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2011-12 Open Game Thread #11 OVERFLOW: Bulls at Minnesota Timberwolves

Rubio has earned the respect of Stacey King, that's the important thing.

Bulls up huge until 20-2 Minny run to end half. Rose went out early with ankle injury but returned, though looked really passive in last couple of possessions.

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I hope the Bulls don't lose this game
they wont
real good start to the thread, all around
If you approach everything with skepticism

You’ll never be disappointed! (okay not really)

BAB needs sarcasm font.
Thibs needs to get a modified Juggs machine and teach these guys how to catch
I count 2 blown rose assists due to shitty hands
Someone should track that stat

Shitty hands assist fails

they should also track assists of assists

Rose has a ton of those too

hockey assists?
you know...

the pass before the assist. They always double him, he kicks it out and then player X throws to Korver or whoever who is wide open

yeah, hockey assists, some people mention it, but they don't track it.
Jo stop dipping your weed in embalming fluid.
I hate when rose gets injured whenever hes on fire

always seems like the opponent want him hurt? is it jus me?

idk...but i wonder.
i always want to hurt Rondo, sooo.
Noah would drop the machine then fall down
Does Thibs have the balls to start Omer at some point this season?
i think he will
lets hope he does.. seriously.. Noah needs a fucking wake up call
rose assists per game is really
effected by the stupidity of noah
KYP.

Know your personnel. If you want to be a “high IQ” point guard, don’t give the ball to a guy that cant do shit with it.

We need a staceyism for Jo

Too weak, too spazzy, too much weed, take it with you, Neil!

Deng falling in love with that long 2 again
Noah need to snap out of it.

Hes really different then what we use to seeing him.

There we go Noah
Our TV channels in CHicago fuck up routinely.
Jo cant believe my eyes. you finished!
great finish brew
Cant Noah dunk that?
would had have a easy and 1
Not good enough that he made the basket...
was nearly blocked
way to rebound

not

this, they stood there and looked at it

Go get the ball!
Lol, y'all see Boozer try and stare down that rebound.

Didn’t move even one foot

and he had the nerve to yell

GRAB THAT

Then the dumb foul
that was a terrible call against boozer
WTF CLTV you broadcast sucks
lazy ass pass by boozer
Boozer really bringing his A game tonight.
lazy booz... lazy...
refs really not helping
Good job Noah getting a T

Moron

Sit his ass down for good
damn, noah calm down
Love is a beast

He really is

What did he do right there?

He blew the layup. There was no foul.

Whhoever called that has a small penis
hate nba refs

hate em, hate em, hate em

T for a blown call
The most emotion I've seen outta Noah

And it’s a technical lol

Contrary to popular belief

Noah actually really is having a good game

this game?
Yes
Are you kidding?

That he’s only been charged with 2 to’s is a joke. Not to mention playing terrible defense on Kevin Love.

Love avgs 26 and 15 for the season

Theirs no shame in that

4pts 7reb 1blk 2TO
decent game

wouldn’t say “good.” 1st qtr was good, 2nd not so much.

Did Noah injure his elbow in the off season?

it’s been heavily bandaged all season and I’ve seen him hold on it a couple times

Love my PF with the jumpshot
No see

Shouldn’t that be a clear path foul?

clear path

that should be right, i mean, that was brewers ball….

The Boozer J's are really falling tonight fellas!
It wouldn't bother

If he at least tried to put his shoulder down and take it in. Its like that jumper is all he knows.

Running for a bandage was the most energy from Noah all night
Why does Rose only have 10FGA right now.

He should be killing these guys and getting to the rim with ease.

what's up with Rose throwing the ball for someone and hiding and the middle of the Wolves?
Side note: Detroit really sucks
Jump shot there Rose
Ha

These refs are just terrible

it makes it hard not to think somethings going on
It's been both ways for the most part

They’re just fucking awful this whole season

Ok. Jo showing some life.
wow. noah, booz. ugh
Ok..how was that not a foul?
WTF??

Finish some damn layups.

Ridnour ripped Jo
WTF?

