The second game started off on the wrong foot for the Bulls, as they found themselves in a quick 7-0 hole, but the team responded quickly, retaking the lead and never relinquishing it, despite the Celtics pulling close in a few tense instances.
"It was just like the intensity, you just saw how we were going to play the next game, especially in Boston, how you've got to show up as a team, " Zipser said.
"Everybody's putting in each work, watching film, working on their game", Butler said. I'm not saying I'm gonna always come through, but I enjoy the moment when it's time for me to make [plays]. It wasn't immediately clear when the injury occurred, as Rondo played 40-plus minutes and finished the game. "Yeah", Wade said with a smile before Thursday's practice.
"Tonight, our job was easy". "Even when we made a good play, got a steal, got an offensive rebound, we were just thinking quick 3s". Obviously, I've been told of the gesture.
When it comes to a playoff series, the team with the best player usually wins. "I know our guys aren't satisfied, and we have to continue to bring it, and I'm confident that our guys will". After combining for just four points over the first two quarters, the Celtics' reserves put up 27 after halftime, including 12 of the team's first 15 points in the final frame. The Chicago Tribune added that the Bulls have until June 30 to decide if they make him stay or choose to part ways with him.
The Celtics have joined the 1993 Phoenix Suns as the only top seeds to drop the first two games of the opening series at home. The opposing team keys in on that, and doubles Thomas off of every screen. "Being a little more aggressive offensively but before the game Jimmy was telling me 'Shoot the ball, be aggressive, ' so with him telling me that, I just try to go out there and do what I need to do for my teammates".
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That will certainly be a hard task against a Juventus defence that is widely considered as one of the best three in Europe. Barcelona will take on Juventus at home in a UEFA Champions League quarterfinal second-leg match Wednesday evening.
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. Rondo then dribbled up the floor, waved for Nikola Mirotic and Robin Lopez to go to the rim and then fed Jimmy Butler for a wide-open 3-pointer.
Also, as per the numbers, the Boston Celtics are getting beat up in the rebounding column and second chance points.
The team and star guard Isaiah Thomas are already dealing with the emotional pain that came when Thomas' sister, Chyna, was killed in a vehicle accident last weekend.
Gordon Hayward led the Jazz with 20 points.
He missed six of his 13 free throws, had two assists and committed five turnovers.
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