Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks rivalry to rekindle tonight
Everyone knows about the famous and notorious rivalry between the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls. This rivalry started back in 1989 and no one is sure when it will last?
It has been a series of conflicts, personnel changes and many different issues that were born between the teams and are still present somehow.
The New York Knicks team had to face one of the worst losses that they saw this season. It happened in February, when they fell 118-85 while playing against the dangerous Bulls.
The Bulls are one of the most successful teams in the East. They have earned that honour because of their 46-32 record.
Taj Gibson from the Bulls team said that they understood they are a man down without Carlos and that they are trying to pick up the slack, just battle, he said, night in and night out. He said that the first loss of the season to Oklahoma City motivated
them a lot. He also added that they had really improved in the last couple of games.
Chicago Bulls should not worry about the circumstances of this game as they have two of their best players still on board. Luol Deng and Derrick Rose have already given their impressive performances and proved themselves to the World.
Luol Deng was awesome when he scored his 40 points, the highest in his career so far. He scored this high score while playing against Portland (118-85).
Derrick Rose also scored a high 39 points in a 101-91 win over the Detroit team on Saturday.
The Knicks are still trying to get to know each other and build chemistry within the team. It sure takes time and the results will show whether the formulas worked or not.
The Knicks need to spend more time and understand each other so that they can substitute that into a powerful and successful game against their rivals.
Ronny Turiaf and Eddy Curry from the Bulls team have been reported injured and the same is the case with Carlos Boozer from the Knicks.
Both the teams have to come prepared in order to fight each other otherwise they will have to face the music themselves. If they do not want to face the music, they will have to break the records.
Looking at both team’s statistics history against each other, it can be seen that the Bulls beat the Knicks in all the games except one in a long period of fifteen years, 1981 to 1996. As a whole the Chicago Bulls have 128 points and the New York Knicks
have 105 points.
The Bulls have 24 playoffs while the Knicks have only a half of that, which is 12.
Bulls have players like Derrick Rose, who scored 29 points despite his right hip injury in the February 16 game against the Knicks. It seems like fire is always blazing in the nostrils of the Bulls whenever it comes to facing their rivals on the basketball
court.
Referring to Rose, Lee said that whenever he is hitting a jump shot, he is a tough to handle. He said that Rose is a strong player and that when he is at the basket he is so good at finishing. “He's one of the best finishers as far as guards are concerned
in the league”, he added.
But we are not sure whether it’s the Bulls, who will win the game tonight or not, because Knicks are getting better day by day and you never know if the game changes its course at the last moment.
Well let’s wish both of the team’s best of luck. Let’s hope that their transition is from good to better and not from bad to worse.
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