Ridnour on Deng, Deng takes a fadeaway?

Noah is horrible
how naive a ref must be to believe 4 guys tried to hit the ball and no one hit noah?
bulls letting emotions get to them

they gotta calm down man

Rose has disappeared.
COME ON JO

JEEZUZ

ugh noah.. good game huh?
Don't call a timeout.

The starters fucked up again tonight, let them clean this shit up.

If Thibs doesn't bench Noah

I will fucking fly to Minnesota and punch him in the face myself

and he would block that punch

all about the defense, baby

Take Noah out

This is just embarrassing right now. Asik was solid

he needs to put in Taj and Omer

Taj or Asik please

It’s time for Jo to sit, he looks totally gassed out there

Thibs needs to adjust

I guarantee Taj will be on the court after this TO

whats happening guys
Apparently

We went from hittin every shot, to not knowing how to play basketball.

This team has zero mental composure

it’s the fucking timber wolves. Play like a professional basketball players.

Rose is hurt and the freaking T wolves smell blood.... the T wolves
Deng cant post luke

Without running him over, so he takes a 20 footer

meh

bulls are gonna win, it just sucks that they blew that huge lead….

What makes you think we are gonna win?

This is 50/50 right now

and the bulls have no momentum
Asik was beastin early....keep him in plz.
NOAH...

He is BAD period

i hate that weee weee weeeee pig commercial
The starting lineup is flawed

Either Boozer of Taj needs to come off the bench

i choose taj

??

I meant Boozer or Noah. lol
You mean Boozer or Noah?

Taj already comes off the bench

Taj does

pay attention

thibs is giving this game away

by sticking to noah.

I'm okay with that, Noah has to face is struggles at some point

but where are the others?

i don't think this is helping noah either.

he just needs some rest. it’s obvious that he’s not ready mentally and sucking harder everynight doesn’t help it.

What's wrong with Noah?
He misses VDN.
what was ever something right about him?

I don’t know why we are sticking with him

He used to hustle
He was fun to watch
Keep the starters in.

They need the Phil Jackson treatment. Let them take care of their mess.

These guys have NO post defenders

And yet we don’t post

This is the most terible thing I've ever seen.

We’re GIGANTIC compared to this team and they’re ruining us. I have to leave my desk and I am terrified.

And, yeah, fuck Noah.

Asik - 4pts 4reb in 6min

Noah – 6pts 9reb in 22min

Not hard to see who’s more productive

Noah's 4 Oreb's are pretty good.
Omer has one in 1/4 the time

averaged out…same as noah.

Omer is just tougher to play against

BASKET INTERFERENCE
Don't think he touched it
just give deng the ball

he has the worst defense on him

why isn’t Rose guarding Rubio

"This guy's an assassin"

Rubio = Ezio?

Love is working Jo BAD
i wish rip was playing

brewer is a bench guy, i mean hes good, hes awesome, but hes a bench guy. Also wish cj was playing, rose could use a real breather

yeah, they aren't respecting Brewer at all
Luol hitting that shot was the worst outcome possible...

He will now fall in love with it

you know who else is a bench guy?

NOAH

Uhhh.

No. I’m glad he made it.

Thats the shot he needs to shoot!!
noah, just dunk the ball man
christ no kidding
oh fuck this.

still no omer or taj? are you fuckin’ kidding?

SHould have been a fucking dunk
We barely dunk

I think I see like 1-2 a game. It’s crazy

Jo fucken make a basket you asshole

Cost rose an easy assist

33-12 run.

That’s the Timerwolves, ladies and gentlemen.

They've played good teams tough all season
assist killer
I'm not that angry with Noah

he is playing hard on the boards. That’s what we need him the most

fuck i hate this camera angle

i cant see where deng is…

And then Booz gives it right back

ITS ANTHONY TOLLIVER!

Cmon Boozer with the olay defense
we miss the Lu-Hawk
the only thing boozer is good at is

point his hand when ball goes out of bound

Boozer camped out at the 3pt line

Unbelievable. and terrible on defense

Why does Thibs keep playing the ole defense?

