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What the hell is Wade’s problem? Seriously that elbow was so wrong and then the way he acted after he did it, just disgusting. I don’t know why every single Bulls player on the floor did aboslutely nothing but it’s starting to become a trend. How about sticking up for your guy? I wish I was on that floor atleast I would’ve tried something, yes I would’ve gotten my ass kicked like no one has ever seen before but show some toughness for god’s sake, this is getting pathetic.

@jahmai the bulls do alot of little dirty plays, prime example:CJ Watson. but anyways, i think this solidified LeBrons MVP campaign. wade was off, no bosh, and LeBron basically carried them.

allball let’s just say the bulls and heat don’t like each other. I taught I was watching a playoff game last night. I know Blake lives in L.A. but the dude should be ejected for excessive acting.

I don’t like the Heat (although I can’t help but like LeBron this year), the only team I root for is the Clippers, although not very actively, and that is only because I am a Chris Paul fan. Boozer and Noah are just really annoying as a neutral observer.

LOL @ Jahmai
You would have got your a$$ handed to you man. I loved that shove though but a lot of acting by Rip. I think the Heat are much tougher than people would like to think.

^^^I know Bos is resting RayRay’s ankle and Rondo’s back, wrist, etc., but it became quite clear earlier this week that the C’s have no qualms about starting off in Atl. Make no mistake every game could be VERY ugly, even more chippy, but ultimately close games. Ditto on the influx of fans this year and last year, especially that last game where you had the Green Regime going wild most of the game, then Atl cameback and the Hawks fans got loud…

Here’s what the C’s have going for them: Veteran players who know how to win in the Postseason. They’re the hottest team in the East. Rondo is playing out of his mind. Doc Rivers > Larry Drew. The Celtics fans will be vocal, both in Boston AND ATLANTA. A history of beating Atlanta, even this season. All that being said, I still think we can beat them. First of all, we need Al Horford back. He hasn’t really said he’ll be back by the First Round, but he’s getting closer to returning each day. That would be a huge boost for us. Secondly, we’re not afraid of Boston. We’ve played them tough for the past 5 seasons, and there’s no reason to think they will just run all over us. We’re a veteran laden team now (no longer than young squad that went up against them and took them to 7 games in 2008). Are we a championship team? No. But again, we’re not going to just roll over and die. Will we win the series? I don’t like our chances, but to say we don’t have a chance? C’mon. The 2012 Celtics aren’t the 1986 version or the 1996 Bulls or the Showtime Lakers. They’re a very flawed team that just happens to be rolling the past month. I know every talking head out there is going to pick Boston to win in a cakewalk, but the Hawks just might surprise some folks.

lol @ D-Wade’s fake tough guy act. He’s a cheap player and that was a cheap shot by him. RIP was just making space, he wasnt throwing elbows. How can you possibly say that was acting by RIP? It’s not like he expected Dwade to go and act like a b*tch like that. Most people who get shoved off gaurd would fall.

Wayno it was excessive acting. You mean that I guy showing with his off elbow and I’m at a stand still can knock my a$$ into the front row? F*ck out of here with that. I just don’t see how in the world he went flying like that. Maybe he would of stumbled back but damn you would of thought he got tackled.

“I’m so tough, I’m gonna give you a cheap elbow when you’re not expecting it and you’re holding a ball, then I’m gonna talk sh*t about it like I’m a bad@ss” lol

I can understand other people thinking the Bulls are annoying, but dirty? Absolutely not. I had a love hate thing going on with John Lucas yesterday. I loved that he was the only Bull to actually get fired up by the Heat’s cheap shots and translate that into playing harder. But then he also let his anger take over at the end and he was shooting some crazy shots that I think took the team out of the game. I don’t have a problem with the cheap shots, but the Bulls need to give it back a little too..within the rules of the game. I wanted Noah to level Wade on the very next play after the elbow thing. Instead he gave him an uncontested layup.

Cosign Diesel
I loved the fact Lucas is the smallest guy that was going the hardest. It did mess up his mindset at the end of the game and the Bulls couldn’t buy a basket at one stretch of the game.
AllBall
I know you’re a CP3 fan but is it me or is he way more annoying in LA than he was in New Orleans? Never had the chance to watch him that much before but now that I see him all the time I realized that he’s a prick.

Jaredy Dudley kept the Suns season from setting. With 3:54 left in the 3rd quarter the Suns were trailing (67-58) by 9 points, then Jared happend…he sparked his team when he got hit with that tech for getting in Blake Griffin’s face, who was still acting cranky over getting hit in the face by the Polish Hammer. From the moment Jared got hit with the tech, the Suns outscored the Clippers 33-23 the rest of the way. Jared Dudley – 18 pts on 7-14 shooting, 4 of 7 from behind the arc, and to go with 4 dimes. This is who Landry Fields should pattern his game after.

lol @ the bulls play dirty, examples?

Blake Griffin has gotten to be ridiculously annoying. Jumping directly into a stationary defender is not a foul on them. Pulling down someone who has you boxed out is a foul on you. Hard fouls happen, they’re not flagrant. No chance was Robin Lopez’s foul a flagrant 2. Flagrant 1 MAYBE, but not “excessive.” Hell of a pick by LeBron, but it looked like he retaliated way too strongly against Lucas. Wade is pathetic.

No, honestly T-ray Paul has been like this for a while. I can’t remember him being this bad when he blew up his second and third years though.

i mean rip definitely threw an elbow at wade first tho…… and then flopped like his life depended on it and that pick by lebron was totally legal.

@Datkid – did he throw an elbow or did he swing his elbow to clear space like Wade does on almost every single possession?

RIP didn’t “throw an elbow”, it was a routine move to clear space, vastly different than Wade’s cheap shot.

I just think Wade was frustrated cuz they were talking way before that so he probably said something out of line and he lost it lol I read his lips he was like “you got one more f*cking time” lol I lost it after that cuz that’s some sh*t I use to say playing ball. Dude was holding my shorts and hit me in the jaw with an elbow so I warned him. The next play down I set a pick for my guy and put my elbow right in his chest like Chris Webber did John Stockton.

diesel IMO he did kind of throw an elbow at him but he just made it look like he was clearing space, but i’ll admit that i’m wildly biased. but really you don’t just throw somebody out of bounds for no reason. RIP HAD to have thrown an elbow at him.

no biggie i was just wonderin. it would be fitting that both our resident Heat people are Lawyers though.

I say forget the center position and just run every other team off the court. Replace Howard with Bosh in the starting lineup and just add another power forward to the bench. We don’t need any true centers on the team.

I;m really interested see how the US does without Kobe being as dominant as he was in 08. He was the difference maker and so was Melo at the 4 spot. That team was crazy good.