Road to Glory II

[TheMC5]

I don't like the idea of Korver guarding P-squared. Best be playing some flawless team D if you want to even things up.

[kibaxx7]

Turner's back! Man, finally! He's gonna torch the C's.

[Valor]

You cant afford to fall in a 3-1 hole.

Yea, I don't want to end the season so soon, especially since this is the first time i advanced past the first round

I like how you lost in OT.

Still a loss though

I don't like the idea of Korver guarding P-squared. Best be playing some flawless team D if you want to even things up.

I don't like it either, but i guess with Rondo on the floor i can use D-Rose to go and double on occasions

Turner's back! Man, finally! He's gonna torch the C's.

He's gonna have to shake the rust off first.

[Valor]

Rondo's triple double not enough as Bulls even series



Boston, MA - Rising Celtic star Rajon Rondo had a statline of 14 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists for his 6th career playoff triple double.

Unfortunately, it wasn't nearly enough to defeat the gritty Bulls.

With Dwyane Wade somewhat making a bounceback from his struggles in game 3 and scoring a game high 28 points, the Chicago Bulls managed to take a 112-99 game 4 victory to tie the series up at 2 games apiece.

Wade went 9 for 21 from the field, 1 for 3 from beyond the arc and 9 for 10 from the free throw line. He also added 4 steals.

"I had a real bad break in game 3" said Wade "So I made sure it won't happen again tonight"

Derrick Rose had another solid outing, finishing with 26 points, 7 assists, and 4 rebounds on 7 for 21 shooting. He was a perfect 12 for 12 from the charity stripe as the entire Bulls team redeemed themselves at the line, making a total of 30 out of 32 attempts whereas in game 3, the team connected on just 15 of their 25 attempts.

"After the game 3 fiasco at the line, we went back and paid more attention to it" said Byron Scott "I'm glad the guys made the effort and we were able to knock those freebies down tonight"

The game also marked the return of Bulls rookie Evan Turner, who quickly found his groove and knocked down 4 of his 8 field goal attempts, finishing with 11 points off the Chicago bench.

Additionally, Chicago big men Joakim Noah, Josh Smith and Brad Miller all recorded double-doubles as the Bulls once again held the rebounding edge.

"They outworked us again there" said Celtics forward Kevin Garnett "We gotta work harder there"

"You know something's wrong when your point guard has the most rebounds from your team" Garnett added

Paul Pierce led the way for the Cs once again, finishing with 23 points while Ray Allen added 20 of his own, including 4 for 7 from three. However, Kevin Garnett struggled offensively as a result of the

defensive efforts of Bulls forward Josh Smith, and was held to just 10 points and 9 rebounds on 3 for 10 shooting.

The Bulls, who were without the injured Luol Deng, came out and jumped the Celtics from the very start, holding a 13 point lead going into the half and was able to sustain it with strong defensive plays in

the second half. They also made the point of attacking the basket, as evident in their 44 points in the paint and 32 free throw attempts.

Game 5 will take place in the United Center, Chicago IL as the series now morphs into a best-of-three.






Highlights

[Valor]

Game 4 Results

[Lamrock]

Congrats on tying the series. Wade and Rose played like it was the 2006 NBA Finals!

[Fresh8]

Bring it home Bulls!

[TheMC5]

Your big men DOMINATED the boards. Pierce didn't light you up as bad as I thought he would either, though 11-19 shooting is pretty nice. And Rondo is a playoff triple-double machine! You gotta steal at least 1 on the road now...

[Martti.]

Not quite a 50-point margin, but 13 will do.

[George7]

Great!!
Time to get it out of reach in Chicago!!
2 wins to go!

[Justine.]

Nice job tying the series. But you gotta find the way to fix those bad shooting for Rose and Wade.

[kibaxx7]

Nice to see Turner back and get his groove back that quickly.

[Valor]

Congrats on tying the series. Wade and Rose played like it was the 2006 NBA Finals!

We had to turn it on to avoid being down 1-3

Bring it home Bulls!

