Ballin’: Despite Allen’s Shot, C’s in Trouble
NBA April 21st. 2009, 9:45amChicago 115, Boston 118: First thought – well, Boston got lucky. The Celtics are done. Chicago gives up 21 offensive rebounds (the Bulls only had 20 assists) and Boston only wins because of some late-game Ray Allen heroics.
The flip side, of course – without a unbelievable shooting performance from Ben Gordon (rest of his statline: one rebound, one steal, no turnovers, no assists), would the Bulls have gotten blown out?
We weren’t sold on the Bulls winning this series after the game one win, but we are now. Rajon Rondo – 19 points, 16 assists, 12 rebounds, five steals – was outstanding, but on the road he’s more turnover-prone, averages one fewer assist and nearly two fewer points per game. Rose will probably be looking for payback after never really getting started in game two due to first-half foul trouble. If Paul Pierce – who doesn’t look anything like the dominant, take-over guy he was in last year’s Finals – can’t put together an offensive gem in game three, a blow-out wouldn’t surprise us.
Dallas 84, San Antonio 105: So much for containing Tony Parker with the speedy Jose Juan Barea – the French Flash scored an efficient 38 points on 16-22 shooting and the Spurs cruised to even the series at 1. Dirk shot just 4-for-13.
Anyone else pissed there was only two games on last night, and tonight, one game starts at 10 and another at 10:30? What is this, MLB?
61 Responses to “Ballin’: Despite Allen’s Shot, C’s in Trouble”
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April 21st, 2009 at 9:50 am
I have no comment.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:51 am
tonight, one game starts at 10 and another at 10:30? What is this, MLB?
Cavs vs Pistons 8 pm
April 21st, 2009 at 9:52 am
bulls gonna take 2 at home
April 21st, 2009 at 9:53 am
yeah, but blazers and lakers start late.
damn that ray allen shot is money but im sooooooooo pissed about it.
great effort by the bulls. i think they’re in good shape
April 21st, 2009 at 9:53 am
I have no clue how to feel about Ben Gordon, sometimes I watch him play and think he’s a cold blooded scoring machine with a sweet shot, other times he’s a selfish chucker who forces up a lot of bad/contested shots and kills any offensive flow because he doesn’t pass the ball.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:53 am
Chicago definitely has a shot in this series, although they’re a Paul Pierce free throw and an off-night for Ben Gordon from being down 0-2. The Celts had an awful performance from Allen in the first game, so you still have to give this series to them, sadly.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:53 am
Chicago was only in the game at all due to some late-game heroics by Ben Gordon. Without him, they lose by 15.
/reverse spin’d
April 21st, 2009 at 9:55 am
i can’t believe im going to say this but…i miss KG. he makes the celtics complete douchebags, but WATCHABLE douchebags. the bulls celts series is like watching two retards hump a doorknob.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:55 am
You’re more convinced a team can win a series after they lose than after they win?
Riddle: What’s the toughest part about watching an NBA double-header?
Answer: Knowing there are only 4 teams to call frauds the next day.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:55 am
If Gordon wouldn’t have been hot. D. Rose would have been more aggressive and plays would have been called for him.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:56 am
might as well get it started
April 21st, 2009 at 9:56 am
if you’re chicago, can you walk away from ben gordon after last night’s showing? one game, i know … but you get the sense he could do that once a week, if necessary.
with deng at 3 next year? yeah, get stoked
April 21st, 2009 at 9:57 am
Wost comment ever.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:57 am
What a horrible statline. Players who only score points are worthless.
/NickP
April 21st, 2009 at 9:57 am
Stay out of my browser history you perv.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:58 am
If I’m the Knicks (and I obviously can’t draft), do i pick up Hinrich?
April 21st, 2009 at 9:59 am
I do hope this leads to Chicago giving Gordon a huge deal. I wouldn’t mind seeing them mired in suck for the next 5 years.
/Gordon is trash.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:00 am
Where will the Bulls ever find another player who can score 40 points in a loss once a week while contributing nothing else to the point that they sit on the bench during the final play of the game?
I think Allen Iverson is available!
April 21st, 2009 at 10:01 am
Did anyone KG’s lips everytime they put a camera on him? It was “mother fucker” this and “mother fucker” that. He’s always been bad, but it was funny to watch TNT continue to go to him, even in slo-mo replays after he had clearly cussed during the original shot.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:02 am
Fuck that guy he hast done shit. Im ready to draft T. Will
April 21st, 2009 at 10:03 am
Who’s T. Will?
April 21st, 2009 at 10:07 am
Chicago gives up 21 offensive rebounds (the Bulls only had 20 assists) and Boston only wins because of some late-game Ray Allen heroics.
Chicago was only in the game at all due to some late-game heroics by Ben Gordon. Without him, they lose by 15.
So you’re both saying that both teams sucked on the defensive end last night?
April 21st, 2009 at 10:07 am
i was more focused on his angry face after ray ray hit the GW…and the TNT crew referencing his “intensity on the sidelines” about 100x last night
April 21st, 2009 at 10:07 am
Nick- Terrance Williams
April 21st, 2009 at 10:08 am
Bulls 2009 = Hawks 2008. Young, athletic, and long. C’s struggle, but will still win the series, much to the dismay of TBL. Entertaining games nonetheless.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:08 am
April 21st, 2009 at 10:09 am
Nobody mean-mugs meaner or more intensely than Kevin Fagnett.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:10 am
what was with KG cursing at the bulls there at the end? cameras where on his smug mug and he’s shouting obscenities
what a punk
this is the same guy who picks on guys who won’t fight back or are much smaller than him
let me see Boston fans defend this
April 21st, 2009 at 10:11 am
oh, i see someone else saw this
April 21st, 2009 at 10:11 am
And for fewer reasons. Half of its for show.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:16 am
Gordon is the current day Vinnie Johnson. Microwave Junior. If he isn’t hitting, he is worthless. If he is hitting, you get last night’s statline. He brings nothing else to the table.
