"Hated him, hated him, as a competitor", Wade said of Rondo after Game 2 Tuesday night. This is the first time in National Basketball Association history a number one team lost the first two games to a number 8 seed in a seven-game series. Wade was an even bigger surprise than Rondo, but he was in playoff mode with 3 three-pointers that helped the Bulls pull away in the 2nd half. The Bulls look like a team capable of winning the East (they get the Wizards-Hawks victor if they finish off Boston) and we'll just leave this here: the Bulls were 4-0 vs. the Cavaliers this season. But before the game, Jimmy (Butler) and (Dwyane) Wade kept telling me to shoot the ball and stay aggressive.
"We're like this", Jimmy Butler said, balling up his fist to show the team's tightness after a regular season with occasional fractures. "I've seen him in the trenches before, and he's always bounced back". Joe Johnson, whose floater at the buzzer gave them a two-point win in Game 1, added 13 points off the bench.
"And we did the same thing when we played - to Derrick Rose".
While Rondo's time in the National Basketball Association following his long tenure with the Celtics can best be described as tumultuous, he is now back in the groove, despite being benched multiple times during the regular season by coach Fred Hoiberg. While his 33 points might not have been enough to carry the Boston Celtics to a win, there is no need to panic, it's only Game 1.
The Bulls used several quick spurts to control the game, the last one the 10-0 burst that built a 19-point lead in the fourth quarter.
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The Celtics lost Game 1 of the seven-game series 106-102 on Sunday.
LeBron James and Isaiah Thomas during a December 2016 game. Serge Ibaka added 16 points for Toronto, Cory Joseph had 11 and Jonas Valanciunas added 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
"Jae said it best, that's all we have". The Celtics' best rebounder is probably Al Horford, who definitely doesn't have the size or strength to battle with Lopez for the boards.
Two years after an overachieving Celtics team was cheered despite a first-round sweep at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Bradley and company heard the boos this time after another uninspired effort in a 111-97 loss in Game 2. "We just made some mistakes that are fixable and we'll have a chance to do it [in Game 2]".
Thomas did not speak to the media afterward and will now head to Tacoma, Washington to be with his family to finalize funeral arrangements for his sister, Chyna Thomas.
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