Bulls v. Celtics

I'll post some pretty cool (no pun intended) pictures I took of some icicles outside my window later this week. So there will be a little less sports.

Overall, I thought that the Bulls played with the Celtics the whole game. The Bulls were able to limit Paul Pierce most of the game and Ray Allen was limited to mostly 3pt shots. KG was well KG. The thing that hurt the Bulls was not the Big Three for the most part, it was the other players like Rondo or "Big Baby" Davis. Rondo was a constant spark plug on offense and Davis seemed to grab every lose board. Now, albeit it was created off the offense of the "Big Three". The Celtics were most successful offensively when they went to an open set where Rondo would start with the ball close to midcourt, with everyone else completely spread out. Rondo would drive and kick it out to someone giving defensive help. Other than that, I thought Nocioni played another good game and Kirk hit some shots when needed. You could tell there were some match up problems with KG, but none so apparent when Skiles put Noah on KG. They left that plan quickly. The difference in the game was the difference in the teams. The Celtics were able to give it to their superstars, i.e. KG and let him do his thing knocking down jumper after crucial jumper, while the Bulls struggled to knock down shots as Ben Gordon was 0-11 in the 2nd half. Is this a preview of what will happen to the Bulls in the playoffs (assuming they make the playoffs, which at this point is definitely not a given).