[BenDengGo]

<center> Nets have our number

VS

Chicago Bulls (32-29) (13-17 on road) @ New Jersey Nets (28-36) (16-14 at home)

Continental Airlines Arena, Wednesday March 16th, 2005
Chicago @ New Jersey 6:30pm YES / CSN-CHI / NBALP

Duke-6'1-DUHON <> Kansas-6'3-HINRICH <> Tau Ceramica-6'7-NOCIONI <> El Paso-6'9-DAVIS <> Thornwood-6'11-CURRY

VS

California-6'4-KIDD <> Kansas-6'1-VAUGHN <> North Carolina-6'6-CARTER <> Stanford-7'0-COLLINS <> Partizan-7'0-KRISTIC

 

[7thwatch]

They certainly have a short backcourt. We can't let freaking J.Vaughn have a career night against us again. If Nocioni can contain carter I think we can win this game fairly easily. This is a game where we could have really used Deng. Oh well.

 

[ace20004u]

Curry sprianed his hammy last night so I doubt he plays. I wouldn't be surprised to see Deng come off the il for tonights game if Eddy is unavailable which seems likely we will need all the help we can get.

 

[7thwatch]

Curry sprianed his hammy last night so I doubt he plays.

In that case forget what I said about winning easily.

 

[Hustle]

Bulls 95
Jersey 81

 

[ScottMay]

103

91

Keep the seatbelts fastened, everyone. The ride is going to get real bumpy for a little while, I'm afraid.

 

[HAWK23]

Curry sprianed his hammy last night so I doubt he plays. I wouldn't be surprised to see Deng come off the il for tonights game if Eddy is unavailable which seems likely we will need all the help we can get.

Curry WILL play--670am

I have a feeling Carter is going to murder us... if Rashard Lewis can get 30 pts against us 2 times in 3 days there is no telling what Carter will do... maybe we can pull it out? I have a bad feeling.

 

[The ROY]

we HAVE to win this game

NJ has a difficult time scoring outside of V. Carter, all we need to do is play some great defense and we should take this one. They've already beaten us TWICE this year.

 

[ballafromthenorth]

Maybe the refs will feel the need to see some calls go our way tonight.. who knows what could happen.. I'm skeptical about this game but if we play hardnosed D and someone is shooting the ball well, we could pull it out.

 

[yodurk]

we HAVE to win this game

NJ has a difficult time scoring outside of V. Carter, all we need to do is play some great defense and we should take this one. They've already beaten us TWICE this year.

Correction, New Jersey is 3-0 against the Bulls this year...and let me tell you, they were 3 of the ugliest games I've seen all season. For some reason, these Nets inspire us to play our absolute worst basketball. We play down to their level, so to speak. Last time we played them, they were still on their "Vince Carter high" fresh off the trade, but they've cooled a bit since then. We still can't take them lightly nonetheless. If we can win this one, maybe I can feel just a little better about losing to Seattle the way we did. I would HATE to go 0-4 against such a bad team. I feel partly responsible since I predicted New Jersey would only reach 25 wins this season. I guess that's a curse for getting swept. Guys, this is really a must-win.

Bulls - 87
Nets - 84

 

[such sweet thunder]

76

88

 

[ScottMay]

76

88

Last time I checked, the Bulls played in the same city where this chapel is located . . .

. . . not Evanston.

(sorry for the rare outburst of Maroon pride)

 

[Krazy!!!]

I got this game penciled in as a loss as well.....DAMMIT!!!!!

 

[mizenkay]

Curry WILL play--670am

I have a feeling Carter is going to murder us... if Rashard Lewis can get 30 pts against us 2 times in 3 days there is no telling what Carter will do... maybe we can pull it out? I have a bad feeling.

per bulls.com injury report, curry is DOUBTFUL for tonight.

not good.


http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/injury_report.html

 

[bullsville]

per bulls.com injury report, curry is DOUBTFUL for tonight.

not good.


http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/injury_report.html

I think it's great- at least if Eddy doesn't play tonight, it will at least eliminate him as a topic of discussion in the game thread.

Plus, we can get 20 pages going on a new thread- either 'Bulls Win Without Eddy, Who Needs Him?' or 'Bulls Suck Without Eddy, We Can't Live Without Him'.

Seriously, though, if Eddy has a bad hammy, no need to rush him back. Othella has been outstanding in his 14 starts- 23.1 min, 9.8 pts, 5.6 reb, 1.1 ast, 56.8% FG, 74.4% FT.

 

[HAWK23]

per bulls.com injury report, curry is DOUBTFUL for tonight.

not good.


http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/injury_report.html

hmm, thats odd then... wonder what the real situation is

 

[Killuminati]

Nets are a pain in the *** for the Bulls for some reason. If it isn't VC scorching us, it was RJ in the beginning of the year, if not him it was Jacque friggin' Vaughn. :curse: And Kidd always plays well against us.

Gonna be another nail-biter, hopefully the Bulls can win this one as these last 2 losses should have been wins.

 

[mizenkay]

good new for jared fans everywhere :wink: fleet :wink:

big guy has been activated, frank williams sent to the IL (darn groin).

http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/reiner_activated_050316.html

 

[spongyfungy]

Does this mean Tyson and Othella are starting tonight? or Tyson and AD?

 

[bullsville]

Does this mean Tyson and Othella are starting tonight? or Tyson and AD?

If I had to guess, I'd say AD and Othella. We need Othella's offense to replace Eddy's scoring with the first unit.

We shouldn't miss Eddy's defense and rebounding, the Bulls are bringing in a corpse for that job... :biggrin: