GT #28 Wizards @ Bulls 8 PM EST

[FAH1223]

Two in a row...

[CntOutSmrtCrazy]

That would be nice^

[hands11]

Lets make some Bull Burgers and get this party started.



Looking forward to seeing Temple again because I hope this kid is legit and sticks around.

Team hasn't played since Tue, Dec 25 so hopefully they are rusty.

Hamilton and Dung are returning. Lets hope they are not ready. Hamilton always causes the Wizards problems.

Going to have to bring the D.

Nene needs to watch the fouls against the jumping Bean Noah. Ves needs to be careful as well. Here, I don't mind starting Beal because he can put pressure on Marco. Temple and Beal are two good defensive guards so hopefully they give Kirk and Marco problems. Then they have to turn to Boozer and Noah against Nene and Okafor which would be a battle. That leaves Deng against Webster. Wish we had Trevor A back. That would help. Might have to try Singleton on him. Deng is the man to stop.

Then roll in Crawford for pts.

Bull have been taking care of business against the lesser teams but thats why they play the games.

Its a clean start now that they have Nene posting 26 plus minutes. He changes the entire roster. Its going to be a war in the paint. Likely to get ugly.

Hope the refs call a fair game.

[dangermouse]

Definitely winnable. I watched the Bulls last game and they didnt bring much on the offensive end. Kirk isnt the player he once was. If you can keep Noah and Deng quiet you've won the game.

[80sballboy]

Crawford out with a sore left ankle according to Mike Lee (Trade?).

[Halcyon]

Lol are we gonna be able to score 70?

[dangermouse]

Crawford out with a sore left ankle according to Mike Lee (Trade?).

God damnit. I take it back. This game is now unwinnable.

[FAH1223]

Thibs breaks down the Wizards: http://www.csnchicago.com/basketball-ch ... 385807-914

Thibodeau started his breakdown of the Wizards, his team’s next opponent, after Friday’s practice by saying “they’re good,” at the time, it could be chalked up to the coach’s habit of showing almost reverential deference to every squad in the league. But after Washington won its fourth game of the season later that evening, beating a Magic team that has impressed observers thus far in the campaign—albeit not the most talented club and playing without arguably their best player, injured power forward Glen “Big Baby” Davis—to snap an eight-game losing streak, one can assume that the Bulls will do everything in their power not to let Thibodeau’s cautionary advice become prophecy.

“If you look at their record, you would say, ‘Oh, OK, they’re not having a great season,’ and once you look deeper and you see that, OK, they’ve had a lot of injuries,” Thibodeau rhapsodized after the Bulls’ shootaround Saturday morning at the Berto Center. “[John] Wall’s been out virtually the whole season, Nene was out for a good chunk of that. So, you take a quality big like Nene and a good point guard off your team, you’re going to feel it, and they’ve had an opportunity to have some time together, guys are coming back, their bigs are tough to match up with.

“[Jordan] Crawford is a load, [Bradley] Beal is a bright young player, [Martell] Webster has been a good player in the league for a long time—and he’s had some health issues to deal with in his career—but those all are quality players and then you add in a couple of guys like [D-League call-up point guards] Garrett Temple and Shelvin Mack, two quality players that are under the radar, that are very hungry, so they’re a dangerous team,” he continued with his breakdown. “To me, they’re a quality team and the reason their record is like it is, is more because of the injuries that they’ve had, but they played very, very well last night. They’ve played well in a lot of games that they lost, so we know how good they are. We have to be ready.”

Crawford out guarantees a loss. More injury excuses

[truwizfan4evr]

We have to lose this to keep are tank alive.

[hands11]

Crawford out with a sore left ankle according to Mike Lee (Trade?).

What ? Are you Fing kidding me.

I smell a serious tank. Come one Ted... really. Stop being so Fing cheap and go win some games.

I can't believe this. So all we have is Beal and Martin.

I don't see us winning without Crawford. Just don't see it. Martin and Beal would have to have monster games. Not holding my breath.

I'm so pissed. I don't believe Crawford can't play. This smell more of tanking and giving baby Beal a chance to step up after Crawford has been showing him up.

[hands11]

Hold on now. Who is this Beal kid hitting open shots.

Could Martin also show up ?

[OffTheWall2]

I like the energy so far. Temple does a great job managing the team and Beal is looking nice so far.

[Jimmy Recard]

Great start so far. Love the pace.

Okafor and Nene have kept Noah and Boozer scoreless too.

[hands11]

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=400278161

How can these plus / minus number be right when we are up 6

[closg00]

I like this opportunity to see this lineup w/o Crawford. We look confident against this struggling Bulls team.

[Jimmy Recard]

Vesely in

[closg00]

Damn, Veseley in the game, we are now playing 4 on 5 now.

[hands11]

They just said Crawford is averaging number this month that no one but LeBron and Westbrook are averaging.

[mhd]

God Vessley sucks so bad. He's utterly useless out there. He sets the worst picks too.

[OffTheWall2]

It's tough watching Vesely play. Very tough.