Big shout there. Did I forget to mention when announcing my support of the Bulls, that I reserve the right to potentially pick the magic as my second team at a later date

yeah anderson did look good i expect us too win it like you said the Mavs and Lakers will the biggest threat IMO Cavs could be good just depends how they get shaq involved and dont take to much away from Lebron

The Cavs will be fine once they figure it out. Glad we played them when we did. We're at Memphis on Friday then back to the ACC for Orlando on Sunday. Was supposed to be away at a Halloween bash but we're not going now so I'll be pestering the other half about going to that one.

out of interest, how much can you get tickets for?

Depends where you want to sit. They range from around $40 in the upper bowl to several thousand for floor seats (also depends who we're playing). We don't go to every game so we usually get lower bowl seats on the end for about $90.

is stay at home for the Magic game its only going to be a beating ;P oj lol would love to go a NBA game been to Tropicana feild to watch the Rays and Raymond James to watch the Bucs how does a NBA game atmosphere differ??

So far so good as a Bulls fan



An impressive 85-92 win against the Spurs to get the season underway with Deng looking pretty solid with 17 pts and 9 rebounds. Not a bad return after missing 20 plus games at the end of last season.

But, possibly more pleasing was Rose’s contribution. He played 33mins with 13pts, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, I just hope his ankle can hold up.

Let's see if they can back it up tonight against the Celtics.

Magic stay unbeaten

Howard just seems to be getting better and better

Raptors didn't take long to revert back to last seasons shocking defense. Looks like it's going to be another season of high scoring losses. The Magic look good but the number of times we left them open for the 3 pointer was criminal. All the talk from our camp this summer/pre season has been on improving the defense. So far, I see little in the way of improvement.

Vince Carter has started well he look key to us this year also Nelson is playing well and back fit like you said we havea lot of good 3 point shooters you cant leave them wide open but with Howard in there you have to try and crowd the paint

I wonder what impact Vince would have had on the game. He always gets a heated reception so his presence could well have fired the crowd and our players up a bit more. Hopefully he'll be playing for the Nov 22 game so we'll get to see.

Nelson had a great game for your lot. He was a constant thorn in our side.

Ryan Anderson is the sleeper.

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A tight 2pt home win against the bucks last night has got the bulls back to .500 at 2&2.

I know it's early day's, but it looks like it could be an indiferent season in Chi town. After an impressive opening game, the bulls had two very poor outings before a less than convincing win last night.

Hope they stay indifferent until at least next Weds when we play them.

Raps home to Detroit tonight. Hopefully we can make it 2-2. I shall only have it on in the background though, at least until the Yankees start winning.

Ahh yes the World Series. It's been an unusual end to the baseball season in my house. I usually torture myself and attempt to go to work and teach on minimum sleep for a week so I can watch it. I have not bothered to watch one game this year, as I have a very strong dislike for both teams

However, I think the thought of having the fact that the Yankees won the WS series in their first season in their new house rammed down our throats for eternity, means that it would be a little easier to stomach the phillies wining back to back crowns.

picked up a loss last night in Detroit didnt play well at all we lacked the energy we showed the past few games. Plus it didnt help Dwight getting injured likign Carter more and more every gam really settled in nicely

Lively game for the Raps last night, with the bench boys and in particular Jarett Jack really getting the job done. The number of points we're conceding is a worry still, but the display from the bench really highlighted how much we've strengthened in that area this season, which definitely makes us a far stronger team than last season.

I'm hoping the defence tightens up and getting Reggie back will certainly help in that area.

We're now on the road for 7 of our next 8 games as we hit the Western Conf. teams. That's really brutal. A huge test so early in the season.

Orlando crushed the Suns last night without Vince Carter too looking a lot sharper than against Detroit. Ryan Anderson had a huge game Howard was hes own constitent best and Nelson is coming right into he's stride now. Atlanta are looking quite good at the moment good all round team with Joe Johnson,Jamal Crawford,Josh Smith,Mike Bibby and Marvin Harris they look really strong fancy them for the playoffs

A guy I work with just told me his daughter can get me half price Raptors tickets for some of the less desirable games (she works at the ACC). Sorted.

An excellent 1 point win for the Bulls over the Cav’s last night. Great double coverage from Deng and Noah prevented LeBron from scoring the winning basket as time ran out.

was good defence but it could of gone anyway that call there was some contact but i think they got it right. Think the Cavs are going to struggle this year 1nce again they are relying on james too much. Mo Williams isnt providing enough Shaq isnt the player he was. You cant rely too much on 1 player in this league

I suppose it’s a lack of understanding on my part, by some of the calls made on the court that have prevented me from becoming a basketball fan sooner. The end to last night’s game could have been a prime example of this. Although there was contact between Deng and James, I think Deng just attempted to stand his ground and make things difficult for James, any contact happened as James tried to force the play, so the call was right imo.

But so many times, I have seen similar plays result in a defensive foul. As a floating fan, this can be frustrating and have a negative effect, as it always seemed to me that the defense got very little support from the refs. As I say, I thought the call was right last night, so hopefully, as I watch more basketball it will put these issues I had to bed.

I suppose in some ways James was the Cav’s downfall last night. As you rightly say, that team relies on him far too much. When it came to that final inbound with a few seconds left it would have been no surprise to the Bulls that he would receive the ball, so there was little gamble in their decision to double team him and make his shot attempt as hard as possible. Had they been a more balanced team, James may not have had the special attention and could have made the shot.

I suppose it is worrying for the Cav’s that they have already lost as many games at home as they did in the full season last year.

your right mate they are well too hard on the defences these days i agree with you the call last night was right they just go the other way far to often. When somebody is driving to the hoop there is always going to be contact they are too harsh on the defence. I know what you getting at with James but the problem is they have no other match winners so it had to go to him. The players need to step up in game if Williams could averag say 16 points Shaq 16 they would have a better chance cause defences can afford to double team James and leave Williams open bacause this year he has been useless shooting

The problem with the Cavs is depth, in Orlando you can have a player almost as capable coming in as the one he's replacing. I agree to an extent r.e defence but unfortunately thats the rules. james will have to adapt his game the way MJ did in terms of getting better at a fadeaway jumper etc.