Boston game one

This game almost makes up for all of the bad OT losses the Bulls had this year. Never mind that we should have won it in regulation or that we didn't play all that great -- it was a big, big win.

I should say that everyone except Rose didn't play great, because he was great. Before this game it was going to be a close ROY vote, but now they're already drilling his name onto the trophy. He needs to play better defense against Rondo, who had a very good game himself, and he needs to watch the fouls and the dangerous passes, but everything else was super. The Bulls future looked a lot brighter after this game.

Tyrus and those jumpers!! I hate those! I know he made two out of three at the end, but what is he doing jacking up a jumper from the baseline, and another from out near the three point line, when Rose is having a career night and Gordon had finally found his shot in the 4th!! Move over Deng, because Tyrus has become my new least favorite Bull.

Noah made a very, very stupid play at the end of regulation, that almost cost us the game, but overall, he played pretty well. He's much improved during the last few weeks. He gets us the rebounds that Tyrus should, but doesn't. Vinny is rewarding him with big minutes for his efforts.

Miller and Salmons both had very off nights, but then so did Pierce and most especially Ray Allen. We'll take that trade-off any day. Boston was out of sync all night and that won't last. I still don't understand why they didn't let Pierce have the ball more at the end, but then Tyrus wasn't giving it to Gordon either... .

Hinrich is the only other Bull who gets solid minutes, and his have dropped considerably, although he played fairly well. So they have a very short 7 man rotation. Our other Thomas is too lazy on defense to have him replace Tyrus. Bulls are basically one or two decent big guys away from being a good team.

I'm still not expecting the Bulls to win this one, but they are pretty good at home and have now won on the road, so it's a real series now.