Truth Is, We Need Paul

…it’s a 5-man team we have at point. We need 3 of the starters to have great games and the other 2 to at least play well—but none of them to put up a stinker.

I still don’t get wh yPP doesn’t take it more to the cup. Methinks he can draw fouls better than the entire team together. He can work the foul line all night and also be opening up more avenues for passing. Come on Celts, let’s blow torch ’em out of the building tonight.

but the bulls are a good team and we are small as currently constructed. Salmons, and Gordon are both good shooters and Gordon can go into stretches where he seems not human, like Ray Ray. Hinrich is a solid, aggressive,and excellent fundamental defender. Rose is unstoppable at times too with his strength size and quickness. Miller is big and though he plays smaller than his size, he is a good shooter and works hard on defense and rebounding. Throw in Thomas and Noah and you have two more athletic bigs. The bulls finsihed the season very strongly and we are lucky Deng is out or we’d have lost already. They are probably a 50 win team next year and this years version of Atlanta.

Paul hit 4 key ft’s at the end of one of the ot’s or regulation. He has worked hard on d and he HAS outplayed Salmons over the 6 games, just not the last two. Its the playoffs, man A guy who is better than average like Salmons, can have a solid stretch and of course will work harder on d than usual because its the playoffs. Id have trouble scoring on any 6’5" athletic guy who was insanely motivated too, wouldn’t you? :>)

Paul has played “poorly” only in relation to the “extremely high standards” we place upon him.

He`s a super star, and super stars live for Game 7.

Tonight, Paul will again show the world why he is an All-Time NBA great!

…than Wyc or Cousy, for crying out loud.

But defense is what wins in the playoffs, Pierce’s offensive efficiency hasn’t been great and the ‘over-contribution’ offensively from what is expected of Salmons is embarrassing. The Captain hasn’t had a good series—though he’s not been as bad as Ray’s first two rounds last year—and these 50-minute overtime games probably aren’t helping. The 3 spot is the oldest position we have now, for whom Doc’s playing—and it’s just grueling for an older guy not playing at his best.