Bulls effectively use the "Jordan Rules" against LeBron James.

[NumberSix]

And that call should have been reversed because there was nothing there malicious. There was no horse-collar takedown, no clothesline, nothing whatsoever. Taj went after the ball and missed hitting Lebron on the shoulder. He didn't even follow through like he could have. I've seen 10x worse than that and the fact that Lebron got mad enough to try to purposely ram Boozer is ridiculous. It's like he expects defenders to let him waltz in the lane, give him a lovetap and so he can get the "And 1" and mug and flex to the crowd or some shit

You're seriously gonna act like he "went for the ball"?

Look at his face. He's not even looking at LeBron or the ball. He's looking out into the crowd. It's just a coincidence that his hand was remotely in the area of the ball. The intent seems pretty obvious.



You gotta be pretty biased to think that isn't a flagrant foul.

[Hoopz2332]

You're seriously gonna act like he "went for the ball"?

Look at his face. He's not even looking at LeBron or the ball. He's looking out into the crowd. It's just a coincidence that his hand was remotely in the area of the ball. The intent seems pretty obvious.



You gotta be pretty biased to think that isn't a flagrant foul.

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[TheMan]

You're seriously gonna act like he "went for the ball"?

Look at his face. He's not even looking at LeBron or the ball. He's looking out into the crowd. It's just a coincidence that his hand was remotely in the area of the ball. The intent seems pretty obvious.



You gotta be pretty biased to think that isn't a flagrant foul.

Even if the refs missed the call and it should've been a FF, it's not overtly dirty. You gotta make the offensive player shoot FTs. Hoops 101

[bdreason]

The Hinrich foul should have been a flagrant by rule. He was falling down, made no play on the ball, and just decided to drag LeBron down with him.



That said, I have no problem with the Bulls strategy, and no problem with physical ball. I just found it interesting that a team finally decided to step to LeBron physically... which isn't an easy task. A team like the Pacers should take note.

[SilkkTheShocker]

Congrats on the Bulls for winning their championship.

[ripthekik]

Detroit is the most fundamentally sound defensive team I ever saw when it came to guarding MJ. I don't know where this notion that their game plan was built around beating him up comes from. I've seen every Bulls-Pistons game from 88-93 and that's just some bogus revisionist history. It makes Detroit sound like low IQ goons who didn't know how to play REAL basketball, when in fact, their ridiculously high IQ and defensive skill is why they had so much success against MJ to begin with. In Dumars, you easily had the best 1-on-1 defender MJ ever went up against(aided by hand-checking, of course). Nobody was better at keeping MJ in front of him. And when it came to rotating after providing help on MJ(and they did this all the time in '88 and '89), they had no peers. Even with all the doubles on MJ, it was amazing how few open shots Chicago's shooters generally got. The 88-90 Pistons are easily the most fundamentally sound defense MJ ever faced and that's 70% of the reason why he was so inconsistent against them from '88 to '90. The other 30% being his own stubbornness, because he was better off being a jump shooter (which is what happened in '91) against the schemes Detroit utilized against him, but MJ wanted to prove he could drive against them and that usually led to his inefficiency.

This notion that MJ got "pounded" any time he took it inside against Detroit is a humungous myth. Go and watch any of those games - that's not what was happening. It's actual defense - 1-on-1 D, timely help and perfect rotations - that's what contained MJ.

As far as LeBron's concerned, there's not the slightest history of physical play(hard fouls) having the remotest impact against him in his career. He is more equipped to handle that than any perimeter player in NBA history. The best defensive game plan against LeBron is still overloading his side of the court, shading hard and hoping his 2nd option(the jumper) isn't falling and he isn't being active without the ball - which is what happened in the 2nd half last night. He wasn't aggressive at all after an 'easy' first half, where Chicago mostly single-covered him, before switching their game plan entirely in the 2nd. His passiveness was his own worst enemy.

