Game Thread: Wizards vs. Bulls 12/22/10 7:00ET

[RickRoll_inDC]

YES! IT IS I! Gilbertgoes05!

Let's face it. We all knew that gilbertgoes was not going to last with Gilbert being gone. The player of the game from the Charlotte game was not my game thread, was not Hinrich or Young.
It was entirely the Extra Good Juju

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0[/youtube]

So let's keep the Good Juju from Risk Astley rollin on in to Chicago!

vs.
Who: Washington Wizards vs. Chicago Bulls
When: Wednesday, December 22, 2010. 7:00 p.m. ET
Where: Verizon Center

Wizards
Kirk Hinrich___10.9ppg___3.2rpg___5.1apg
Nick Young___14.5ppg___2.2rpg___0.6apg
Al Thornton___9.6ppg___3.7rpg___1.4apg
Andray Blatche___17.3ppg___7.7rpg___0.5bpg
JaVale McGee___9.6ppg___8.2rpg___2.5bpg

Bulls
Derrick Rose___24.3ppg___4.4rpg___8.4apg
Keith Bogans___4.1ppg____2.2rpg___1.3apg
Luol Deng___17.7ppg___6.3rpg___2.2apg
Carlos Boozer___18.3___8.0rpg___0.5bpg
Kurt Thomas___0.8ppg____0.8rpg___0.2bpg

[tontoz]

LOL @ your avy.

After two straight strong performances i am going into this game thinking they have a legit chance to win. Strange feeling.

Nobody knows Rose's game better than Kirk. Kirk/Kurt/Kip/Hiney/K-Honey/whatever has been quite the pickpocket on D lately. He will have his hands full with Rose who has been on a tear. He is even hitting 3s now.

With Kirk/Nick/Al starting that's 3 guys who can effectively guard their positions. It will be interesting to see if their recent defensive success can continue.

[dobrojim]

Bulls board full of pessimism for at least tonight's game vs PHL.
Noah is out against us for sure. Taj Gibson appears to be out
for tonight. They are thin upfront. They are starting
Kurt Thomas tonight so Asik can continue to play
against bench players. This might be hit or miss for
McGee. Thomas is smart but is no athlete at this stage.
McGee needs to avoid fouls.

the obvious keys are not to allow both Rose and Boozer
to go crazy. Blatche has had solid b2b games. He needs
to somewhat equalize Boozer. On another note, they're
not wild about Bogans. Nick will need to continue to
light it up.

Bulls on a B2B certainly should work in our favor.
Best case, PHL takes them into 2OT before losing.
CHI tired and flat after an emotional win.

[fishercob]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwnnSSs0kFA[/youtube]

Let's go, boys!

[LyricalRico]

Bulls board full of pessimism for at least tonight's game vs PHL.
Noah is out against us for sure. Taj Gibson appears to be out
for tonight. They are thin upfront. They are starting
Kurt Thomas tonight so Asik can continue to play
against bench players. This might be hit or miss for
McGee. Thomas is smart but is no athlete at this stage.
McGee needs to avoid fouls.

the obvious keys are not to allow both Rose and Boozer
to go crazy. Blatche has had solid b2b games. He needs
to somewhat equalize Boozer. On another note, they're
not wild about Bogans. Nick will need to continue to
light it up.

Bulls on a B2B certainly should work in our favor.
Best case, PHL takes them into 2OT before losing.
CHI tired and flat after an emotional win.

Key opposing players out? Opposiing team on a back to back? Yep, pretty much guarantees we'll lose by at least 20.

Help us Rashard Lewis. You're our only hope!

[Spence]

Captain Kirk slays his old team with the game-winner with 1.2 seconds left in regulation.

[JWizmentality]

IN SHART WE TRUST.

[DallasShalDune]

We need some luv-a-bulls action. . . or some luv-a-bulls inaction, cause they nasty.

[closg00]

They will be hobbled and on a b2b tomorrow so you know it will be a close game.

[montestewart]

Fantastic thread! The Wizards are clearly better without Haywood, Jamison, Butler, DS, Arenas, and Wall. Hopefully Rashard doesn't upset this winning chemistry. Wizards 101 Bulls 92. Young drives Rose crazy on both ends and McGee will be so hyper that he'll monster block one of his own monster slams. Hinrich will face charges for trading on insider information. Seraphin will smash a backboard, with an airball no less. Yi will make Ruffin look like a stat stuffer.

[Zonkerbl]

WTF? NBA ticker says Wall is questionable for Wednesday with a BROKEN FOOT?????

[JWizmentality]

WTF? NBA ticker says Wall is questionable for Wednesday with a BROKEN FOOT?????

Link?

[Zonkerbl]

viewtopic.php?f=6&p=26093679

[JWizmentality]

Has to be a typo, news like that would stay on the ticker. It's been removed.

[closg00]

Bulls putting a vicious beat-down on Philly right now.

[tontoz]

We need some luv-a-bulls action. . . or some luv-a-bulls inaction, cause they nasty.

[dobrojim]

:o Bulls putting a vicious beat-down on Philly right now.

I noticed that

well I suppose that could go either way for us tomorrow

that was an epic beatdown though- 40+ pts

[pineappleheadindc]

We need some luv-a-bulls action. . . or some luv-a-bulls inaction, cause they nasty.

Okay, I really wasn't going to post any Luv-a-Bull photos. But if you insist....





Luv-a-Bull Evadney



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Hometown: Lansing, MI
School: University of Illinois at Chicago



Luv-a-Bull Catherine



Occupation: Student
Hometown: Overland Park, KS
School: Loyola University Chicago


Luv-a-Bull Andrea



Occupation: Advertising Sales Executive
Hometown: Burnsville, MN
School: University of Wisconsin-Madison


Luv-a-Bull Amy



Occupation: Director of Admissions for an Extended Healthcare Facility
Hometown: Naperville, IL
School: Ohio University


Luv-a-Bull Kafi



Occupation: Management Training/Sales
Hometown: Chicago, IL
School: University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

[hands11]

Rack it up.

First back to back wins

Charlotte was our first division win. Now its payback time for Chicago who are missing one of their best players

[RickRoll_inDC]

Honestly, despite the superstitious mumbo jumbo about Game Threads and Rick Astley, I think we have a legit shot.

With the win against Charlotte and Shart playing in this one, the players should at least feel a little bit optimistic.

Wall is also questionable with the bone bruise, but if he can suit up then it could get interesting.

The back-to-back for Chi-town seems a little bit irrelevant now since I'm sure that Rose, Deng, and Boozer didn't play much if at all in the 4th quarter tonight.