I walked in for the day and turned on the TV, the Bulls had a 5 point lead with 3:14 to play. Ben Gordon (42pts) had just scored his 36th, and the TV people were going into super hyperbole about the Bulls, which for me, is the kiss of death.
In my mind, you have to wait, and see and then when the game is over, you can exhale. Of Course, having MJ and Pippen changed that. And, that was fun, to see a team work like a bulldozer running over teams. But MJ is long gone, and people are saying "the baby Bulls." A Bull is a bull. If you got hit by a baby Bull in Pamplona wouldn't it hurt?
Yes, and that why this loss against Boston, the other night, hurts. They had a chance to go up 2-0 in the series versus Boston, going home for games 3 and 4. It doesn't get any better than that. That's why as a long-time Chicago fan, I waited and waited for Boston to rally. Actually, Ray Allen carried that team on his back. Yeah, you could say it was the duel of former UConn greats Ben Gordon and Ray Allen going at it. They did. Gordon, resembled MJ out there, they way he shot those treys. But at the end of the day, Ray Allen had the last shot and made it and the Bulls, without any timeouts, (huh?) ran out of time. Chicago could have had a last shot but didn't have the time to take it.
This was a team loss. The Celtics were reeling, on the ropes, one or two more punches and they would have gone down. But they had the last shot and won the game.
I'm not surprised. I'm a Bulls fan.
