Bulls-Celtics Series After Game 4

Those who have been watching this series knows how fun this series has been to watch. Outside of Game 3, where the Celtics whooped the Bulls ass, this has been far and away the most exciting series to watch. There has been 3 games where its been back and forth where 2 of the 4 games have gone to overtime, with the most recent game going to a second overtime. Ray Allen and Ben Gordon have gone back and forth hitting big shot after big shot. Rajon Rondo has been terrific in this series with multiple triple doubles. The Bulls have been getting good minutes from their bench in Kirk Hinrich and Brad Miller. The problem for the Bulls often during this series has been their inability to get rebounds at times during these games. There also has been many coaching mistakes during this series as well. In the first two games, Vinny Del Negro had a combined 0 timeouts at the end of the game to set up a play that could tie or win the game. Instead they had to settle for desperation half court heaves. In game 4, Doc Rivers did not have the Celtics foul while up 3 with under 10 seconds left in the first overtime. Instead Ben Gordon drained a 3 to tie the game and send it into a second overtime. As far as the rest of the series goes, the Bulls can win Game 5 if they get off to a good start and rebound defensively to keep the Celtics off the offensive glass. I think however this game might end up going 7 games, which will be fun to watch. Hopefully, the Bulls can be the victors in the series.

Eastern Conference Playoffs Preview

Eastern Conference

(1) Cleveland vs (8) Detroit: The Cavs should have no problem winning this series. LeBron James is more than likely going to win the MVP and he is surrounded by a good supporting cast. Mo Williams has shown that he plays well alongside LeBron and the presence of Big Z in the paint will be too much for the aging Pistons. Cavs win series 4-0

(4) Atlanta vs (5) Miami: This series will be one of the better series of the first round in my opinion. Dwayne Wade has played like an MVP all year, and has helped carry the Heat to this point. The difference in this series just might be the homecourt advantage, which the Hawks have. Hawks win series 4-3

(3) Orlando vs (6) Philadelphia: Though the Magic will miss Jameer Nelson later in the playoffs, this shouldn't affect the outcome of the series. Dwight Howard is an absolute monster in the paint, and when the double teams come to him he kicks it out to the plenty of three shooters that the Magic have. Magic win series 4-1

(2) Boston vs (7) Chicago: Kevin Garnett's health has been apart of the headlines in sports for the past month and a half. The reports are that he may miss the entire playoffs. This helps out the Bulls a lot but I don't know if that will be enough to win the series. It will be tough for Ben Gordon to guard Ray Allen and as much as I really want the Bulls to win the series, I don't think they can do it. Celtics win series 4-2

2009 NFL schedule released

Today the NFL regular season was released today. This day is one of my favortie sports day of the year. It is the first chance we as fans get to see when are favorite teams play their games. By last year's records the Miami Dolphins have the toughest schedule, playing teams with a combined winning percentage of .594 last season. And who might have the easiest schedule based on last year's records? You guessed it, my beloved Chicago Bears by playing teams with a .414 winning percentage. This number may be a little skewed considering the fact that they play the Detroit Lions twice every year and we all know the Lions finished 0-16 last season. The Lions have the 21st toughest, the Packers with the 30th, and the Vikings with the 31st toughest. The games against the Packers and Vikings are always my favorite games to watch during the year, but the one non-division game that is most intriguing to me will be the Week 6 October 18th game at Atlanta. It will be a Sunday night game and will be a re-match of last year's game at Atlanta, where the Bears took a lead with under a minute to go in the game and then Atlanta got a good kickoff return and then a big pass play by Matt Ryan to set up the game winning field goal by Jason Elam. The thing that grinds my gear is the Bears home opener. I do not mind that they are playing the defending champions Steelers. The thing that gets me going is the 3:15 start time. I hate the 3:15 games, especially when they are played at Soldier Field. In my opinion, there is nothing better than the noon kickoff games. Though the NFL season is still a few months away, it is time to start getting excited about the upcoming season. With the schedule being released today and the NFL draft in 11 days, football season will be here faster than you can blink.

Tar Heels Win Title!

On Monday night the North Carolina Tar Heels won their 2nd national championship in the last 5 years. This was Coach Williams first championship with all his own players. This game was all Tar Heels from the get go. MSU Coach Izzo put it best when he said his team looked like deer in the headlights. It was obvious watching the game that North Carolina had the better team. The Final Four Most Outstanding Player went to Wayne Ellington. He had a good Final Four but my choice would have been Ty Lawson. The best point guard in the nation showed off his skills and also why he is so valuable to his team. Tyler Hansbrough had a great tournament to wrap up his outstanding career at North Carolina. Though he may not be good in the NBA, that should not diminish what he accomplished in his four years in Chapel Hill. Danny Green also had a good tournament and the senior from New York will be missed next year. It was a pleasure for me as a Tar Heel fan to watch this senior class over the past four years. It was a real good feeling to see these guys go out on top as National Champs.

Welcome to Chicago!

Jay Cutler is a Chicago Bear! As a Bears fan, I can say I am very excited and very suprised that Jay is now a Bear. I am suprised because it is typical of the Bears front office to not be aggressive and to sit on their hands when it comes to making big ballsy moves. Trading for Cutler shows Bears fans that the organization cares about winning and improving upon the most important position in the game. The main reason for my excitement was that reason of the Bears growing some peaches and making a big move. Cutler is a huge upgrade over Kyle Orton. Orton was a nice guy and a decent starter, but getting a game changer in Cutler is a big time improvement. At age 25 (will be 26 in a month) Cutler has already been to a probowl, and the last Bears quarterback to go to a probowl was Jim McMahon in 1985.

The Bears also signed Orlando Pace to a deal yesterday as well, which brings an expierenced probowl offensive tackle to this team. Though Pace is not going to be the long term solution, he is a nice one or two year band aid for this team. The next step for this team is to bring in an actual wide reciever. Not anymore of these mickey mouse b.s. recievers we have here now. With the Cutler trade, maybe a person as in one of Mitch Pratt's favorites, Torry "Big Game" Holt will now be interested in joining the Bears. Drafting a reciever in the second round should also be a top priority now. Maybe a player like Hakeem Nicks. For the time being, I am going to celebrate this move. It is exciting to know that the Bears now have a high talent quarterback. It's about damn time!