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The Sixers Have Beaten Someone And That Someone Is The Chicago Bulls Post-Game Thread

Easy schedule be damned! The Sixers have beaten the Chicago Bulls and basketball relevance is officially back in Philadelphia. I think we have something here, you guys.

First person to mention the Bulls didn't have Luol Deng and Richard Hamilton gets shot.

CELEBRATE! DONG SHOTS FOR EVERYONE!

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THEY DIDNT HAVE RIP "GOD" HAMILTON AND LOUL "JESUS" DENG!!!

doesn’t count!!!!

sixers are mediocre. Would’ve lost if deng and rip were playing.

i don’t think he meant you’re get a Dong Shot…

I am not get a dong shot!

You’re get a Deng shot.

I’m changing my name to Deng Shot.

I guess it’s better than Money Shot.

POW right to the kisser.

Rip and Deng

are cancelled out by Hawes and Vuc. Its a $%$&& great win and you know it. 18 points is no accident. Sourpuss!!!!

You must be new to this blog. I was being sarcastic.

No i just don’t you and you should know that in the case that you were kidding your signature screams pessimism not sarcasm.

Except he is quoting someone else, not himself. So his signature screams hilarity and nothing else.

Rose had a tummy ache, they play tomorrow night, and game was in Philly – doesnt count. Post game hotties please!

bloooooooooooowoooooooooooout……..yawn. This team bores me with its constant winning.

1-0 against the bulls this season!!

This, actually, is the strangest thing you’ve ever posted.

WOOOOOOOOOOHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Been away from civilization and phone died at halftime, just saw the score. So awesome.

the wins against the magic, pacers, and hawks don’t count either.

Great win.

But no chance we win on Friday.

/partypooper

that’s because the sixers haven’t faced any legit teams yet. We won all of our games against easy opponents and against teams that were missing crucial players. sixers aren’t actually good. No need for them to get national media attention.

Rose had a boo-boo. His mommy couldn’t kiss it better, since it was a road game. Doesn’t count.

Sarcasm? I hope so, cause we definitely can.

Lavoy Allen can play a little bit. More depth is always good.

Yep

Hopefully if they amnesty Brand to sign someone I think he might be able to do a very good job replacing a lot of what Brand gives them now.

I just wish they’d play a good team though.

We lost to the Nets

You could tell they would lose that one in the first quarter. Took the Nets way too lightly.

That’s only because we’re now good enough to not take bad teams seriously enough.

bulls lost to the warriors. Therefore, bulls suck.

The Sixers are so much fun to watch right now. Just absolutely amazing. My level of optimism about them is beginning to go a step above cautious.

Sixers can only beat bad teams like tonight

Rumor has it...

…Rose had a hangnail and couldn’t play his best.

You know those can be really painful.

i can attest to this. They hurt sooo bad

I hope we get Haws and Vuce back for the Miami game. If we can do this to Chicago, we can beat anyone.

Funny, the blueprint for easy wins against the Magic and Bulls… looked a heck of a lot like their easy wins against the weaker teams.

Shocking?

When's the last the Sixers were 10 games above .500?

The last time they played all losing teams in a row for a month :)

(sorry. it had to be done)

Looking around basketball-reference, and it looks like the end of the ’03 season.

Also known as the end of the Larry Brown era.

Saw this on twitter:

#Sixers are #49ers of NBA. Solid; great defense, shaky offense.

lol shaky offense…because we don’t have any isolation stars!!!! that’s the only way to win!!

Shaky

Halfcout offense maybe?

Except every team’s offense this year has been shaky, and we’re averaging over 100 a game, and looked even better before our top 2 centers went down. I feel like Rodney Dangerfield.

er, our only two centers.

Pretty accurate.

The Sixers are top 10 in offense, the 49ers were 26th
When's the last the Sixers were 10 games above .500?

The last time they played all losing teams in a row for a month :)

(sorry. it had to be done)

Copyright infringement!!!

Hey guys, guess what?

