Semi Finals: Cavs vs. Bulls (Cavs Win 4-2)

[jc23]

Congrats on advancing, been rooting against lebron since 2009, but i know this is big for the city of cleveland.

[LakeZurich]

Thanks JC, appreciate the class. It was a good, hard-fought series.

[Shootdabull]

Congrats on your trip to the conference finals unfortunately for us the better team won. I'm impressed on how your guys are fighting through your injury situation. Keep playing the good D and you'll have a good shot at the title.

[B Mac]

You're right, B... That would have been a sweep of healthy.... Hell, maybe even a heathy Kyrie and it would have been a sweep...

The Bulls are just not good.. Butler not withstanding... I think Butler is fantastic as a 2-way player.. However, Rose is overrated and inefficient in my opinion...

Noah is garbage, Gibson and Niko and Brooks and Hinrich etc are nothing of note...

Ironically enough I came away impressed with Dunleavy... Smart player..

At the end of the day our role players just outclassed theirs... JR, Shump, Tristan, Delly and even James Jones outplayed their role players...

As has almost always been the case, I agree with you here.

Would love to have Dunleavy coming off the bench next year. I know he's a free agent, and think he'd likely take a discount to play for a real contender.

[WestEndZone]

The fact of the matter, is Cleveland did what Pat "genius" Riley could never do. And that's put a team around Lebron that had skill and athleticism. They are mopping the floor with Riley over these moves.

[jbk1234]

Congrats on your trip to the conference finals unfortunately for us the better team won. I'm impressed on how your guys are fighting through your injury situation. Keep playing the good D and you'll have a good shot at the title.

Thanks for kind comments and for noticing that the Cavs were actually playing defense. You guys played the two best defensive teams in the East (excluding the Bulls) this playoffs. I think the narrative that the Bulls are bad offensively might be oversold a little. Your role players missed some shots, but I thought Jimmy, Rose, and MDJ played well on that end. Gasol, when healthy, can score regularly.

I was a little surprised you guys didn't go with a Gasol/Taj front court and bring Noah and Mirotic off the bench. That rotation would seem to provide more offense/defense balance.

[Shootdabull]

For some reason the Pau-Noah line up never really worked. Noah had bad year especially on offense. Teams would drop off him and double down on the ball. Taj seemed to a better compliment for both Noah and Pau, but we always went back to Pau Noah line up. Thib's likes to stick with his guys even if its not working. Look at kirk playing a good chunk of game six with no points no assists and we are down by a ton. I expect we will be making some changes (coach?) but with little cap room I think the same core of guys will be back for us again next year.

I thought your defense was better ours, and when you get outplayed at strength the outcome is rarely good. I thought you sealed off the lanes much better and LeBron is really a good defender when he goes after it. I thought your bench guys really outplayed ours and the moves your front office did at the trade dead line were excellent. Those moves can be risky but the players you picked up were difference makers in this series and I expect they will help a lot in the next round or two. Good luck the East needs to take the crown back.

[big_ticket]

bulls are fishin right now,cant stand to see noah again,bron made butler a regular guy not the special all star haha,i think he will get paid and decline after the contract

[gflem]

Stark difference between the Bulls fans here now and how the Wiz fans were last time around in the playoffs. We really need Kyrie to get as healthy as possible during this time between series.

[kiwibrindle]

Great series guys.

I as a Cavs fan have to give lots of credit to Rose for coming back from a major injury and playing real solid in a very short time. No doubt w/o Rose the Bulls are a lot weaker.

On the coaching side like him or not Blatt out coached Tibs (and I love Tibs as a coach, really) but Blatt saw that Chicago could not keep up with our small lineup and took advantage of that fact. Tibs focused on LBJ and that gave everyone else open looks. Blatt nice job.

I hope our guys get a good rest before Altanta. They will be a different type of matchup, weaker at the 5 but stronger at the 4. Overall I think the Bulls are a bit tougher but I see another 6 or 7 game series. Go Cavs

Heal up Chicago, as we in Cleveland are very good at saying: Wait until Next Year!