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• Marinman said November 01, 2006

  Just a complete embarrassment for the defending champs. I know it's only one game, and every team winds up getting blown out in the regular season, but by 42 points! Jesus Christ.
  
  I wasn't that impressed with the Bulls D just yet. It was good, but I did see guys like GP and Udonis Haslem getting many wide open looks and just bricking them. Also, DWade was taking Captain Kirk to school in that first quarter, and whenever he wanted.
  
  The Heat's D was pathetic: There was no transition defense whatsoever, and you would have thought they had never seen a pick and roll before.
  
  Positives for Heat: It's only one game. Plus, Dwade did look amazing.
  Negatives: They got beat by fucking 42 points. Shaq looked like Erick Dampier on a bad night. The worst thing is we'll read in the papers tomorrow that the team's not worried, that they'll be able to flip the switch when it counts. As a Lakers fan, I'm used to this kind of talk from a Shaq-led team, but it's not going to work this year. Their savior's gonna be Jalen Rose? Gimme a break
  
  Positives for the Bulls: They rolled the defending champs up and smoked em on their home court. Captain Kirk looked brilliant. PJ Brown looks like a solid veteran presence. Ben Wallace looks like the Ben Wallace we all know. The rooks were effective in their limited time, and neither of them tried to do too much. Of course, Ty Thomas got put on his ass twice, and Thabo got picked clean by Wade. Welcome to the NBA guys.
  
  Negatives for the Bulls: Ben Gordon didn't look too hot. He was gunning, but they weren't falling. Chris Duhon looked like an MVP, but then he re-injured his foot. I'm still not convinced about their offense: there doesn't seem to be an identity on that side of the ball. There are a ton of pick and rolls and tring to draw fouls, which are both good, but who are they going to go to when they need a big bucket? Also, the Heat played no defence, and they won't be hitting 108 on the regular.
  
  Positive for me: The Laker game is kicking ass right now.

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• FedererForever said November 01, 2006

  I think the one thing we have to talk from this game is that the Bulls are hella legit. Even though they may not have an offensive "star" on their team, they still have so many key role players. After all, that is what made up the Pistons team that won the championship a couple years ago. There was no real "star" on that team- just a bunch of well-rounded solid players. In the Bulls' case, you have one of the best PG in the game in Kirk Hinrich, a great spot-up shooter in Ben Gordon, an always tough Luol Deng and P.J. Brown and B-Wall taking over inside. The Bulls are tough. That's all.

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