. If Rose isn't healthy, well, they might be able to push it to 6.

[FirstTimer]

The Bulls could definitely beat the Heat or the OKC in a series if Rose is healthy. I don't see how anyone could argue otherwise. If Rose isn't healthy, well, they might be able to push it to 6.

[nwfisch]

2 games against Miami with Rose scoring less than 3 points.

Bulls are 2-0 against the Heat

If they can do this in the playoffs

[Kuzzy Powers]

Time is running thin on Rose coming back and finding his niche with the team again. Im not sure they'll be able to find that before the playoffs start. Call me nuts but it almost seems like the team is better off without him ATM, when hes in the game the rest of the guys arent as motivated to step up, or the offense just stops in Rose's hands.. either way right now the team may be better suited to playing without him.

[Rudi]

Time is running thin on Rose coming back and finding his niche with the team again. Im not sure they'll be able to find that before the playoffs start. Call me nuts but it almost seems like the team is better off without him ATM, when hes in the game the rest of the guys arent as motivated to step up, or the offense just stops in Rose's hands.. either way right now the team may be better suited to playing without him.

To be fair, he went 1-13 tonight so he's not his usual self yet.