I would like to say that the Celts are done, but the Bulls aren’t good enough to bury them at home.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:16 am
“this is the same guy who picks on guys who won’t fight back or are much smaller than him
let me see Boston fans defend this”
I’ve seen KG pick fights w/ Horford, Odom, Pachulia, and Bogut in the last two years alone. None of them are smaller than him. Dude does like to talk trash and pick fights, but nobody really steps back to him either. KG’s the shit and C’s are the muthafuckin champs (for a few more weeks anyways).
April 21st, 2009 at 10:17 am
And made Big Baby Cry.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:20 am
Yea 2 close games compared to blow outs if he was playing. close games do suck.
who in their right mind likes close exciting games.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:22 am
and got her period right before the playoffs.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:22 am
Anthony Peeler owned his ass.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:22 am
You have a problem with this TBL?
/Heath Bell
April 21st, 2009 at 10:23 am
Gordon had 20 points in game one. You guys got Ben all wrong I had him in fantasy he balled and averaged 20 points and 5 assist per a game this season. I wouldn’t call him worthless.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:24 am
*3.4 assist a game
April 21st, 2009 at 10:24 am
@irish – I’m a Pistons fan and even I concede that the 8:00 is not really a game – more like a LaBron exhibition game. It’s sad but the tables have been turned and the 8th seeded Pistons are toast!
April 21st, 2009 at 10:27 am
Limited education = limited vocabulary.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:28 am
i want to see shaq punch kg in the fucking mouth
April 21st, 2009 at 10:29 am
I would love to bury the Celts, but they looked like absolute trash so many times last year and still managed to pull it out of their ass.
Wow, Mike, classy, real classy (as I laugh in agreement).
April 21st, 2009 at 10:30 am
shaq couldnt bust a grape in a fruit fight.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:32 am
April 21st, 2009 at 10:33 am
Millions of Dollars upfront > Education
April 21st, 2009 at 10:35 am
Great, accurate analysis TBL Godfather again. I would not the Celtics are done yet though. I picked Boston in 6 and am concerned, but actually to piss off BSPN and their arrogant New England fans it would be great to see Chicago win this.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:35 am
i would rather be brilliant than rich. you got the brains and education you can always make the millions.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:42 am
“i would rather be brilliant than rich. you got the brains and education you can always make the millions.”
Bahahahahaha. I’d rather play NBA basketball, bang out slammin-hot-ass-bitches every night, and have idiot-ass muthafuuckas talk sh^t about me on message boards than freaking work hard 8 am – 7pm every day and climb the corporate ladder and get rich.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:42 am
Mrejr that is too much work. Fuck it. Dunk on a bitch and get paid. I don’t think KG had a chance at being brilliant anyway.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:45 am
wow. you racist s.o.b.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:47 am
Im the best player in the world
/Paul Pierce
/idiot
April 21st, 2009 at 10:52 am
blazer, that ugly SOB was avoiding the ball at the end of the game last night, he’s been non-existent so far after carrying them last year.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:54 am
Im with you. the whole wheel chair thing made me hate him. what a pussy.
/yeah yeah, he got stabbed in the face a million times. I know.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:57 am
@mrejr: No way in hell, and I feel that I am fairly intelligent, but given the option, I would take the millions in a second.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:59 am
LOL! I totally agree
April 21st, 2009 at 11:23 am
The stigma that all atheletes are dumb needs to go. There are some obvious idiots (Nate Robinson, Delonte West come to mind), but a lot of these dudes are well-educated (the ones that WANT to be anyway), and have degrees to thier names.
Regardless of what the degree is, if you can manage to play basketball at the professional level (which requires a lot of dedication) and still obtain a degree, its an achievement. Kobe’s probably the biggest nerd, and he didn’t even go to college. Grant Hill, Vince Carter, Chris Bosh..these are all well-spoken dude. Don’t let KG’s motherfucker rsant or Nate Robinson acting like juniour 50 Cent (I fuckin HATE that guy) let you believe otherwise.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:24 am
Wow, a lot of typos in that post.
TBL needs an edit button.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:31 am
Delonte cracks me up, dude can barely complete a sentence.
I agree with some of that, but the reality is the many of them are idiots, most of them aren’t geniuses but are smart enough to take care of their business, and a small minority are actually intelligent.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:36 am
I hate it when analysts cant complete a sentence. Magic Johnson (who isn’t much of an analyst anyways), keeps saying “They was thinking…”. How fuckin hard is it to just say “they were“??
That’s basic grammar.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:45 am
He’s both, because he’s so streaky. When he’s on, he’s the former; when he’s off, he’s the latter.
On balance, I’ve always thought Gordon was a pretty useless player, especially considering where he was drafted and the kinds of salary demands he makes. “Let’s see…you’re a poor ball handler, you can’t create your own shot, your defense is an abortion…sure, you deserve $15 million a year!”