Let’s send Rubio into our front court that plays zero fucking defense. Isn’t he supposed to be a defensive coach?

this frontcourt sucks
he probably plans to have Taj and Omer in for the rest of the game
Fucking idiots
rubio is fucking good
Fuck

you can’t turn intensity on and off guys.

Booz Noah is just a bad combination this season

I prefer some combination of Taj/Noah, Booz/Asik

Wow, make the extra pass.

Rose gets in, 3 Wolves close, you don’t have to shoot the ball the second Rose kicks it out. Make the extra pass. It’s call ball movement, damnit.

Brewer is completely off on D
Thibs going to the bench yet?
brewer should try posting up

hes gotta be involved in this offense, or maybe go ahead and put korver back in….

51-29

Before all hell broke loose, come on boys!

Watch barea hit 3 threes
Quit being pissed at Noah for letting Love get off

Boozer has let Randolf go off for 16 points! That’s where the game is being lost

hey lets not be mad at noah cuz boozer is a bigger fuck up?

Let's not be pissed because an all-star is playing like one

when a journeyman is their 2nd leading scorer, So yeah

Lucky break!

Finally!

I hate fucking zone defense
wow...

brewer posted up…thibs watching blogabull posts?

All fuckin day man

POST UP, someon, ANYONE!

except booz
Him too

I don’t care. Keep the D honest. We’re getting too damn predictable

My SG has been on the block

more than my PF. Ridiculous

Finally post up on the little guy
derrick hasn't done anything since the injury...
He's being triple teamed
he needs to get aggressive again in transition
he is not even trying
Ok THAT time he should have gone in

getting assists

letting Rubio blow by him

he hasn’t been guarding Rubio the majority of the time

but when he does, he fails
Post barea

Hes 5’4

posting up on a guy too small works to your disadvantge actually

easier to strip you on a dribble

Rose is holding the ball too soon and then doesn't know what to do with it
I'm actually loving this.

There’s always talk of mental toughness and overcoming runs, well this is pretty much what’s going to happen when the Bulls are up against Miami. Chicago needs to get used to this and learn how not to be terrified.

except that the Wolves are shit compared to Mia
Based on how we played the past few games...

The theory of Bulls playing against the level of their opponent is still in effect.

Where's Rose's Post game I heard about?
same place our...everything is at
chilling with lebrons post game

in the back of their arsenal

WOW Randolph 16 points
Taj is out there now

so that’ll stop

Rose needs to apply more on the ball pressure

OT: that movie Red Tails looks horrible.

WHOOOP THAT TRICK!
I don't understand why we set screens for Rose when they are playing a ZONE defense

they aren’t playing it anymore, but damn

the key to beating this twolves team

lies in our bigs vs their bigs, gotta force their bigs to take those 10 foot shots, except love….hes evil

Nice pass, ricki
Hey he's already dropped 11 dimes
Nice drive DRose!
fuck you ref, Ridnour carries the ball every single play
That howling is really obnoxious
Stop running screen roll with Noah for fucks sake
if rose had jordans frame

all those possible and 1 plays would be and 1 plays, he just doesnt have the reach but has the moves….he needs longer arms somehow…

ok Kyle.. stretch this fuckin lead
Beast mode!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bears coulda used you McNabb!
Back to back turnovers

Stop trying to out Rubio Rubio

Come on rose wtf are u doing
okay stop the pick and roll
rubio's bball iq is off the charts.
Here comes the D Rose turnover parade

And it’s not even the fourth quarter yet

clearly a foul by rubio
wow, two steals in a row of rose by rubio
how does Rose not get called for the reach in?
Because the Refs are bad
Rose is getting

bitched on…

Korver is slowly working his way out of my doghouse
Oh yeah

I move him up from mild to hot since last game

Noah took his place
And once again

Trying to outmatch the rookie. Rose, what the fuck are you doing!?

fuck fuck fuck

Don’t take that shot!!!

