Bulls fall behind 76ers 2-1 in playoff opening series
The Bulls’ championship hopes for this season likely ended last Sunday when Derrick Rose suffered that torn anterior cruciate ligament late in the Bulls Game 1 playoff victory over the Philadelphia...
View ArticleBulls begin to prepare for Game 4 without Noah
It was something of a surreal scene Saturday morning at the Bulls’ hotel in Philadelphia as players filed in for a team film session instead of practice. Reporters were asked to wait in the lobby,...
View ArticleHistory not on Bulls’ side for long run
How could this happen? How after a second straight Bulls best record in the NBA could first Derrick Rose go out in the first game of the playoffs, and Joakim Noah, certainly for the rest of this series...
View ArticleBulls to brink in playoffs with 89-82 loss in Game 4
This season mostly has been one beautiful view for the Bulls with the league’s best record and confidence they could reach the top of the NBA mountain. Now, one more bad step backward and it’s all...
View ArticleBulls win Game 5 to get back in series with 76ers
So after all that–losing Derrick Rose to that catastrophic knee injury in Game 1, losing Joakim Noah to that horrendous sprained ankle in Game 3, and then with Taj Gibson limping to the locker room...
View ArticleBulls’ Noah hopes to return for Game 6
Though Joakim Noah’s return from a badly sprained left ankle isn’t imminent, the Bulls center expressed optimism following Tuesday’s Game 5 victory in Chicago that he could be ready in time for Game 6...
View ArticleBulls look to even up series against 76ers
It seems fashionable lately to not care much about the Bulls. Yes, they are trailing the Philadelphia 76ers just 3-2 in the opening playoff series with Game 6 in Philadelphia Thursday (6:00 p.m. CT |...
View ArticleBulls’ season ends with 79-78 loss to 76ers
Maybe this star crossed Bulls season, played so much without its stars, could not have ended any other way Thursday than with the Bulls letting a three-point lead with 25.8 seconds left disintegrate in...
View ArticleShocking Bulls season ending loss part II
In the end for the Bulls Thursday and for the 2011-12 season, it was a game they weren’t supposed to win that they left shocked they lost. Sort of the way this whole season went. The Bulls had lost...
View ArticleNoah and Boozer offer post mortems at Berto Center
Bulls players Friday met with management and coaches in the Berto Center, the last official team function and left to head into their offseason. Luol Deng and Joakim Noah will prepare for the Olympics...
View ArticleMiami turns up heat to even series at 1-1
The Miami Heat came out in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Monday against the Bulls like they often do, posing and preening like they are at a fashion show, offended anyone would dare...
View ArticleDeng-less Bulls preparing for Game 3
If the Bulls have a slogan for this season, it might be, “Don’t mind me, I’m just over here bleeding.” The Bulls trudged back to Chicago for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Friday against...
View ArticleBulls fall behind Heat 2-1 in conference semifinal
The narrative from the Bulls’ side in Friday’s 104-94 Miami Heat victory that gave them a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal is going to be a star driven inequity that is making winning more...
View ArticleBulls expect series’ physical nature to continue
Joakim Noah is among those who expect the physical nature of Chicago’s Eastern Conference Semifinals series against the Miami Heat to continue when the teams meet for Game 4 at the United Center on...
View ArticleMiami takes 3-1 lead with one sided 88-65 win
Why us? Why now? Why again? You heard it in their voices, if not always the words Monday when the Bulls lost 88-65 to the Miami Heat in probably the team’s worst ever playoff performance. If the...
View ArticleBulls prepare for potential elimination game in Miami
Don’t believe me. NBA history says this Bulls season is about to end. Eight times in NBA history a team trailing 3-1 in the playoffs, as the Bulls are to the Miami Heat with Game 5 in Miami Wednesday,...
View ArticleBulls ready to take another shot at doubters
After more than 100 games back to preseason and more injuries and misfortune than worth recounting and just the appropriate bravado to face the defending champions Wednesday trailing 3-1 in the Eastern...
View ArticleRose working out to the conclusion
If Game 5 were to be the last game of the Bulls season—and it remained only possible early Wednesday evening—then Derrick Rose would be missing the entire 2012-13 NBA season. Rose was out before the...
View ArticleBulls season ends with Game 5 loss in Miami
The 2012-13 season probably had to finish like it did for the Bulls Wednesday in a series closing 94-91 loss to the Miami Heat, impressive in their resolve and refusal to yield against long odds while...
View ArticleA last look at the Bulls of 2012-13 and their future
Probably someone in this stats infested sports world measures it, though I haven’t seen it yet. But the Bulls probably just completed the best ever 45-win regular season with a second round playoff...
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