Michael Jordan: "Detroit Pistons tried to hurt me"

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Boston was still the best defense in basketball in both 2011 and 2012 (2nd in points allowed and 1st in defensive rating in 2011, and 1st in points plowed and 2nd in defensive rating in 2012) and their top players weren't washed just yet. Zeke averaged 13.5 points for the 1991 playoffs on the other hand :francis:. Bosh also basically missed the first five games in 2012 (he only played 12 minutes in game 5) and Wade was getting his knee drained every other game in the 2012 playoffs. Garnett, Allen, pierce, and rondo all played well in the 2011 playoffs. A few of them limped through the 2012 playoffs. That entire season was a mess that came down to the last reasonably healthy team standing. If :deadrose: doesn't happen, we probably lose in the conference finals since the bulls had home court advantage and bosh would've still missed the first five games. The bulls had such a size advantage that Miami caught some luck too. Every champion has to catch some of it.
This is all very true. Those Boston teams of 2011-2012 could still defend like crazy. They did a good job getting rid of Perkins in 2012, because he woulda been a detriment to their defense against the small-ball Miami squads. The "Pace-n-Space" squads. And that Bulls team of 2011 were like Giants. Miami didn't have enough shooters and hadn't established that space-n-pace offense yet, to counter-balance Chicago's size and give them matchup problems. But I don't think the 2012 Bulls beat us. But who knows....
 

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This is all very true. Those Boston teams of 2011-2012 could still defend like crazy. They did a good job getting rid of Perkins in 2012, because he woulda been a detriment to their defense against the small-ball Miami squads. The "Pace-n-Space" squads. And that Bulls team of 2011 were like Giants. Miami didn't have enough shooters and hadn't established that space-n-pace offense yet, to counter-balance Chicago's size and give them matchup problems. But I don't think the 2012 Bulls beat us. But who knows....
We went 0-3 against Boston before the Perkins trade actually. We didn't have the shooters in 2011 to go small and spo hadn't thought to do so yet, but he was clearly at the end of his rope as a useful player. At the time, Bosh was key against Chicago. Wade averaged 19 a game on 40% shooting against the bulls in the 2011 ECF, while Bosh averaged about 23 points and 8 rebounds on sky high efficiency (he scored 30+ in games 1 and 3). He was the teams's only big man who could hit outside the paint in 2012. Still, I'm bummed we never got a rematch with the bulls with both teams at full strength.
 
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Never happen to the true GOAT

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Bird said Laimbeer would put his foot under Larry when he jumped so he might hurt his ankle when he came down. He said he knew it was deliberate so he did the same thing on the other side of the court and Laimbeer stopped doing it. Underhanded shyt with that Pistons team.
 

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We went 0-3 against Boston before the Perkins trade actually. We didn't have the shooters in 2011 to go small and spo hadn't thought to do so yet, but he was clearly at the end of his rope as a useful player. At the time, Bosh was key against Chicago. Wade averaged 19 a game on 40% shooting against the bulls in the 2011 ECF, while Bosh averaged about 23 points and 8 rebounds on sky high efficiency (he scored 30+ in games 1 and 3). He was the teams's only big man who could hit outside the paint in 2012. Still, I'm bummed we never got a rematch with the bulls with both teams at full strength.

thibbs blunder cost the bulls atleast 3 rings :mjcry:
 

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MJ got the rules changed the following year, Jordan a lil bytch.
Adrian Dantley knows what he was talking about, nikkas said Jordan wasn't even getting what they did to him, JOrdan entitled p*ssy

please tell me what "specific rule" was changed...
 

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please tell me what "specific rule" was changed...
1990-91
• Penalties for flagrant fouls increased such that an infraction is penalized by two free throw attempts and possession of the ball out-of-bounds. The offender may also be ejected if there is no apparent effort to play the ball and/or, in the official’s judgment, the contact was of such an excessive nature that an injury could have occurred. Ejected players will be automatically fined $250.
 

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1990-91
• Penalties for flagrant fouls increased such that an infraction is penalized by two free throw attempts and possession of the ball out-of-bounds. The offender may also be ejected if there is no apparent effort to play the ball and/or, in the official’s judgment, the contact was of such an excessive nature that an injury could have occurred. Ejected players will be automatically fined $250.

so this rule only applies to foul on michael jordan? :russ:
 
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