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Double Onions to BG & the Bulls But Not Me

Filed Under Analysis/Commentary, NBA, Chicago Bulls

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Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good, a statement that can describe both the Chicago Bulls and myself yesterday.

Despite several blown leads, crucial missed free throws, a plethora of turnovers and tons of questionable decisions, the Chicago Bulls outlasted the Boston Celtics in double-overtime Sunday to take Game Four and even this best-of-seven series at two games apiece.

And due to what seemed to be a questionable decision on my part – passing up awesome White Sox tickets due to early-morning showers that were quickly transplanted by sunshine – I stayed home and watched what I figured was going to be another loss for the Bulls after the debacle that was Game Three on Thursday night.

Little did I know that my indifference would be replaced by a sense of urgency as Game Four played out and featured all of the elements of an “Instant Classic,” including:

Tons of lead changes (28 to be exact);
Blown leads (Chicago blew several seven-point leads and nearly let the game slip away at the end of the second overtime; Boston couldn’t hold onto a five-point lead with 2 minutes left in the first overtime);
Some physical nastiness (Brad Miller and Glen “Big Baby” Davis were involved in a skirmish at the start of the fourth quarter);
A back-and-forth fourth quarter duel between the team’s most important players (Derrick Rose slashing through the lane for 13 points in the quarter; Rajon Rondo leaving the Bulls defenseless en route to another triple double);
Bonehead plays (Davis missed several chip shots late in the game while his best friend and former LSU teammate Tyrus Thomas failed to pass the ball to Derrick Rose after securing a Davis miss that should have put the game away with less than 30 seconds in the fourth);
Missed free throws leaving open a cracked door or failing to seize the day (Thomas, Kirk Hinrich and Ben Gordon missed critical free throws at different moments of the fourth quarter or first overtime);
Clutch shooting (Ray Allen nodded the game up at 96 with under 20 seconds to go in the fourth; Gordon sent the game into double overtime with a ridiculous three with four seconds left in the first overtime);
The swagger of a champion with its opponent on the ropes (Boston made its first five shots to begin the first overtime after Allen’s three at the end of regulation);
The urgency of the underdog (Chicago responded with Hinrich and John Salmons making huge baskets before Gordon’s three-point heroics);
A wave of emotion (Chicago rode the energy of Gordon’s three, the reckless abandon of Joakim Noah and the insane United Center crowd to a quick lead in the second overtime before Boston fought back once again);
The heart of a champion (Boston naturally cut the game down to one in the second overtime);
Dramatic timeouts (there sure were a lot of them in the fourth quarter and overtimes);
Near misses to win it all (Rose missed an acrobatic floater to win the game in the fourth; Rondo bricked a jumper as the horn expired at the end of the first overtime; Paul Pierce’s three to tie the game at the end of the second overtime fell short);
The upset (Chicago looked dead in the water several times but somehow managed to steal its second overtime victory of the series); and finally
The intrigue of what’s next (three of the first four games of this series have gone down to the wire; what could Games Five, Six and maybe Seven have in store?).