Offensive rebounds:

Bulls – 8
Sixers – 11

stat of the night right there.

Rip Hamilton would have had 20 o-boards, so it doesn’t count.

deng would’ve prevented the sixers from getting any rebounds at all, and would’ve scored 100 points.

Also true. Because he’s averaging 100/45 per game

so he’s like 20 times better than Iguodala who averages 5/2.25

Fast break points don’t count. So 1/2.25.

lol, true. those are negative points.

Cap him at 0.5 shots per night.

he also needs ot stop getting to the free throw line. It only hurts the sixers.

25 points, 8 assists, 5 steals

Yeah that’s really impressive, I thought they were going to kill us on the glass

The Bulls postgame was saying the Dre assist to Jrue was disrespectful

In what world?

Had the Sixers given the crowd Big Macs, that would have been disrespectful. But the Dre assist to Jrue? Nonsense.

I guess they need something to whine about.

If you don’t like it – then play defense and stop it, others quit your [their] whining. PS – even without the razzed we stomped ’em. They should be talking about how Lavoy outplayed their vaunted front court of Bob Marley and Casper the friendly ghost Boozer

hahaha

could not give less of a $%*&. It wasnt a 16 point play who cares

you must love to hold in the “shift” button while pressing numbers.

lol

on this other sb nation blog they have a really strict no cursing rule so i would rather keep people guessing about what I’m saying then have everything I say be deleted. (@&(&*^*#%^#%%@#

Jodie M33ks had 3 points. He is a starter

so who had more minutes, jodie or evan?

Evan had 13 more minutes

hm, so it matters who starts then, right?

It’s basically just whoever is playing better. Jodie was playing like ass, so Evan got the call. I just want Evan playing all the time, regardless of whether or not Jodie hits his first shot or two.

Yes, I think Turner should always get more minutes unless Jodie is just unstoppable from the three.

Evan, but that doesnt change the fact that Meeks takes abhorrent shots all the time, at least recently. He played much better at the start of the season.

basketballreference.com

go there and look up meeks’ stats. You will see that he is very efficient this year.

Your a moron. Meeks started out slow and has been great ever since.

Dont be a child. Im just saying that Id rather have more a effective 3 point shooter, especially if hes going to be a starter.

he’s shooting 43% from three! Did you misread the stat sheet?

Im not saying hes a terrible player, but he has no right start on any team in league. Im not really sure how you can argue with that statement.

my goodness. you really need to educate yourself or just stop making comments. You’re completely wrong.

dude chill out you take things too far all time. This was a great win, and I made an off comment about something that annoys me. What are you the commissioner of this blog or something?

I’m not the commissioner of this blog, but I am the mayor of truck-ville.

I hereby declare Jefu the Commissioner of Liberty Ballers.

YESSS!!!

I’ll go print out my name tag right now.

Can I be the Batman of Liberty Ballers? I’ve always wanted to respond to the bat signal.

This is my new title...

Damn I’m old…

curmudgeon

Are you still on my lawn??? Marge, get the shotgun!!! Them damn kids are back again!!

Congrats! I was always pulling for you. Don’t forget us little people!

I vow to end poverty and legalize prostitution.

Natalie Portman in every pot!!!

Happy days are here again, the skies above are clear again

Gonna puke up pools of beer again, happy days are here again!

jesus look what i started

Did you read the arguments, that’s how. Plus him starting puts Turner in a good role off the bench, and creates space for Iggy and Jrue. That’s also how. And he’s shown the ability to hit a big 3 when it’s needed. That’s also how.

Definitely know of the argument to start meeks over turner, and its clearly a fair argument. Im just saying that the sixers should eventually get a better shooting guard. And yes I know meeks can has the ability to hit a big 3.

so you think offense is all about hitting the big shot? Yep, you’re definitely allergic to statistics.

lol omg youre taking my comments out of context.

I’m sorry, but you can’t say comments like, “Meeks started off the season hot” and “you’d rather have a more effective three point shooter” and have me believing that you’ve read a stat sheet before.

