Bron back to the headband. Uh oh

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struggling to score again.....

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we need brooks to step it up to offset this asshole

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strugglin

is a SG....don't want to hear anything differently. Dude can pull up from anywhere. Jumper wet...

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Smh

(offensive) foul on Bron. If we can't get that call on our home floor we are def. in trouble....

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playing like a mad man on D....Getting rebounds and talking shit. But he needs to take advantage of those mismatches....He's literally missing layups....Keep up that strong D though....

that was a clear charge on Bron, though. some bullshit.

dundun and niko suave kept us in it offensively, Jo with the rebounding.

#HeirOfAir

90's Basketball BACK.

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is the great equalizer.....He just makes everyone around him better....

I'm seeing from Rose....

Pau? Not so much...And Tristan is killing us on the boards....

We not winning anything if we can't get offensive rebounds...

But I'm really liking his play today
Esp when he is going to the rack

we need Jimmy to follow suit. he's playing some great D on Bron, but he needs to show up offensively. he's starting too but we're gonna need more.

Pau is m.i.a.

He gives us more than Noah right now
I'll actually be ok with a Nikola taj starting front court

>He gives us more than Noah right now
>I'll actually be ok with a Nikola taj starting front court


Noah is killing it on the boards though...And on D....

big man offensive post play in the playoffs....Either we too soft (Pau), too erratic (Taj) or too limited (Noah).....We got to take advantage of small guards sticking us....

U don't know shit about basketball.....That dude is all over the floor......

*smh*

He was mad bron bowed em
Took it out on dova

he needs to focus on scoring some gotdamn points instead of trying to goon it up

He hurt us on that play...big time....

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Would not be close

Bron & Ky both cold as could be.

Chill.

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on our home floor??????????

some bullshit

Jimmy is amazing on defense this half

Might take a miracle to win w/ that field goal productivity.

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He got 5 now

Pau got 4 boards dog
Foh

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three forced drives, nothing to show for it

r literally fucking the Bulls.....Terrible calls/non calls....

Horrible.

>Horrible.

And at home too....

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Glad they didn't call that shit though. lol

and the bulls were down by 1 with 30 seconds to go.

had the refs seen an egregious travel, that would have likely sealed it.

happens tho - i'm not crying like these pressed ass bulls fans.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGes7FDmHAM

NBA's final 2-minute officiating review says Jimmy Butler should've been called for traveling w/ 35 seconds left last night on layup.

https://twitter.com/CodyWesterlund/status/597146779763789824



NBA also said that LeBron should've been called for a foul when Rose shot with 1:33 left, but no call was made.

https://twitter.com/CodyWesterlund/status/597147768470241281

Jimmy knocks that ball out of 9/10 people's hands

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FOH.

Ridiculous.

This was a meat grinder game with everyone tossing shot puts at the rim.

No need to make it about free throws.

like u got to tell your team to foul to kill that 3 point shot....

Since the refs are fucking us, we got to be smart....

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happy for D. Rose tho.

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I don't even care about these two teams but great finish!

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missing in action....Pau hurt now....So it's a wash.....No more crying....No more...

Feels weird to say this since I'm a Knicks fan, but I have to feel sorry for you Bulls fans given the number of Bulls bigs that are banged up right now. Obviously Love is the biggest name that is out of the series, but the number of bigs for Chicago that are playing subpar right now hurts.

Solid win none the less though. Rose had great lift in his legs for his outside shots in the second half from what I saw.

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off the dribble.

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I love this sport those who play it at its highest level way too much to be mad at that.

What an all-around ugly, physical, heartfelt, gut checking, Arch Rivals-arcade style dramatic-ass game we just saw.

Bron is way overdue for his first efficient offensive game of this series, I'd expect it in Game 4.

Which actually makes it that much more magical. He just threw it up
and the Ball Gawds guided it in.

Tonight was throwback smashmouth Eastern Conf. basketball, and I love it.

Bron Son'ing Noah will live in infamy.

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the bit about Basketball Gods rewarding the suffering was about Rose.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlgiritpmfo

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http://tinyurl.com/throw-at-the-rim-jumper

that's how you deal w/ a loss and exhibit leadership (post-game interview).

this team is going to be so fun to watch for the next 5 years as they continue to grow.
Priceless playoff experience for them right now.


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Saw Lebron in his presser wearing a hat that said that.

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Pulled a three early in the clock, dribbled down the 24.

Props to Rose. That baseline shot he made over LeBron was a beauty in addition to the game-winner and that one spinning layup. He did his thing.

and missed every single shot he took when it mattered.

>Props to Rose. That baseline shot he made over LeBron was a
>beauty in addition to the game-winner and that one spinning
>layup. He did his thing.

Rose willed the Bulls to this W. Gotta give him his props.


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1-10 while Rose was guarding him.

Mark Jackson: "Derrick Rose has been outstanding in this game defending Kyrie Irving."

Mike Breen: "Kyrie Irving is 3-11 from the field and Rose's defense is a part of that"

Kyrie made 10% of his shots against Rose tonight lol.

*sets crockpot to medium*

Lebron and kyrie were pretty terrible and it took a miracle heave to beat them. Hopefully it's not a significant injury for kyrie and just a bad game. Hope Paul doesn't miss any further time either. Too many damn injuries.