His complaining last night had more to do with him being the most disrespected star in the game today when it comes to getting fouls. LeBron just doesn't get the calls this year. 7 FTA per game for him is a joke, when he is easily driving more than he ever did in '11 and '12, but is attempting far fewer free throws. Imagine if he was officiated like Durant, Harden or heck, even Kobe, who takes more free throws too!

holy shiit.. this guy here, pauk, and numbersix showing their unbelievable love for lebron james

i bet their rooms all look like this:

[SilkkTheShocker]

holy shiit.. this guy here, pauk, and numbersix showing their unbelievable love for lebron james

i bet their rooms all look like this:

That white hat is ****ing fire. Need to find that ASAP.

[dh144498]

holy shiit.. this guy here, pauk, and numbersix showing their unbelievable love for lebron james

i bet their rooms all look like this:

my favorite poster.

the bed should be a small racecar bed and it'll be most realistic.

[riseagainst]

holy shiit.. this guy here, pauk, and numbersix showing their unbelievable love for lebron james

i bet their rooms all look like this:

[ripthekik]

or possibly:

[hitmanyr2k]

You're seriously gonna act like he "went for the ball"?

Look at his face. He's not even looking at LeBron or the ball. He's looking out into the crowd. It's just a coincidence that his hand was remotely in the area of the ball. The intent seems pretty obvious.



You gotta be pretty biased to think that isn't a flagrant foul.

I'm still looking for the flagrant. Like I said before, there's nothing malicious there. There's no clothesline, no horse-collar, no follow through whatsoever by Gibson. People are acting like Gibson grabbed Lebron around the neck and slammed him to the floor or something. I've seen a lot worse than that. It wasn't worth a flagrant. That's an ordinary playoff type foul.

[Euroleague]

This is how games are in Euroleague. This is how games are played in FIBA and Olympics when Team USA isn't playing.

This is how games USED to be in the NBA and USED to be in FIBA and the Olympics before they started pussyfying all the rules for all these "NBA superstars". But no..................not a single international team has been allowed to play defense on Team USA since that last loss in 2006.

What a little bitch LeBron is. What a freaking JOKE he is.

Boo freakity hoo.

He has to play this game with real reffing and had to play 2004 Olympics and 2006 World Cup with real reffing................poor LeBron folds like the paper tiger he really is.

PATHETIC.

This just proves how big of a joke the current NBA is where everything is totally dictated and controlled by Stern and his refs. They would have eaten this bitch LeBron alive back in the 80s and 90s NBA era.

But now he is 100% protected by Stern and his refs...........except for this game, and the "King" is bitching like a little baby. Unbelievable how pathetic the NBA has become under 20 plus years of Stern.

[dh144498]

This is how games are in Euroleague. This is how games are played in FIBA and Olympics when Team USA isn't playing.

This is how games USED to be in the NBA and USED to be in FIBA and the Olympics before they started pussyfying all the rules for all these "NBA superstars". But no..................not a single international team has been allowed to play defense on Team USA since that last loss in 2006.

What a little bitch LeBron is. What a freaking JOKE he is.

Boo freakity hoo.

He has to play this game with real reffing and had to play 2004 Olympics and 2006 World Cup with real reffing................poor LeBron folds like the paper tiger he really is.

PATHETIC.

This just proves how big of a joke the current NBA is where everything is totally dictated and controlled by Stern and his refs. They would have eaten this bitch LeBron alive back in the 80s and 90s NBA era.

But now he is 100% protected by Stern and his refs...........except for this game, and the "King" is bitching like a little baby. Unbelievable how pathetic the NBA has become under 20 plus years of Stern.

[TheMan]

To be fair, James is part of the generation of players who gets pissed off if you touch them, he's not the only one. More fault should go to the NBA for making it the soft league it is today.

[Hoopz2332]

To be fair, James is part of the generation of players who gets pissed off if you touch them, he's not the only one. More fault should go to the NBA for making it the soft league it is today.

lebron gets hacked all game every game without being rewarded for it and he's never lost his cool before last night. Imgaine if lebron got the Durant FT treatmant? he would shoot 10-15 ft's a game