as the
Chicago Bulls defeated the
Indiana Pacers in the series 4-1.
Derrick Rose, despite havin a sprained ankle durin game 4, scored 25 points, 3/8 for 3pts, 6 assists, 6/7 free throws. even though he played well, Rose only played for a little under 30mins due to havin 5 fouls :-\
but he wasn't the only one with a great game;
Joakim Noah had a HUGE energetic game
Noah had an awesome 14pts game, 8 rebounds, 8/9 free throws...came through huge for the Bulls cuz he too had 5 fouls...and speakin of fouls,
Carlos Boozer had i think 3-4 fouls but unlike Rose and Noah, Boozer was completely useless - scorin only 2 fuckin points. and this is spose to be the 2nd highest scorin player on the team? they're gon be in trouble facin the next opponent. sheesh...
on an interestin note, even with 4 fouls, coach
Tom Thibodeau decided to put Rose in after the Pacers saw a sign of life comin back to cut the Bulls' lead to 4. (
Chicago led as much as 22 in the game) sure enough, Rose bought them back to a 12 point lead...awesome
eventually, Rose had 5 fouls and they pulled him out...always wonderin how the Bulls will do offensively without Rose, the Chicago Bulls entire team stepped up:
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Loul Deng - 24 pts - 6 rbs - 7/8 ft - 3/5 3pts - 7 ast - definately the unsung hero of the team
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Keith Bogans - 15 pts - 2 rbs - 5/7 3pts - 1ast - knockin down 5 3-pointers...had a great, hot game
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Kyle Korver - 13 pts - 1 rb - 1/1 ft - 2/7 3pts - another unsung hero, knockin down them 3s when the time needed
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CJ Watson - 13 pts - 1 rb - 7 ast - good game for him, fillin in for Rose
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Taj Gibson 10 pts - 7 rbs - did a great job fillin in for the Boozer
basically everyone contributed to this win - a game that really made it feels like this is the Chicago Bulls that can win a championship with the entire team
i gotta give it up to the Pacer though. it was definately a physical series, harder than some thought. they never gave up and always fightin...
Danny Granger is a beast
ON TO ROUND 2!! vs
Orlando Magic/
Atlanta Hawks