Theres really no need to go on at this point. Maybe I should have just said I think Jodie needs to shoot better.

and you would still be wrong. Because he’s one of the most, if not the most efficient scorer on the team right now.

As I said before: basketballreference.com

Please go there.

I rushed those comments def, I was mistaken. But at least agree that we could eventually have a better shooting guard then meeks. Thats all im saying.

Sure, and we could eventually have a better point guard. All we need to do is get rid of Jrue and get Deron williams to come here.

In fact, we could replace everyone on the roster with a better player.

Unfortunately, this is the real world. In this real world this non-fantasy-sixers team happens to be 16-6. Just enjoy it.

He’s shooting 43%, and improving his defense, and we just beat the Bulls and DC didn’t overplay him. I feel good.

Whoa there man, do you remember Meeks at the start of the season. He could barely hit the rim.

What are the chances

the sixers blowout of the bulls is mentioned ahead of the heat’s win against blah milwaukee on espn.com later tonight

whatever is mentioned will focus completely on rose.

Wait – Sixers played tonight?

The usual...

…Reigning MVP Derrick Rose had 18 points and 6 assists, but that wasn’t quite enough as the Bulls hit a speedbump in their road to the Finals, losing in a heartbreaker to the 76ers, 98-82. Said coach Tom Thibodeau after the game, “Derrick played his heart out tonight, but he was suffering through a painful hangnail that really limited his game. You have to give him credit for being a real gamer out there”

Andre Iguodala also played tonight.

“sixers…isn’t that the team from syracuse? Anyway, bulls didn’t have two of their best players tonight and it’s hard to win on the road. We’ll just forget this one and go back to more lebron and blake highlights. Back to you, Tim.”

“Thanks, Bob! Hey! Did you see that dunk Griffin made over Perkins? Awesome! And Rose really dominated tonight, he was just amazing, shame Hamilton and Deng weren’t available. You hate to see that kind of thing happen to a great team like this.”

“yeah they must’ve been sleeping behind the wheel. These things happen. Who’s even on the sixers anyway??”

“Um…Dr. J?”

has somebody hacked espn?
Iguodala outplayed Derrick Rose and stuffed a month’s worth of highlight video activity into one game. His one-handed dunks, around-the-back passes, and big 3s helped the Sixers lead the Eastern Conference-leading Bulls by 20 at the end of the third quarter.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=320201020

wow i thought they were still recovering from griffin’s most recent dunk!

No question about it...

This was a quality win. The Bulls were without Deng and Hamilton, but the Sixers were without their top two centers and were relying on 77 year old Tony Battie and a 6’9" 2nd round rookie playing out of position to man the middle. I’d say that’s a wash.

This is a really good basketball T-E-A-M. They play phenomenal defense, they hustle, they work their asses off, they’re unselfish, they don’t turn the ball over, and they go 10 deep (11 if you count the aforementioned Battie). None of those are traits that get you on SportsCenter, but they are traits that win games.

Reminds me of the Celtics in the 60’s that won like 7 straight titles.

Nice win gentlemen.

NBA TV

talking about getting on the wagon… they need get out of here with that mess.

I’ve talked to my wife for 40 years and she’s yet to be fired up – Doug Collins

BREAKING NEWS: Doug Collins wants a championship!
Does this mean they'll be aggressive trying to sign Dwight?

The world may never know.

not while we’re still paying off Old School Chevy

Amnesty Clause

i know, it’s just kinda disappointing to think of what could of happened, although im not mad at all about how this season is turning out, and its not like EB is taking a back seat

celtics announcer is bad-mouthing the sixers right now…“I just don’t think they’re a top team in this league.”

Other guy: “well how about if I tell you they just beat the bulls tonight 98-82?”

D-bag guy: “ok, that’s fine. That was a regular season game. We’ll wait ’til we get to the playoffs.”

i was so angry when Magic Johnson left the Sixers out of the top 5 in the east like WTF DO WE HAVE TO DO?!!?

