andJoyceRandolph

Yup. You're really smart. 1 player on a team made his team 18 games better than the Hawks. Totally rational and practical. I have a lot to learn from you. I have a feeling you are about 20 years old or younger. Don't worry, you'll learn.

First, I'm NOT a Bulls fan. Second, the Bulls had more points in the paint, and more rebounds. How were the Hawks more aggressive? Anyone who looked at the NBA this year and realistically saw this Hawks team as an Eastern Conference Finals team is either the biggest homer in the world or absolutely blind. They are playing a better team. They're playing them tough, but when all is said and done, the Bulls have the best player on the court and that, as it usually is in the NBA, is the difference,

Man- No wonder the fans in ATL get disrespected the way they do. You would not find the gripping and whining about officiating on a forum for the Celtics, or the Lakers, or any other team with knowledgeable fans. Seriously? Bad calls are why the Hawks lost? That's not what I saw. Listen, calls are earned. It's been that way since the beginning of the league. When you prove yourself to be an exceptional player, like Magic, Bird, MJ, Kobe, Lebron, Howard, Wade, etc, you get the benefit of calls, BECAUSE no one is hacked as much as those guys. When the best players in the league go to the hoop, especially in the playoffs, they get hit harder than anyone else. Why don't you check out some of the highlights of the Bulls and Pacers series and then get back to me about D Rose catching breaks. You play aggressive, you get rewarded. I don't want to hear about the 2 or 3 times some Hawk, be it Teague or Johnson, or whoever, went to the hoop and didn't get the call. If you can count the number of times it happened, it's not happening enough. You won't get the call if it's few and far between. The Hawks ARE NOT a physical team. They just are not. That's why they're only a 5 seed, that's why they're about the be eliminated, that's why this group will never be better than a second round team. Deal with it.