Wizards (19-62) at Celtics (61-20)

[crownsy]

agree...think the bulls are going to push boston in a big way.....don't like this match up at all....young team with something to prove...this is a better team than atlanta last year ....

I disagree. Atlanta had josh smith and al horford, who are two beast players on the rise.

the bulls arent as good as that hawks team, im sorry.

[bruinsandceltics]

agree...think the bulls are going to push boston in a big way.....don't like this match up at all....young team with something to prove...this is a better team than atlanta last year ....

No they are not. Josh Smith, Al Horford, Mike Bibby and most importantly Joe Johnson.

No. Just no.

[bruinsandceltics]

agree...think the bulls are going to push boston in a big way.....don't like this match up at all....young team with something to prove...this is a better team than atlanta last year ....

I disagree. Atlanta had josh smith and al horford, who are two beast players on the rise.

the bulls arent as good as that hawks team, im sorry.

Dont forget their best player. Joe Johnson.

[crownsy]

agree...think the bulls are going to push boston in a big way.....don't like this match up at all....young team with something to prove...this is a better team than atlanta last year ....

I disagree. Atlanta had josh smith and al horford, who are two beast players on the rise.

the bulls arent as good as that hawks team, im sorry.

Dont forget their best player. Joe Johnson.

TP4U, i can't believe i forgot JJ.

[TatteredOnMySleeve]

agree...think the bulls are going to push boston in a big way.....don't like this match up at all....young team with something to prove...this is a better team than atlanta last year ....

No they are not. Josh Smith, Al Horford, Mike Bibby and most importantly Joe Johnson.

No. Just no.

Hmm. we'll see dude. Going into that atlanta series, everyone said sweep, sweep... I think this bulls team is much better then last years hawks, and their record proves it.
And dont tell me the midseason trade for bibby made them much better and there record would have been better, because the bulls midseason trade for brad miller and john salmons made them much better, and there record would be much better with them for a full season...also rose has clearly progressed throughout the season. theres not a whole lot of argument, when fact is the bulls are .500 and the hawks were 10+ games below .500. stick to facts

Ben Gordon and John salmons can both score like Joe Johnson on any given night
Derrick rose isnt going to play matador defense like Mike bibby and he has kirk hinrich and linday hunter to back him up..2 other great defenders
Tyrus Thomas is uber athletic like Josh smith, Brad Miller is a better big then anyone on the hawks...shall i go on?

dude youre crazy

[celticinorlando]

i do remember this:

at chicago on St Patty's day...lost by 6....

-no KG, Baby, tony allen and powe got hurt 4 minutes into the game
-C's were in foul trouble all night....bulls shot 41 FT's
-pierce had 37...salmons 38...cant see salmons scoring like that again


so going by that last game, boston had a chance to win it but came up short....i could see this series being a sweep or going deep....think winning at chicago will be easy for boston but something scares me about the bulls

[crownsy]

agree...think the bulls are going to push boston in a big way.....don't like this match up at all....young team with something to prove...this is a better team than atlanta last year ....

No they are not. Josh Smith, Al Horford, Mike Bibby and most importantly Joe Johnson.

No. Just no.

Hmm. we'll see dude. Going into that atlanta series, everyone said sweep, sweep... I think this bulls team is much better then last years hawks, and their record proves it.
And dont tell me the midseason trade for bibby made them much better and there record would have been better, because the bulls midseason trade for brad miller and john salmons made them much better, and there record would be much better with them for a full season...also rose has clearly progressed throughout the season. theres not a whole lot of argument, when fact is the bulls are .500 and the hawks were 10+ games below .500. stick to facts

who cares what everyone thought?

every Nba expert thought it was going to be lakers in 4 or 5 last year.

starting 5

bibby < rose
JJ > gordon
Smith > deng
Horford > noah
PAchulia = or slight < to thomas

JJ, smith, and horford are MUCH better players than the bulls counterparts.

[celticinorlando]

interesting post from the bulls blog:

I commented earlier today that I wasn't enamored of the Magic matchup
that said – I’m not thrilled about the prospect of matching up against the Celtics.

Rose is our most important take-over player on offense and Rondo just happens to be the best PG defender in the game today, and Rondo is very, very good on the pick and roll game – which remains Derrick’s biggest weakness on defense. The Celtics set great screens, so Derrick is going to struggle to stay in front of Rondo. Rondo is just as quick as Rose, and when Derrick is moving laterally and trying to stay in front, especially after getting screened by the C’s bigs… it could get ugly for Derrick.

Gordon needs to be great for us to win games against the Celtics. Ray Allen is going to absolutely abuse him when Ben is on defense, and he should be able to alter Ben’s shots just by way of his height. Ben will be forced to drive more than he likes, and driving into the teeth of that Celtics defense is not going to fun for Ben…at all.

Salmons doesn’t look right lately with the groin injury and Pierce is a great post-season player and is the second best SF in the league (behind only LeBron)… so I’m not thinking very positively about that matchup.

KG appears to get into Tyrus’s head (see: 2-17 shooting game at the start of the season).

Noah should be a solid matchup with Perkins.

Tom Thibodeau’s defensive schemes against Vinny’s “offense” should be quite a site to behold.

This is going to be very, very ugly.

[xmuscularghandix]

interesting post from the bulls blog:

I commented earlier today that I wasn't enamored of the Magic matchup
that said – I’m not thrilled about the prospect of matching up against the Celtics.

Rose is our most important take-over player on offense and Rondo just happens to be the best PG defender in the game today, and Rondo is very, very good on the pick and roll game – which remains Derrick’s biggest weakness on defense. The Celtics set great screens, so Derrick is going to struggle to stay in front of Rondo. Rondo is just as quick as Rose, and when Derrick is moving laterally and trying to stay in front, especially after getting screened by the C’s bigs… it could get ugly for Derrick.

Gordon needs to be great for us to win games against the Celtics. Ray Allen is going to absolutely abuse him when Ben is on defense, and he should be able to alter Ben’s shots just by way of his height. Ben will be forced to drive more than he likes, and driving into the teeth of that Celtics defense is not going to fun for Ben…at all.

Salmons doesn’t look right lately with the groin injury and Pierce is a great post-season player and is the second best SF in the league (behind only LeBron)… so I’m not thinking very positively about that matchup.

KG appears to get into Tyrus’s head (see: 2-17 shooting game at the start of the season).

Noah should be a solid matchup with Perkins.

Tom Thibodeau’s defensive schemes against Vinny’s “offense” should be quite a site to behold.

This is going to be very, very ugly.

after all of those compliments i hate to say it but.... Noah is not gonna be a solid matchup with Perkins. Joke might be ok defensively but that doesn't matter becuase Perks our 5 option.

[gar]

Bulls are deeper than Hawks were.

[twinbree]

I'll wait till after first couple of games go to see how much trouble the Bulls could be because a good part of their problem with the Hawks last year was their own play on the road. As for the Sixers they limped into the playoffs last year too but didn't roll over for the Pistons so who knows?

[celticinorlando]

globe says game is on saturday....has to be early due to the bruins playing that night in the garden

[Actionjakson]

Was Tupac in the House??

http://sportscracklepop.com/2009/04/16/was-tupac-shakur-at-the-celtics-game-last-night/