OT: 72 wins seem safe

Post #1 » by **Tommy Udo 6** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:09 am

Boston lost at home to the Wiz today

This was the game where the Wizwere going to be paid back for beating the Celts last week in Washington

Looks like our record will hold

Of all the Celt losses, this one is the most shocking to me!

Post #2 » by **DuckIII** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:12 am

It was always safe. They opened the season with a cream puff schedule that lasted over 2 months.

SportsWorld · Post #3 » by **SportsWorld** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:18 am

In fact, this was a 2nd of a back-to-back against the Wizards and the Wizards won both.

Doubles · Post #4 » by **Doubles** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:19 am

The record will always be safe.

NLK · Post #5 » by **NLK** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:19 am

Was never scared. I AIN'T NEVER SCARED!

LOL, I thought it was somewhat appropriate.

Polynice4Pippen · Post #6 » by **Polynice4Pippen** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:19 am

DuckIII wrote:It was always safe. They opened the season with a cream puff schedule that lasted over 2 months.

I said for years a team would go 16-0 in the NFL before winning 72 games in the NBA. Now that that has happened I'll come out and say this. Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak will be broken before a team wins 72 games. Too many factors play into winning that many games. The season is just too long to ever realistically expect that type of dominance to be matched. No one can sustain that elite level of play for 6 and a half months. Well, no one but our '96 Bulls that is. :wink:

Post #7 » by **Rerisen** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:22 am

Agree with Duck. Their start had not reached anything more impressive than the last few teams (Mavs, Detroit, Suns) who had rocketed off to a hot start only to fall on tough times sometime toward mid or late season.

Boston is who we thought they were. A very good team. Arguably best in the East, but not a all time legendary team nor even favorites for a title this year.

Howling Mad · Post #8 » by **Howling Mad** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:26 am

Although I dont feel as confident as some of you about the 72 game record, I do agree it will be a long time until anyone even sniffs 70 games.

I've been reminding people that Boston's schedule was really easy at the get-go and towards the end of Feb and March they are lined up with tough western conference teams.

The first half outburst by the Celts was just the honey moon period for the team, soon the real personality of the team will come through.

Salary caps in the NBA are flexible, not quite like the MLB, but not as restricted as the NFL.

Just think if a team like the Knicks can channel that 100 mill payroll into 3-4 star players.

Post #9 » by **Tommy Udo 6** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:28 am

SportsWorld wrote:In fact, this was a 2nd of a back-to-back against the Wizards and the Wizards won both.

Thanks - but I said that in my second line.

That is the reason that this loss surprises me.

Wiz showing a lot of class.....

I wish my team was like that

Post #10 » by **DuckIII** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:29 am

Polynice4Pippen wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

I said for years a team would go 16-0 in the NFL before winning 72 games in the NBA. Now that that has happened I'll come out and say this. Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak will be broken before a team wins 72 games. Too many factors play into winning that many games. The season is just too long to ever realistically expect that type of dominance to be matched. No one can sustain that elite level of play for 6 and a half months. Well, no one but our '96 Bulls that is.

Thats about right. I think it can happen. I think it might happen. But I've yet to see the team that made me think, even for a second, that they were capable of it. Granted, its only been 11 years.

It never once crossed my mind that Boston had any shot at equalling that win total. I'd invite people to take a close look. Outside of playing Detroit twice, they haven't played anyone. Their schedule has been laughably easy. Boston will likely win 59-64 games and have a wonderful season. Nothing to sneeze at. I love what they are doing out there in Beantown.

derf · Post #11 » by **derf** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:42 am

bulls6 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Thanks - but I said that in my second line.

That is the reason that this loss surprises me.

Wiz showing a lot of class.....

I wish my team was like that

We'd a blown up the team by now. Championship or bust. Remember?

Biggame 33 · Post #12 » by **Biggame 33** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:07 am

Polynice4Pippen wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

I said for years a team would go 16-0 in the NFL before winning 72 games in the NBA. Now that that has happened I'll come out and say this. Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak will be broken before a team wins 72 games. Too many factors play into winning that many games. The season is just too long to ever realistically expect that type of dominance to be matched. No one can sustain that elite level of play for 6 and a half months. Well, no one but our '96 Bulls that is.

I agree as well i dont think anyone will ever knock off that 72 win record.
That Bulls team in my opinion is definitly the greatest team of all time .
I personally dont even think anyone will ever win 70 games let alone 73 to break the record.

Post #13 » by **Tommy Udo 6** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:11 am

I believe Bulls lost 3 of their last 4 games that season - all by one point & all by playing mostly reserves

Am I right?

Post #14 » by **dougthonus** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:15 am

No, they lost 1 game near the end by 1 point, and they rested their best players quite a bit, but certainly not the whole game. (Jordan 31 minutes, Pippen 30, Rodman 26)

Johnny Kilroy · Post #15 » by **Johnny Kilroy** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:23 am

i can't believe some people actually thought the C's were on track to best our 72 win season.

fellas, we started out that year 41-3!

it seems like once every few years a team gets off to a blazing start and all of a sudden people start clamoring about 70 wins. what most don't realize is that in the second half of the season, you usually lose twice as many games as you did in the first half of the season.

the 96 bulls were a team of destiny, i don't know that we will ever see that many wins again in our lifetime. sure, records are meant to be broken, but will we be around to see it?

Magilla_Gorilla · Post #16 » by **Magilla_Gorilla** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:23 am

Your both kind of right.

The Bulls 8th, 9th, and 10th loss were all by 1 point. But it was over a 15 game span.

http://www.databasebasketball.com/teams ... =1995&lg=n

ice9 · Post #17 » by **ice9** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:23 am

bulls6 wrote:I believe Bulls lost 3 of their last 4 games that season - all by one point & all by playing mostly reserves

Am I right?

That was the 69 win season I think, it pissed me off cause I wanted back to back 70 win seasons. O well.

Gregnice33 · Post #18 » by **Gregnice33** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:15 am

Do you remember those great days when we, as fans, almost always came away happy?

Mr. Tibbs · Post #19 » by **Mr. Tibbs** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:35 am

that bone crusher is quite scary looking.

i sure hope washington is boston's golden state. I really am so sick of boston sports i'd rather not hear about them for another 10 years.

Post #20 » by **suckfish** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:37 pm

bulls6 wrote:I believe Bulls lost 3 of their last 4 games that season - all by one point & all by playing mostly reserves

Am I right?

Their last three losses of the season were all by a single point.

I'm pretty surprised that Boston two games against Washington in such a short space of time, I caught parts of both games and Allen was playing pretty bad compared to his usual standards. Terrible passes at times and just didn't look his usual smooth self.