| 25 March 2010
They will. Let me explain. By the way, before I get to that, I'm loading this post with anti-Raptors video propoganda to inspire Bulls nation as we try to force these annoying Canucks out of the playoff race. If you really hate the Raptors right now, as you should since they're standing in our way and damaging our potential ability to lure free agents, then you will love all three of these videos. Be sure to watch them, they're all really short. Sorry Toronto, you mess with Da Bulls' Eye, you get the horns.
Here's what's happening right now. The Raptors lost a very big game tonight. Lost is an understatement. They got destroyed. By approximately 26 points.
Huge for the Bulls.
The Bulls now sit exactly 2 games back of the Raptors. The Bulls play the Heat tomorrow night. They're due to beat the Heat and they're playing with momentum...so let's assume, for the sake of argument, that they win. IF they win, they will be 1.5 back as of tomorrow night.
On Friday night, the Raptors play the Nuggets. The Nuggets have lost 3 straight after tonight's loss in Boston, yet they're still an elite Western Conference team. They're going to come out hungry and anxious to snap this losing streak and get out of their funk rather quickly. They will eat Toronto for lunch. After Friday night, the Bulls will be 1 game back.
On Saturday night, the Bulls play the Nets. You absolutely have to assume that this will be a victory. The Nets will be on the second leg of a back-to-back, and they will be playing on the road. They have 8 victories this season, one came tonight. They surely will not win another one again so quickly. On top of that, they've already won once against the Bulls at home, and you have to believe the Bulls will be determined to prevent the embarrassment of getting swept by the Nets at home this season. This will be a W. By Saturday night, the Bulls will be a half game back.
On Sunday night, both the Bulls and the Raptors will be playing. The Bulls play the awful Detroit Pistons. The Bulls will be coming on the second leg of a back-to-back, but they will have played in what should have been a relatively easy game at home against the Nets on the previous night. The Pistons have lost 5 straight as of right now, and like the Bulls, they will have just faced the Nets just a day earlier than the Bulls did. So they will also be coming off of a victory. But this team is awful (they just lost twice to Indiana in the span of 5 days) and the Bulls will obviously know the stakes. This will be another W against team that is playing for nothing.
The Raptors will also be playing. They face the Heat in Miami on Sunday. Both of those teams will be playing for playoff position. I expect Dwyane Wade to put his team on his back at home and run past a Toronto team that will be demoralized after coming off of 2 straight losses to Western Conference contenders. Toronto will lose to Miami on the road. With a Bulls win and Toronto loss, the Bulls move a half a game ahead of the Raptors for the 8-seed.
The Bulls will hold the 8-seed by the end of the weekend. That's the reality, people. I told you not to count us out.
And even if things don't go exactly as I stated here, which they should, the Bulls will still have plenty of time to make up ground as they play Toronto one more time and Charlotte twice. Either way, this weekend will be huge and we will be AT LEAST within 1 game of the 8-seed. But I expect us to be in the 8th position. Either way...DO NOT FRET. Things are looking up. The schedule speaks for itself.
