A Recipe For Awesome: The Greatest, Most Amazing, Supercalifradgilistic, Barnburner, Slugfest, Heart-Stopping, Exciting, Fantastic Playoff Series Goes to Game 7
The playoff series between the Bulls and the Celtics has been the greatest playoff series I have ever seen. It has everything that anyone could ever want in a basketball series: hard hits, clutch shots, huge blocks, high energy, monster dunks, and a ridiculous amount of overtimes. In just 6 games, here are the stats that summarize the series so far:
- 323 Minutes
- 8 Technicals Fouls
- 106 Lead Changes
- 65 Ties
- 1 Punch to the Head
- 2 Flagrant Fouls (Should be 3, but the league wanted to send a message that punching people in the face is acceptable)
- 7 Overtime Periods
- 1 Rookie of the Year
- 15 Clutch Shots Within the last minute of the 4th or Overtime
- 1 Cut Above the Eye
- 1 Bloody Nose
Now that is a recipe for a great f#$%ing series. Throw in a little Game 7, the greatest thing in all of sports, and you have yourself the thing that legends are made of. No matter what happens on Saturday, the Bulls have gained invaluable playoff experience.
Here is the text message conversation I had with Top Ten Nominee immediately following the game, which summarizes pretty much everything you need to know about my feelings regarding this series:
Top Ten Nominee: i havent enjoyed basketball this much in ten yearsStormin Norman: my penis hurts from the bulls boner ive had the last two weeksTop Ten Nominee: when suffereing a bulls boner for periods of one week or longer, please call the league office at 888-bulls boner
What I like best about this game was that the Bulls made me forget all about Rondo being the biggest douchebag on the planet. Even though he came out again last night and proved that Tuesday was no fluke (he really is a terrible human being), the Bulls stood their ground, played a very physical game, and outlasted the tired, sad, ugly, whiny old Celtics. One quick note about Rondo: The league SHOULD suspend him for the combination of punching Brad Miller in the face and throwing Hinrich into the stands. I don’t think they will, but he deserves it. He’s a thug and a bitch.
A few nods are necessary after a game like that. First and foremost, John Salmons exploited Pierce at both ends of the floor. He held Pierce to just 5-13 from the floor defensively, but what he did on the offensive end is what set his performance tonight apart from the first 5 games. He went 13-22 and 5-9 from 3-point land to drop 35 points on Pierce. Pierce could not stay in front of Salmons for the life of him. I wish Vinny had discovered this earlier in the series, because Salmons can do whatever he wants in isolation against Pierce.
JOAKIM NOAH!!! His huge dunk to foul out Pierce in the 3rd overtime was amazing. This kid has been unstoppable, bringing a ton of energy to the defensive end and on the glass all series. What has been most impressive has been the development of his offensive game from “liability” to “converts sometimes”. While that doesn’t sound like much, Bulls fans know that it is a huge improvement and will serve to keep him on the floor much longer.
Kirk Hinrich and Brad Miller brought energy off the bench. I’ve been down on Miller for most of the series due to his complete lack of defense, but it’s hard to stay mad at him. He scored 23 points and hit clutch shot after clutch shot. Even when he was playing bad defense he was giving 110% and clearly has the heart and spine that this team needs. Kirk Hinrich added 
11 and brought a steady defensive presence that was key to slowing down Pierce.
Oh and ROY Derrick Rose? How about a little 28 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists to add to the mix? Sounds about right. Besides a few ill-advised passes in his 59 minutes of work, he was absolutely stellar and for the first time this series was able to stay in front of Rondo. Oh, and one more thing. Did you see that block he made on Rondo with 7 seconds in the game? Big players make big plays in big games. Get used to it.
Didn’t hear much out of Kevin Garnett tonight, huh? Game 7 is at 7:00 pm ct on Saturday. Don’t miss it.
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Comment from real stadiums have roofs
Time May 1, 2009 at 9:48 am
further, “and you have yourself the thing that legends are made of”… two very mediocre, albeit incredibly evenly matched teams playing to a tie after about 1110 minutes of game time is not legendary, it is soccer.
Comment from Smarty Barrett
Time May 1, 2009 at 11:30 am
Wow, your Rondo hating is fucking ridiculous. Like seriously.
Comment from HZMLS
Time May 1, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Top 5 Horrible People Ever
1. Adolf Hitler
2. Josef Stalin
3. Rajon Rondo
4. Pol Pot
5. Osama Bin Laden
In that order
Comment from Top Ten Nominee
Time May 1, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Soccer? Really?!? I understand the point you are trying to make about people overrating the series in the spur of the moment. But go and watch Tottenham and Man City play to 0-0 tie and then try to compare it to any one of the OT games this series. Really?
Comment from Zoner
Time May 1, 2009 at 1:45 pm
All I know is if my wife was giving birth or if a family member was on their deathbed, I’d tell them good bye tonight.
Comment from bruce leon
Time May 1, 2009 at 2:39 pm
great website…bernie dyme must have taught you everything you know about sports and blogs!
Comment from Mr Will
Time May 1, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Just when you think that this series can’t get any more riveting; the boys from Chicago come from a double digit deficit late in the fourth quarter to pull a triple overtime win, and force a game seven. Clearly, both of these teams deserve major credit. Plain and simple: the Chicago Bulls and the Boston Celtics are clutch.
That being said, the star of last night’s game six was, hands down, Joakim Noah. How many guys are going to (in the third overtime mind you) steal the ball, drive the length of the court, hammer a dunk, get fouled (a foul that benched Paul Pierce), and turn a three point play all within four seconds? This guy was explosive last night.
A close runner up to Noah, of course, was Brad Miller who more than made up for his bricked free throws at the end of game five. He got his payback with interest in this one.
I think that Chicago has given Boston all they can handle in this series, and I believe that game seven belongs to the Bulls. Chicago has the drive and determination to take this series, and have clearly proven that they refuse to stay down. I predict a close Bulls win in the eighth overtime of the series.
-Mr. Will
Comment from real stadiums have roofs
Time May 2, 2009 at 11:31 am
to answer the question “How many guys are going to (in the third overtime mind you) steal the ball, drive the length of the court, hammer a dunk, get fouled (a foul that benched Paul Pierce), and turn a three point play all within four seconds?”…
dwayne wade, lebron james, kobe bryant , jesus shuttleworth, brandon roy, chris paul, deron williams, melo, derrick rose (though odds are he misses the free throw), kevin durant, ron artest, boris diaw, vince carter, jason kidd, rudy fernandez, mario chalmers, michael beasley, jamario moon, randy foye, raymond felton, kevin love, kyle lowry, shawn marion, josh howard, jason terry, amare stoudemire, rodney stuckey, manu ginobili, nate robinson, jordan farmar, anthony morrow, baron davis, ricky davis, beno udrih, monta ellis, danny granger, devin harris, joe johnson, josh smith, richard jefferson, oj mayo
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Comment from Stormin’ Norman Disciple
Time May 3, 2009 at 5:12 pm
If I were Mr. Will, I would have rephrased that to say “How many 7-FOOTERS…?”
In which case just one I think-Amare.
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Comment from real stadiums have roofs
Time May 1, 2009 at 9:41 am
also, the cubs are below .500 and in danger of missing the playoffs altogether