Tommy douchebag is the worst announcer in the league

Tommy points make me sick.

Somehow, the Celtics are still relevant even though they’re running on fumes. It’s good to be on Der Stern’s favorites list :)

scratch that. it must be the toronto announcers.

Well that's hilarious since we already kicked there ass, also Tommy's still a douchebag

The only moment that franchise ever had came in a loss to the Sixers.

That's fine

The Sixers will just have to shut him up by laying a 20 point beating on the C’s. Normally I’d feel bad about seeing a bunch of creaky old men get embarrassed, but if it shuts up Tom Heinsohn it’s a good thing.

Aw must suck when all your players are 40 years old and your only young player has defenses sag off him 10 feet because he can’t shoot

The Sixers are back.

Sixers are 12-2 at home so far.

Andre just said a whole lot of nothing lol, beautiful interview

granger bad mouthing love…a fight broke out!

that wasn’t mean tto be a reply to you.

From blogabull:

“Now Iguodala is just playing Douche

#$%# Iguodala"

Other guy’s response:

“Yeah he’s a dickweed. Worse than Monta.”

another comment:

“Iggy thinks he’s Lebron”

Lol. Big surprise there.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU0Pdtv0xJQ&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3Dcome%2520at%2520me%2520bro%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D3%26ved%3D0CEUQFjAC%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.youtube.com%252Fwatch%253Fv%253DrU0Pdtv0xJQ%26ei%3DPvspT8a1IIi02gW_wNWADw%26usg%3DAFQjCNGlmOYSvr10zICElDtNOAC_fz2gCg&has_verified=1" >Them’s fightin words…

what’s this? Did you try to link something?

You sure that was not a Sixer fan?

see, that one almost makes sense. Iggy is basically 75% of LeBron.

So when is Hawes coming back?

It looks like we don’t need him….

Great Win

Was listening to Iggy and Coach after the game and man do they get it. So unselfish and they have a team first attitude what a fun team to watch and root for. Bring on the heat

The win feels a bit empty without Speezy celebrating or Dong getting graveyard minutes. It’s like we forgot who got them to this point.

The Big Speezy will rise again, its only a matter of time.

I saw him celebrating during yesterdays’ Memphis comeback. Nobody jumps off the bench at a time out like The Big Napper.

lol for sure for sure.

I love that we have an intelligent team.

the only possible head case that we have is sweet lou, and even that is debatable at this point. Hes completely bought in to doug collins basketball.

Collins to Lou:

I want you to try an score every time you touch the ball. forget this PG stuff.

Lou: I can give you that coach.

Heat down by 8 to the bucks, mid 4th

Something to lead with on SC.

If the Heat lose also, it saves SC from embarrassment. “It was one of those crazy nights you have in sports sometimes…the Bulls and the Heat lose games they should have won…”

Omg they might have to feature this Sixers non win….

Jennings just scored back to back 3s. Cold Blooded.

lol had to look up the Rick James’ Dave Chapelle skit…thank you

best chapelle sketch.

Negative

Always preferential to the Prince vs Charlie Murphy basketball sketch

Still quotable to this day

I should have clarified.

Charlie Murphy’s True Hollywood stories were the best.

that’s not even debatable.

Blueberry Pancakes

I read “cold blooded” in a foux rick james voice.

Lavoy Allen: worst player in the NBA? I think not.

3rd straight win

Against the Bulls. I’ll say this, while the Sixers would still be an underdog in a 7 game series against Chicago, the Bulls do not want to see This Sixers team in the 2nd round.

Btw, we’ve played Indy, Atlanta, Orlando, Chicago, and Miami and are 4-1. Just sayin.

celtics announcer is bad-mouthing the sixers right now…"I just don’t think they’re a top team in this league."

Other guy: "well how about if I tell you they just beat the bulls tonight 98-82?"

