Bulls drub Raptors, 104-88, take sole possession of last playoff spot
Derrick Rose led the Bulls with 26-4-7, while Joakim Noah added 18-19-7 as the Bulls rolled past the Chris Bosh-less Raptors on Sunday.
Down only 10 at halftime, I wasn’t very impressed at the lack of energy from a historically energetic Toronto crowd. By the time most fans made it back to their seats, the Raptors were down 19 with 8:00 remaining in the third quarter. This game was crucial to the Raptors’ playoff hopes and the crowd let them down. (In their defense, the team didn’t give them much to cheer for, either.)
So the Bulls have the inside track for the eighth and final playoff spot, but they have a tougher schedule (BOS, CHA) than the Raptors do (DET, NYK). Toronto holds the tiebraker, but it may not matter.
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Posted in: Fantasy Basketball, NBA
Tags: 2009-10 NBA season, 2010 NBA Playoffs, Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors
I was at the game, and the crowd had nothing to cheer about. In the first half the crowd were pretty into it, but it was clear early on that the Raptors were going to lose. The Bulls were in cruise control the whole game. They weren’t being defended. It was just easy jump shot after easy jump shot. The Raptors really missed Bosh. Nobody other than Turkoglou (spelling) were even trying to rebound and Weems and Bargnani (spelling again) were inefficient and needed to make the extra pass on quite a few of their plays, especially Weems. Pretty disappointing game, but I’m a Detroit fan so it didn’t really matter.
Go Pistons tonight, Raps don’t deserve the last playoff spot.