Friday, April 8, 2011

Celtics lose to the Bulls! Final Score; 97-81

With the victory, the Bulls’ magic number to clinch the best record in the Eastern Conference fell to one. The Celtics dropped back into a second-place tie with the idle Heat in the East, although Rondo and Co. do hold the head-to-head tiebreaker.

It was the Derrick Rose show last night, the leading MVP candidate in the NBA, he set the tone offensively and the Bulls big men tightened it up defensively. It was only after half-time when it seemed like the Celtics tried to respond. Two players in particular seemed intent upon turning the page from earlier shakiness. Paul Pierce had been through a foul troubled half in which he made just 2-of-6 shots (six points) and turned the ball over twice. Immediately he took the ball at Keith Bogans and stuck a turnaround jumper. Rondo had gone 0-for-3 from the floor in a scoreless half while opposing point guard Rose had exploded for 16 points. So Rondo began going to the basket hard, scoring on consecutive possessions to give the Celtics a 49-48 lead, their first edge since 8-6. After their early burst, the Celts produced just three more field goals in the remainder of the quarter, a span of 10 minutes, 11 seconds. The Bulls were thus able to take a 71-60 lead into the final period and walk away from there.

28 reacties:

AndrewJackson said...

NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:< It was a good game though. I was at the edge of my couch

Unknown said...

great game

BTN Hip Hop said...

was an awesome game, shame the celtics lost but it was pretty epic still

Fleischgarten said...

Sounds like a fascinating game. even if the outcome could have been better.

Green_Magix said...

Looks like a good game mate!

Bart said...

basketball is so boring though :D

Sam said...

That sucks!

Mattiaj said...

Wow I remember seeing this game!

Fred Junxs said...

Oh wow, that's bitter.

Beau Thompson said...

UNGH! TAKE THAT CELTICS!!!!!!!

Bill Righteous said...

Stupid bulls with their horns and their hooves. Celtics may have lost the battle, but they will win the war.

Mo said...

great game

Endless said...

Oh noes!!!

Electric Addict said...

ouch better luck next time :(

Leizer said...

great game.. too bad Celtics lost

Potholderz said...

Derrick Rose is a beast. MVP written all over that dude.

Liquid said...

well,this sucked i hope they get over the loss one way or another :\

Unknown said...

Not bad for me.. Chicago Bulls were my fav team some time ago. Celtics will win next time for sure!

John said...

Sure was a high scoring game.

Wayward Disposition said...

NOO GOOD. Man, this just sucks. :(

Malkavian said...

BUUUUUUUUUULLS the bulls are back BABY

DerpFiles said...

I was busy watching baseball, which is somehow more exciting to me than the other "b"ball. Especially the final minutes of a game. All the fouling and timeouts and herp-derpery just kill the momentum that was built up. Sucks for celts though :/

Alexandra said...

Too bad. Best of luck to them for next time :-)

pezasied said...

As a Pacers fan, I'd rather play the Bulls in the first round than the Celtics

THRASHER said...

ouchhhh

Andy said...

damn guess I was wrong, seemed like a good game though.

Unknown said...

oh man

BennyBeatz said...

rajon rondo is my man

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