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    On the John: You can’t stop what’s coming

    The third quarter ends with a flurry of buckets. Eleven points from little Jeff Teague helps Atlanta cut an eight point Bulls lead to one, and then Josh Smith knocks down a jumper to give the Hawks their first advantage of the game, 64-63. From...

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    Rose as Jordanesque as can be, leading Bulls past Hawks in Game 3

    When Michael Jordan left Chicago and enjoyed a temporary retirement from the game he dominated, the Bulls became an afterthought. They entered a period of futility, failing to reach the playoffs for five straight seasons. Then they returned to relevancy, heading back to the postseason...

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    On the John: Getting medieval on the Pacers

    My favorite moment of Saturday’s Game 1 victory over the Indiana Pacers wasn’t Rose’s block-spin-layup sequence in the 1st quarter, or his game-tying layup-FT-layup sequence in the 4th quarter, or Noah’s consecutive blocks on Josh McRoberts in the game’s final moments. It was Luol Deng...

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    On the John: Dancing days for the Chicago Bulls

    In just a few minutes, the Chicago Bulls will take floor at the United Center to, I suspect, the greatest heroes welcome bestowed on a Bulls team since Game 5 of the 1998 Finals, or, at least, Game 6 of the Celtics series. That is...

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    On the John: A spec-tac-ulah move, by Derrick Rose

    With just over three minutes to play in the first quarter of yesterday’s Bulls-Knicks game, Derrick Rose took Toney Douglas off the dribble from the three-point line, exploded from the left toward the basket, took two dribbles, leapt from the lane, cocked the ball with...

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