I’ve taught my almost 4 year old well. He asks me “Who’s Playing Tonight?”. Is it the Bulls? Ok, then who are they playing. Blackhawks? Same follow up question. Most of the time, I know the answer. This past Tuesday, I did not.
After watching the Bulls lose to Atlanta on Monday night, my mind went blank. Sitting at work later the next day, I thought to myself “who’s playing tonight?” I didn’t think anybody was on. I thought it was another one of those days with no Bulls or Blackhawks. It seems like that has happened a lot this year… definitely more than last year. Well, it wasn’t. Actually, it was the complete opposite. Both teams were in action on this Tuesday night, and now, 2 days later, I get to sum it up.
My son and I watched some of the first half of the Bulls Pacers. At halftime, I turned on the Blackhawks, and recorded the 2nd half of the Bulls game. My wife and I would finish watching the game later that evening. The only thing is, I had to stay off Twitter until then. It wasn’t that hard. The Blackhawks meanwhile were playing the Wild for the final time this season… and losing again. They ended up getting swept for the season series; are the Wild finally positioned to get some revenge on us in the postseason? If not this year, then never, right? We may be finding out soon enough.
The bigger story coming out of the Hawks game of course was the Duncan Keith penalty. I didn’t see it until the next day; it was pretty bad. A quick lapse of judgment… an instant reaction… and last year’s playoff MVP might miss some of this year’s round. 5 games? I hope so. More than that? They’re still deciding. It’s bad enough we barely have 4 good defense men; to lose our best for any amount of postseason play, could sink us. That could be the worst player to lose… or maybe it’s the other guy that hasn’t been playing. When is Crow coming back? Will he be 100%? I talked about how I wasn’t panicking too much about the Hawks postseason… I think it’s safe to say I’m in panic mode now… at least until I hear about the suspension. Crow is supposed to be back on the ice this weekend.
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Back to that 2nd half of the Bulls game. My wife knew not to look at Twitter either, so we would both be surprised who pulled this game out. She didn’t, but a phone call brought her the winner. She didn’t tell me, and we watched it. As Jimmy Butler hit the game winning shot, I knew why she didn’t tell me; I knew why we watched it.
It was a flicker in a fading season. I thought, this will propel the Bulls to a run down the stretch to a postseason berth. Then I thought better of it. It was a nice win, over another team that’s trying to miss the playoffs. It was a nice moment, in a not-so nice season. I’m taking it for what it was: one win. The Bulls will need some more of those if they really want to salvage a postseason appearance.
Typically preparing for 2 long postseason runs, this year we hope for at least one; and lately, that hope has been fading. With the Bulls on the outside looking in, we pray for a miracle. With the Blackhawks looking like crap, we hope they can turn it on. Playoffs? Are you ready for some playoffs?
bullwinkle
wow, didn’t take all that long for you to turn on the hawks. not necessarily turning on them, but admitting that they’re in deep doo-doo. guess the fact that the wild just swept them in a 5 game season was the final straw. they are very vulnerable, and need a major mental turn-around. it was like watching a team that wants it playing a team that’s almost phoning it in. no hustle for loose pucks, MANY poor zone clearing ‘attempts’ that turned into shots for the wild, more porous defense allowing them in at will….can’t do that against a hungry team like the wild or the stars. i’ll keep rooting for them ’til it’s over, but head over heart tells me that that may not be much longer.
MK
Hawks never play good in March…just the end of an 82 game season with much more important games coming after. Do the Hawks have issues right now? Yes…injuries, keith out a playoff game, lack of want, but with this much talent, all of that can be turned around real quick when it matters. The Hawks have been there, done that. They have the experience. They are Cup champions! I may be a little nervous, but I will never count this team out until they are actually eliminated. The goal remains the same…REPEAT!!!