As we get closer to the playoffs, the importance of each game is magnified. This is the case when you look at the teams at the top of the Eastern Conference playoff picture. Coming into yesterday, the upstart Chicago Bulls held a slim lead over the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat for the top seed in the Conference.
Last night, the Bulls hosted the Celtics in a game that could contribute to determining who will eventually win the East. Chicago held Boston in check the entire night en route to a relatively easy 97 – 81 win. That win all but solidifies the number one seed for the Bulls in the playoffs. To add injury to insult with this statement win, peep what Derrick Rose did to Rajon Rondo at the top of the key. In Rondo’s defensive, there isn’t a human being alive that would’ve been capable of staying in front of this. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t show it and talk about it:
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