D-bag guy: "ok, that’s fine. That was a regular season game. We’ll wait ’til we get to the playoffs."

Proof that it doesn’t count. Tommy said so.

such a bad argument

I think his assumption is that since a team like the Celtics is filled with veterans having tons of playoff experience, they can magically hit a switch in the playoffs and turn 10 years younger.

his assumption is that the Geriatric Ballers have anything left in the tank

They’re “playoff tested.”

just want to restate that I believe it was the raptors’ announcers. It threw me off because it was a celtics home game, but they were talking about how bad the game was (celtics were blowing out the raptors). so yeah.

So true. I would love to see the bulls in the playoffs.However a healthy Dong makes me nervous. Hes got such long arms!!

I aint afraid of no Hamilton though.

According to Hollingers PER Stat....

Hawes(22.40)Vucevic(18.32)= 40.72
Deng(16.36)Hamilton(13.94)=30.3

bulls fans really need to stop complaining.

Did John Hollinger really invent PER?

What a crazy man.

can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not

I just find it funny that one game came up with such a ridiculous formula. Have you seen the equation?

yeah it’s nuts and just causes controversy… just like his power rankings.. basically if he makes your team/player look good, you love him and if he makes your team/player look bad, you hate him.

Right right. Kind like when he had the sixers at #1. National people loved that pick.

Just saw this over at BlogABull

“Iggy thinks hes Lebron.” Then someone responded and said “well hes doing a pretty damn good job so far.” #HatersGonHate

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

How did ESPN

really think Lavoy was worse than White Mamba? I mean, all joking aside.

or willie green

My guess is..

.. they’d never really watched him play and just thought “Lavoy who?” when the Sixers picked him, then assumed he was only a courtesy pick since the’s a local kid and wrote him off.

I kind of want the Sixers to continue to fly under the radar and continue to get zero credit for anything. Makes for no shortage of bulletin board material.

Same goes for the fact that espn named Allen worst in the league,,

That’s enough motivation for a lifetime.

Rick Carlisle kicked a ball into the stands, hit a fan, and got ejected

Eventful night in the NBA.

can’t wait until somebody makes a .gif out of that.

id be honor to be kickballed in the face by Rick Carlisle

To be the man, you gotta beat the man. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Sixers haven't played anyone...

and yet they have beaten every Eastern Conference playoff team accept the Heat and have yet to play the Celtics. Collins said it best in his post game…“the NBA is all about match-ups.” The Sixers match-up favorably against every other team in the East other than the Heat. If someone like the Hawks, Pacers, or Bulls were to knock off the Heat in the Playoffs….crazier things have happened.

accept except

Bucks are apparently their kryptonite. Just sayin.

exactly

I think if the Sixers pull the Heat, they lose, but we match up well v the rest of the east. The Heat having LeBron essentially cancels out Iggy. Iggy can’t play an effective game while guarding and being guarded by a better version of himself. If they avoid the heat, they might have a chance of getting past the 2nd, but I hate even going down that train of thought.

I’m hoping he breaks his leg and is out for the next 15 months, that would take care of everything.God damn Lebron for being so dominant.

Admittedly I didn’t get to see enough of the Heat game this year, but it was the third game in four nights, on the road. We played them pretty well in the playoffs and are clearly better than we were then. I kinda think we match up well enough with them as well any anyone can.

Great win but they have already proved themselves to me

I dont want to be too chastising but really anybody that needed this game to get really excited about the Sixers I just don’t get it. Sure, they haven’t played the strongest schedule but they literally could have won every game they played this year except for the game against the Heat and maybe the Knicks game although it was a 6 point game or so at one point in the last few minutes and it was the third straight game in three nights. This team is for real.

Have a Day AI9!

He deserves all the praise this game for really leading the team on both sides of the ball. And a real nice effort by Allen, Young, and bounce-back 2nd half by Jrue. Great game!

Good win tonight.

Does anyone know when Spencer Hawes is expected back?

He was expected back already. Nobody knows when he actually will be.

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