For all of the articles I've read and commentators talking about Lebron being a basketball Einstein, he makes a lot of pretty terrible decisions. Driving into the paint and jumping with no idea what to with the ball? And going one on one is fine, but holding the ball and jab stepping for five seconds before hand is not. Jimmy is too good of a defender to do that. Can't be bailing him out with 20 footers. When he goes bully ball, good things happen for Cleveland. Recency bias maybe, but I don't remember brons handle being so jacked up in the past. It's not just butler, it's been terrible all year.

Rose was clearly more aggressive. Still not terribly efficient. Pick and rolls getting the switch onto kyrie seemed to be the difference. Wonder if Cleveland should let kyrie play him straight up and if rose wants to go one on one they'd have the defense set a bit versus having rose coming at him off the switch with a head of steam. If they go pnr, go under and if he makes that lawn jart jumper, live with it.

Gibson was great on d at the rim on all those Irving attempts in the paint. Those were much easier shots when gasol was the last line of defense.

Looks like it's going seven.

>Lebron and kyrie were pretty terrible and it took a miracle
>heave to beat them. Hopefully it's not a significant injury
>for kyrie and just a bad game. Hope Paul doesn't miss any
>further time either. Too many damn injuries.


That wasn't a half court shot. It was indeed a wild play but Rose had the confidence to make that 3 pointer. Crazy shots like that are par for the course in the NBA....



>For all of the articles I've read and commentators talking
>about Lebron being a basketball Einstein, he makes a lot of
>pretty terrible decisions. Driving into the paint and jumping
>with no idea what to with the ball? And going one on one is
>fine, but holding the ball and jab stepping for five seconds
>before hand is not. Jimmy is too good of a defender to do
>that. Can't be bailing him out with 20 footers. When he goes
>bully ball, good things happen for Cleveland. Recency bias
>maybe, but I don't remember brons handle being so jacked up in
>the past. It's not just butler, it's been terrible all year.


No...it's Butler....Give dude some credit. He's playing Bron very physical. Nobody can shut James down. But Jimmy is doing his best and the results are there for all to see...


>Rose was clearly more aggressive. Still not terribly
>efficient. Pick and rolls getting the switch onto kyrie seemed
>to be the difference. Wonder if Cleveland should let kyrie
>play him straight up and if rose wants to go one on one they'd
>have the defense set a bit versus having rose coming at him
>off the switch with a head of steam. If they go pnr, go under
>and if he makes that lawn jart jumper, live with it.



Fuck efficiency....Rose was a beast out there on both ends of the floor...

>Gibson was great on d at the rim on all those Irving attempts
>in the paint. Those were much easier shots when gasol was the
>last line of defense.
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>Looks like it's going seven.

Probably the most on point thing u said in this entire post...

was directed there through a link of a Rose step back J on Lebron.

Wrote this regarding tonight's game...



If the Warriors make it to the Finals
then I want to see Lebron playing against them.

But, when Derrick Rose hit that shot?
I smiled. I think the whole basketball watching world smiled.
Sure, Cavs fan were probably mad it happened, calling it luck,
yelling,

"...we got LEBRON BACK! He just went to the finals 4 years
in a row w/ Miami. And you're telling me that injury plagued,
hasn't been healthy since Lebron was shutting him down in the playoffs and he won an MVP, Derrick Rose, is making fadeaway buzzer beating 3's in the playoffs against US?...with LEBRON!..."

but when they were driving home, watching the 2nd game, looking at the Vine 50x in a row on twitter, THEY SMILED.

D. Rose has been through a lot, and he's just kept pushing. Working. Believing - in his team, in his city, in himself.

Rose made that shot and I immediately said I'm now pulling for
the Bulls no matter what. Even if I would want to see Lebron
and Kyrie more vs the Dubs if the Dubs make it.

The Pelicans are done, I'm just rooting for good ball at this point.
I'm a fan of players though and I'm a fan of Derrick Rose.
Hope he stays healthy and continues to play well.
He deserves a second chance to at least get close to being the player
we thought he had the talent to become.
He may only ever get to 90% of where he was athletically,
but he can still be an MVP caliber basketball player.

And like he said tonight, ah fuck it... I'll let him tell you himself...

https://twitter.com/KButter5/status/596875599685255168

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it was a good hard fought game but the refs were on some BS late. some very questionable superstar Lebron calls.
i hope everybody can play to their fullest on both sides in game 4. all those injuries are a mess.
Niko needs more touches especially against against Jones.

Bulls came back from some real bullshit that game, you can't do much but give them props

Not happy with the offense of Kyrie and LeBron here, but I will say that the role players are doing what they need to do. LeBron should steal all the NyQuil from the locker room

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7vN9xnZwc3I/UulTZg1wW7I/AAAAAAAAP70/uSR2tZm626k/s1600/biden-pointing.gif

K.C. Johnson @KCJHoop · 3h 3 hours ago
NBA transparency report says 3 missed calls at end: LBJ fouled Rose w/ 1:32 left. LBJ traveled before Butler foul. Butler traveled on layup.

And Bron hit Jimmy in the head on that three attempt.

I really hope they clean this shit up moving forward. Last few minutes were brutal from an officiating standpoint. Too many head scratchers. Let these two rivals play without the bullshit.

https://twitter.com/34billy42/status/596876371701473280/video/1