Will do our best

Your big men DOMINATED the boards. Pierce didn't light you up as bad as I thought he would either, though 11-19 shooting is pretty nice. And Rondo is a playoff triple-double machine! You gotta steal at least 1 on the road now...

Well I have home court, so if i can just hold them off it'll be fine. Of course, I'm hoping we can take the next two and avoid a game 7....

Not quite a 50-point margin, but 13 will do.

Yeah, I'll take it

Great!!
Time to get it out of reach in Chicago!!
2 wins to go!

Next game will be huge

Nice job tying the series. But you gotta find the way to fix those bad shooting for Rose and Wade.

Can't help it, their defense is just too good

Nice to see Turner back and get his groove back that quickly.

He was pretty good, knocking down some jumpers and got to the hole a few times

[Axel The Great]

Congrats on the win! D-Wade still needs to pick up his shooting. Good to see Evan Turner getting a run. Hope you win Game 5, to really take control of the series.

[TheMC5]

Well I have home court

Oh shit, you do too. Somehow I thought Celtics had the higher seed, despite the obvious green all over the court in the pics from games 3 and 4. D'oh!

[Martti.]

Just a question, why is the score different here :

[Valor]

Congrats on the win! D-Wade still needs to pick up his shooting. Good to see Evan Turner getting a run. Hope you win Game 5, to really take control of the series.

Cheers man, Game 5 is key...

Well I have home court

Oh shit, you do too. Somehow I thought Celtics had the higher seed, despite the obvious green all over the court in the pics from games 3 and 4. D'oh!

Haha cause they usually do have home court

Just a question, why is the score different here :

Holy shit, didn't see it myself....and I have no clue to be honest. I'll check the game and see it on there Could be a random bug or something

EDIT: The Boxscore is correct, not sure why the stat screen shows otherwise hopefully it's a one-off thing....thanks for the heads-up Martti

[Valor]

NLSC Prospects Update!

NLSC Draft Class 2011
NAME | POS | HT | AGE | FROM
W.Sit | PG/SG | 6'4" | 23 | UNC/Australia
L.Washburn | PG/SG | 6'3" | 22 | Washington
M.Must | PF | 6'9" | 22 | Arizona/Estonia
A.Spagnoletti | SG/SF | 6'8" | 21 | Argentina
O.Ocho | C | 7'1" | 23 | Sudan*

NLSC Draft Class 2012
NAME | POS | HT | AGE | FROM
M.Moore | PG/SG | 6'4" | 24 | New Zealand
J.Martin | PF/SF | 6'5" | 20 | Philippines
M.Jackson | SF/SG | 6'8" | 20 | Michigan State
W.Bernard | PF/C | 7'0" | 24 | Domincain Republic

NLSC Draft Class 2013
G.Koukoulis | SG/PG | 6'1" | 17 | Greece
A.Gomez | PG/SG | 6'3" | 21 | Texas
M.Nissley | SG/PG | 5'9" | 24 | Georgia
C.Cruz | PG | 6'1" | 20 | Philippines

*Clutch - Sudan does not appear within the game, which other Country/College would you like to be from?


Remember, if you haven't applied yet to participate your virtual self in my association, you are all welcomed to do so.

PM me under the title NLSC Prospects Application with the following details...

Name
Age (Birth year would do, i can edit with the editor)
Position(s)
Height
School/Country
Body Type
Body Tone
Perhaps give me a comparison of how you look as well, such as "i look something like yao" (doesn't have to be a baller, just someone that is well known) so i can try to find a face that is similar
Sig Shot, Free Throw Style
preferred Shoe brand
any accessories (head band, armsleeve...), length of socks
Playing Style (good if there are any NBA Comparisons)
5 Strengths
5 Weaknesses

The Prospects will be anywhere ranging from Mid-Late First Round to Early Second Round Picks, if you are lucky, you might become a lottery pick!

Note: Your attributes will be determined by a vast of factors ranging from strengths and weaknesses, height and weight, as well as age (more mature players have higher rating but less upside, vice versa), so even if you were drafted low there is always the possibility of catching up since the higher rated draftees won't have as much potential as you!