wow Rubio grew a jumpshot in the NBA
Rose is going M.V.P mode in the 4th
It is so obvious that Noah can't play with Boozer

Thibs knows it too.

rubio is somethin else
imagine him and Melo together
rose is hitting this shot
He would have if Noah had made a better pass
lol

Barea = little thibs

It's crazy

Omer comes in and defense happens. Someone tell Thibs!

damn u noah

what happened to your good passing

it left with his confidence and testicles
What does pot shrink your balls now?
Here comes millions sitting on our bench in the 4th
I don't think Randolph scored another point

after Taj came in for Boozer

you called it
He got one spiked into the ground

Led to a Korver 3

Was that quarter even?
i think wolves won by 1
26 to 27

in wolves favor

Whatever just get this done and put away these Wolves
4th quarter

do or die

Now this game can be over and we can take satisfying lead...

Since our bench is coming back on the field

We're clearly playing like shit on offense

So why not have Taj and Asis in to match sure they don’t gain any ground on us.

Amnesty boozer or Jo?
both
Trade them to Orlando for Howard

along with an “I.O.U.” promising actual basketball players

They might still get something decent trading Jo.
Once you amnesty Noah.

You amnesty Boozer’s effort.

I feel good about the 4th if Asik starts it

Asik will be swattin shit into the mediterranean
Finish this shit ass team off bulls!

Jo for Monta Ellis.. sign the papers
anyone will be stupid to take Jo

after seeing him play this season

Do you know who Kwame Brown is?
This is a Game Rip would kill in.
shouldve traded noah when he was worth shit
Should have offered 5 years, 25 million
60 million for a non allstar?
Ready for the JL3 Experience or not
definition of insult to injury
hot sauce... nice..
damn man

i wanna win, but not cuz one of their guys gets injured….

Fuck that

Don’t stop cuz someone went down, they wanna stop it then they should’ve taken a foul

Dude got on Converses. WTF??
so does noah
I thought Noah uses some french shoe?
needs to be wearing them AdiRose 2.0s

I hear they make you play like the MVP

Kurt Hinrich shoes maybe
my coyotes are howlin
Noah for Kurt Thomas

plus cash. Get it done!

For all of the strange hate Korver has received this year

he’s shooting it better than he did last year, you know. And his D seems improved.

Korver's pretty much off my shit list

However, Noah is nearing the top.

totally played lockdown pippen style the other night
He looks bigger.

Seems to be not acting like such a wimp on D.

Guys in here change their player

hatred more often than their underwear.

he works hard at it

all one can ask.

booz has shown signs of better effort, i think. but it kills to watch him be beaten by every damn “athlete” he draws. and noah seems to have picked up the bad booz habit of reaching before moving.

these game threads are overboard on hyperbole, yet… it’s true.

rose's game

looks similar to how it did when he had his recent ankle injuries. shots suddenly not falling, even when he attacks. this sucks, hopefully it heals up quick. if rose hits all 3 of those misses this is a 10 point game again.

This Mirotic guy

When do we get him over here?

this Noah guy

When do we get him out of here?

lol I was seriously asking
They said 2-3 years

I believe they said the same thing on Asik. So hopefully next season

Not this year, probably not next year.

He may not even come over

We drafted em this year right?
Noah's got 8 and 11 while Boozer got 7 and 6

with terrible defense. Why is everyone riding Noah so hard tonight?

comcast sucks btw at tv
Rose being aggressive.
Love with the foul
Nice drive Rose. Brea was fouling him all the way.
Oh shit yeah baby DRose!
Wow Rose

That was quick

Knifing in. Holy hell.
Keep doing that please
M.V.Fucking.P. Time!
is it a coincidence?

Team is working good defense and better offense with bench players?

not just bench

players. better defensive players.

and the defense feeds the offense.

damn korver

shoot that shit

China likes Drose because they think he's the long lost God of speed
Shoot the Fucking Ball!! Westbrook voice
That was actually a bad pass by Rose
That's a 6 point swing
Korver!

Back in the doghouse with you!

