[Game Thread] Portland @ Chicago

[Mr Odd]

I wanted to say I'm jealous of your fanbase. You guys and maybe the Celtics. Spurs too.

Good game.

Roy is legit, is and will be a phenomenal player. I closely watched LMA. Great moves but I wish he would bang down low.

The thing I like most about yoru team is your organization's trust and investment in developing the young guys, particularly Outlaw and Webster. Outlaw has impressed me greatly. I didn't know he had thatsolid of a J.

I wish we would do the same with TT and Noah. But hey it's the Bulls.

Thanks for the kind comments!!

Yea, many of us wish LMA would bang down low aswell.
I just dont think hes that type of player. Once in awhile
he will have a game where hes a terror in the paint but
those games are few and far between. He does have a
great outside shot tho. Outlaw has improved by leaps
and bounds. Its crazy how much his game has grown.
We're very lucky to have good young talent and we can
only hope to win half the amount of rings the Bulls did.. .
Someday.. .

[Spykes]

I'm amazed that game became as exciting as it did. It started out as a real snooze-fest, but after that... wow.

[ph1sh55]

I think lma wants to bang in the paint..and given his work ethic he will continue to work on his body to be able to do so. Right now though he can still get pushed around by most 5's and so is often off balance making moves in the low post.

[DmoneyH3]

15 of 16......holy snikes..I LOVE IT! Even when we play sub-par someone steps up and we come away with the W.

[Spykes]

Sucks we can't ever catch a break with Denver. They keep matching us win for win, and it's not like they aren't playing good teams. They beat the Spurs tonight!

[TradeMachine]

Dude!

We're only 2.5 games behind SA for the conference lead.

[Spykes]

For as much credit as Hinrich gets for being a good defensive PG, the guy is a fouling machine.

[Dakotah612]

I have to wonder how close this game would have been if Joe Smith didn't play out of his frickin' mind.

[Spykes]

I have to wonder how close this game would have been if Joe Smith didn't play out of his frickin' mind.

Well, to be fair, you have to wonder how close the game would have been going the other way had Chicago not lost Deng after 13 minutes. He seemed to be giving Roy fits early in the game.

[Dakotah612]

That's true. I think it would have evened out. Joe Smith's 30/11 is very very rare for him.

[breaker91]

I went out to dinner with a buddy, but I got into my car to run an errand at the start of the first OT. All I can say was something out of wack with the world tonight?

Ben Wallace worst FT shooter in the league with 4 clutch makes in OT

Joe Smith hasn't played that well since he was a Terrapin.

The worst fast break PG in the league gets a 2 and the foul to win the game.

Oh and want to have Jones' babies. 4 point play, tough D on Gordon that lead to Jack's steal, ran with Jack to put pressure on Gordon's transition D, clutch FTs, and a block to end it.

[Dakotah612]

Actually, it would have.

Joe Smith + Luol Deng season avg. = 28 ppg 12 rpg

tonight:

Joe Smith + Luol Deng = 33 pts 14 rebs

[kellex]

so pimp tonight! damn blazers just keep surprising me and surprising me every night...i guess maybe it's time to stop being surprised? what a fun season this has been so far.

[farzi]

The people on the Bulls board, their Mods especially are haters and butt sore. Makes it no fun. I wasn't even in there trolling, I even said I thought they were going to pull it out, and they start bitching at me.

[mojomarc]

The people on the Bulls board, their Mods especially are haters and butt sore. Makes it no fun. I wasn't even in there trolling, I even said I thought they were going to pull it out, and they start bitching at me.

There's a lot of tension there because their team was expected to challenge for a conference championship this year but have greatly disappointed instead. Right now, they are pretty touchy about people commenting about the Bulls because of this. It's probably best to just avoid their game threads because of that, as you're likely just to do the sports equivalent of kicking a guy's dog the day he learns he has cancer.