Currently although the prospects projected positions have a large spread, all the prospects are within 2-3 overall points of each other. It is purely the game's decisions i reckon, nothing I can do about that sorry

[Valor]

Allen's three helps Boston take 3-2 series lead


Chicago, IL - He did it in the 2009 first round series.

He did it again tonight.

Ray Allen made a go-ahead three point basket with less than 2 seconds remaining and finished with a game high 28 points to lead the Boston Celtics to a 90-89 game 5 victory over the Chicago Bulls.

Despite having offensive struggles all game long, Chicago almost had the victory as they fought back hard after being dominated in the first quarter, taking back the lead in the 3rd and held it until Allen knocked down the long range bomb.

Dwyane Wade led the charge for the Bulls with 19 points, but he was a miserable 7 for 26 from the field as the Celtics once again played aggresive defense on the superstar guard. Wade's backcourt partner, Derrick Rose did not fare well either, as he went 6 for 16 from the field, finishing with 13 points and 10 assists.

As a whole, the Bulls were only 39% from the field (37/93) and saw their Free Throw percentage dipping down to 68% after a 30 for 32 performance in game 4.

"The rim seemed like it was sealed tonight" Bulls coach Byron Scott said "Our shots just wasn't falling."

Center Joakim Noah once again dominated on the boards with a game high 17 along with his 13 points and 2 blocks, but for the first time the Celtics were the ones winning the battle on the glass, outrebounding Chicago 52 to 44.

Behind Allen's 12 for 26 shooting, which included a near-perfect 4 for 5 from three, the Celtics bombed away from long range, knocking down 7 of their 15 attempts and going for an overall 36 for 87 from the field.

Paul Pierce dropped in 26 points along with 6 rebounds, Kevin Garnett notched a double double of 14 points and led the way for the Celtics with 13 rebounds while Rajon Rondo took home Player of the Game honors following a 4 point, 11 rebound, and 15 assist performance.

"He was great all-round" said Doc Rivers "You love those kinds of (rebounding) efforts from your little guy"

For the most part, the Bulls played excellent interior defense and posted 10 block shots. Led by Josh Smith and (surprisingly) Brad Miller, who had 3 blocks each, Chicago held back Boston's inside game.

However, it was the perimeter offense of the Celtics that proved to be fatal.

With the absence of Luol Deng, Paul Pierce just cannot be stopped by Chicago, that is to be expected; but it was the inability of Dwyane Wade - and excellent defender - to stop, or even slow down Ray Allen's offensive onslaught that is drawing raised eyebrows.

This was especially evident with the game winning shot from (arguably) the best shooter ever to lace it up. In that play, Wade did challenge the shot, but he was nearly half a foot away from Allen. This of course was more than enough for Sugar Ray to find the basket.

"I think it was just an error in judgement from him, to be honest" said Bryon Scott "We'll go over film and address the issue, he'll work it out"

That better be the case, because the season is on the line for the Bulls in the next game.








Ray Ray does it again for the Celtics, winning the game with this three point bomb

Highlights

[Valor]

Game 5 Results

[TheMC5]

Tough loss, man. Wade's gotta find his stroke for you, pronto. Or go all 2007 finals and get to the line like 20 times a game. Nice results, though. I like that it's not a cakewalk for you, even with a pretty loaded roster. Makes your dynasty more compelling.

Good luck in game 6. Here's to hoping for a 7th back in Chicago.

[Lamrock]

Heartbreaking loss. Looks like this may be the end of the Bulls' 2010-11 title hopes. Good luck taking game 6. You'll need it.

Also awesome to see Rondo win PotG with 4 points.

[|)e8*]

Bummer dude!

[Martti.]

A heart-breaker right there. The Celtics are capable of pulling off upsets, as they reached the Finals as a 5th seed. But I know your deep hatred toward the Celtics, so kick some ass in the last 2 games.

[George7]

Damn!This really resembles really much the 08-09 playoffs!!
Hopefully it will end with the Bulls advancing this time!

I will send my infos later today