Thanks, I finally got a sig.
Damn it Catch and shoot
rose shoulda dunked that man
man cmon

that aint no foul

dont bring noah back in the game

omer clearly frustrates love

Is ellington injured?

Or Adelman just fell in love with small ball?

why wont these guys go away

this is pissing me off.

Lu coming through for his team.
come on ref

the same happened with noah 490 times and u didn’t call

WTF was that BS
I HATE JOEY CRAWFORD

the minute i saw him reffing i knew this game was going to be a problem.

Meh

On that calll joey you fuck

wow whistle while Taj was in the air shooting
Okay refs we know you're there now kindly go the fuck away
man stop picking on omer

he aint doing nothing

Whats up with this camera view?
Asik needs a haircut
Refs are boning the Bulls
Wow ticky tack
Refs wants Noah back
Omer didnt foul him...
this is an NBATV game

refs gotta keep it interesting

Traveled like a MOTHERFUCKER
That was at least 5 steps
Paste that shit derrick
man, refs hate sheek
and ridnour traveled
Rubio looked like he traveled
good shot rose

damn they are tripping rose though

drose with a filthy 3
Rose got fouled WTF
FUCK YOU RUBIO. MVP TIME!
Noah has more energy on the bench

Than on the damn floor

Nice save Kyle and great shot Derrick
Rose always gets bumped on those drives and they never call ANYTHING
They are hot right now

Simple as that. They are hot.

and joey crawford is making this game close

for the NBATV crowd live at home.

big time

they are putting everything they’ve got in this.

Refs have officially taken over.

Bulls are going to get blown out…

Didn't look like he touched em
Thats a flop no foul on the shot
cmon thibs u see it like i do

go to a zone, the twolves are playing off our defense, they are going into that pick and roll and we are doing what they want us to do, cmon thibs…zone them up

refs doing their best to keep them in the game
Big surprise

the bulls need another player that can handle the ball

Kyle off the dribble

Oh…snap!

damn omer how much spin u got on that
WTF OMER, JUST DUNK IT!!!!
I bet he tried

looked like he was fouled there

no love from the refs
Good hands By Omer

For once

Taj and Omer.

The two new starters

lol, asik and destroy
Taj has been huge last 10 mins
Yeah

He should be the starter but he can’t stay out of foul trouble

SHEEEEK!!

noah would have fell down

Asik, open your eyes wwhen you pass
its those curls that are in his way

dude needs a haircut

Taj

so fouly

Asik gotta make a better pass than that

oh god

here comes boozer back in, taj with 5 fouls

Please no...

put Jimmy in and play Deng at the 4

lol keep dreaming.

maybe next year

We got some issues

When we’re scared to bring back in some starters

Our best finisher lineup this season has been

Rose, Korver, Deng, Taj, Asik

Our best lineup*

fixed it

Derrick is not getting those reach in fouls
Never has really
he just bulldozes through them until someone gets all ball and strips him

it sucks, because they just ignore it if he doesn’t react

Yup.

If he were a flopper he’d def be going to the line more.

we are getting no fouls inside
Rose Double double
If we don't win

Its worthless

These refs are really pissing me off in this game
bulls should go into a zone

twolves are playing off those pick and rolls perfectly, rubio likes that corner 3 from the baseline, bulls take those away and just watch klove on those jumpers…

No way

Open 3s for wolves

Kevin Love offense = Scalabrine
Put Lu at the 4, Jimmy at The 3
Ha you got close
They wanna be able to sell Rubio as keeping it close with the MVP
+1

they were not about to let a nationally televised game be a blow out. the FT disparity says the story

man, glad I don't hang out in game threads

lol

also, twolves tolliver is a bit dirty

every time rose gets by his man hes tripped and kicked on his drives, refs arent watching that, its why hes hesitant to drive so much

And THATS why

Rose shouldn’t have to drive 90% of the time. Guys like Dwight, Foster nw Tolliver with borderline dirty shit. I dont wan’t him to end up like Wade

that should have been a moving screen

Kyle was open.

Man, I like Ricky Rubio, but in this match I really want to punch his face

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