Official Game Thread: BULLS v. MAGIC 3/28/06 - 7:30 pm CT/WCIU/WRBW/NBALP

Orlando has been playing good, hopefully we can keep our momentum going and pull this out.

Here's some other games of relevance tonight:
Phoenix @ Milwaukee
Washington @ Sacramento

No Philly tonight, they have Detroit on ESPN tomorrow night.
So if we win tonight, and the Pistons don't disappoint tomorrow, we'd be within .5 games of them.

Our next 5 games:
3/28 ORL
3/31 @ CHA
4/1 BOS
4/4 IND
4/5 @ PHI

Philly's next 5:
3/29 DET
3/31 @ NY
4/2 NY
4/4 @ CLE
4/5 CHI

Two straight games against the Knicks isn't something I wanted to see on their schedule.

mizenkay said:

the suns are going to be really really pissed off tonight. i think the bucks are in for a tough one!

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Ya seriously what the hell happened to them last night? They lost by 38 points, that's crazy.
The Bucks are 4 games ahead of us now, so I wouldn't count on getting anywhere near them by the end of the season (especially since there's only 12 games left), but they do have a rough schedule for the rest of the year:

3/28 PHX
3/31 @ DET
4/1 IND
4/4 @ MIA
4/5 @ ORL
4/7 @ MEM
4/9 NJ
4/12 WAS
4/14 @ NY
4/15 ATL
4/17 DET
4/18 @ WAS

I haven't been following closely, but I don't think they've been playing too bad lately, 6-4 in their last 10.

I wouldn't want to be them tonight though.
Nash didn't even score last night, I wouldn't bet on the same thing happening tonight.

game preview


CHICAGO (Ticker) - Ben Gordon and the surging Chicago Bulls look to continue their late push toward the postseason when they host the Orlando Magic on Tuesday.

The Bulls have won two straight and trail the Philadelphia 76ers (32-37) by just 1 1/2 games for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Gordon scored 13 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter on Sunday as Chicago rallied for a 101-97 triumph over the Boston Celtics.

Luol Deng scored 20 points while Chris Duhon added 17, six rebounds and seven assists for the Bulls, who never led in the first 45 minutes but never trailed in the final three.

Gordon has come alive since being taken out of the starting lineup for Chicago's last two games. The 2005 Sixth Man Award winner has scored a total of 42 points off the bench over his last two games.

The Bulls hope for another strong performance from Gordon on Tuesday against a Magic squad that has won three straight and seven of its last 10.

Hedo Turkoglu scored 23 points and Dwight Howard added 15 and 13 rebounds on Sunday as Orlando posted a 108-101 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.

Jameer Nelson had 15 points and reserve Darko Milicic chipped in 13 for the Magic, who have lost both meetings with the Bulls this season.


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http://www.basketballboards.net/forum/showthread.php?t=254536

If we win this, that 8th spot is ours. There's no way the Sixers can keep it the way they are playing right now. Plus of the three teams looking for that 8th spot (Philly, Chicago and Boston), we have the easiest schedule of the 3 I believe, and we have the best shot of getting there if we win tonight.

OK one more thing, I think some important games down the stretch we need to win in order to get that 8th spot: (let's be honest, EVERY game is important right now).

-Tonight against Orlando
-pretty much the next two weeks (we're facing Boston again, so they'll be hungry for revenge. And we also have to face Philly twice in the nexxt two weeks, so we'll have to get those Ws in order to get that 8th place.)

I'm telling you guys, the two most important games that are left are those two games against Philly. Those two will either make or break our chances of making the playoffs. If we win one and lose one, we still have a chance. Lose both, we're out. Win both, we're in for sure.

Let's hope tonight is gonna turn out with a victory. GO BULLS!!! Let's get that 8th spot!!

steal by Hinrich to Noc, to Deng to Duhon for three. GOOD!

9-3 Bulls.

Wayne Larivee has the 9-0 run incorrect.

Turkoglu to Nelson for three. GOOD.

Deng downlow outside to Noc, drives layup GOOD. 1-6.

Howard spins inside the lane. layup GOOD.

11-8 Bulls.

Howard inside layup MISSED. rebounds his shot, MISS again. Darko has it to Turk.

Turkoglu fouled by Sweetney on the layup attempt.

splits FT's

Sweetney downlow from Hinrich, layup GOOD.

Stevenson three try MISS. arroyo boards. jumpball Arroyo and Deng. Hinrich has it.

Noc jumper MISS. tipped by Tyson MISS.

Arroyo gets fouled on the reach-in.

Arroyo sets up. to Stevenson to Darko back to Carlos jumper GOOD.

22-15.

Duhon brings it up. to Hinrich . around a screen to DUhon to Deng circles in the lane, jumper MISS. got his own board and dunks it.

24-15.

Luol on the fastbreak, jumper GOOD. 26-15. Bulls 3:25 GOOD

Arroyo brigns it up to Deshawn layup MISS. Dwight Howard gets the board. good and 1. timeout Bulls 26-17. 3:12 left