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Talk about some punk ass f***ers.

 

WASHINGTON -- For the record, Andres Nocioni's birthday isn't until Nov. 30, but the Washington Wizards weren't being literal Monday when they wished the Bulls rookie birthday greetings.

 

On a playground, the talk emanating from the MCI Center after practice would be translated as, "Enjoy your career night, Andres, because it's not going to be that easy the next time.''

 

Nocioni scored 25 points and grabbed 18 rebounds Sunday at the United Center as the Bulls beat the Wizards 103-94 in Game 1 of their first-round series.

 

Game 2 is Wednesday, and Wizards forward Antawn Jamison basically dared Nocioni to do it again.

 

''Happy birthday,'' Jamison said. ''That's all I've got to say. Happy birthday. It was a present [from the Wizards].

 

''We're going to keep making him beat us. If he can [keep] doing that, I'll give it to him. Hey, he was feeling it. He was yelling and clapping and rebounding and shooting shots. I applaud him. But happy birthday.

 

''It was just one game. We had two main guys who did not play well [Jamison and Gilbert Arenas], and we are anxious to get back on the court and get that bad taste out of our mouths.''

 

Arenas admitted he inadvertently fired up Nocioni by implying he was a dirty player.

 

''He got a comment that fired him up, and he's ready to go,'' Arenas said. ''And he showed. If he plays like that the whole series, then congratulations.''

 

Wizards forward Kwame Brown is expected to play Wednesday after an MRI revealed a bruised right knee, suffered when Nocioni fell into Brown in Game 1. Brown left practice with a slight limp.

 

Arenas offered a plan to slow down Nocioni.

 

''You throw one of your wolves [at him], put an active guy on him,'' Arenas said. ''Unfortunately, Michael Ruffin is hurting. But if you throw an active Ruffin on him, you'll have two active guys going at it.''

 

Arenas said Nocioni did well simply because he was an active guy. But Arenas said it takes more than one game to make or break a best-of-seven series.

 

''I was always taught that it's easy to play one good game or one bad game,'' Arenas said. ''But that's why it's a seven-game series. And you see what you get from there.

 

''Can me and [Jamison] have a bad game all series while their young guys have seven good games? Anybody can have one good game and one bad game.''

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Chandler only played 16 minutes last game a big reason why nocioni stepped up and had the game he did with the boards. I wouldn't expect for him to do anything close to that again next game but on the defensive end i think he will still shut down jamison. If chandler gets to play 30+ minutes without any ticky tack bulls*** getting called on him the bulls win. I am looking for someone else to step up offensively next game, maybe othella?

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QUOTE(qwerty @ Apr 26, 2005 -> 11:23 AM)
Chandler only played 16 minutes last game a big reason why nocioni stepped up and had the game he did with the boards. I wouldn't expect for him to do anything close to that again next game but on the defensive end i think he will still shut down jamison. If chandler gets to play 30+ minutes without any ticky tack bulls*** getting called on him the bulls win. I am looking for someone else to step up offensively next game, maybe othella?

Othella looked to force teh ball early and then found himself in foul trouble along with Tyson. On a sidenote, those were such bulls*** tick tack calls I've ever seen. Finally in the 4th quarter the refs started to let the teams play and thats when the Bulls just kicked the piss out of them.

 

Still its one game down, they still need 3 more wins.

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Our big men really need to play smart and avoid those calls. Although some of the calls were kinda bulls***, a lot of them were our guys putting themselves in bad positions and not playing smart. Noc, our 'dirtiest' player, was able to play the whole game because he not only played aggressively, but also played smart.

 

The refs were calling some horrible fouls at the start, but maybe Tyson can acknowledge that while sitting on the bench and adjust.

 

Tyson has to step it up for us to win this series. He's obviously the better big we have right now in our injury-depleted lineup. That'll be key in winning the series.

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LMAO what little b****es. They're talking about "not having Ruffin active" Ummm, wtf, we're missing Curry and Deng for the whole thing, so quit you're crying. I also read Jamison say this in another article:

 

``He hit some shots that he normally doesn't make, and he was feeling it. He was yelling and clapping and rebounding and shooting shots,'' Washington's Antawn Jamison said Monday.

 

as if he knows Noc, he makes those shots all the time you little b****. You got ownt by a rookie, take it like a man

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QUOTE(T R U @ Apr 26, 2005 -> 08:28 PM)
I doubt he gets those numbers again.. dont get why you are all mad about it, its prolly true  :huh

 

I don't think so either, but Jameson came off as a real dumbass in that article -- like SS2K said, basically admitting they were playing lazy on him. I don't see how you could defend Jameson at all...

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QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Apr 26, 2005 -> 02:35 PM)
I don't think so either, but Jameson came off as a real dumbass in that article -- like SS2K said, basically admitting they were playing lazy on him.  I don't see how you could defend Jameson at all...

 

I like players that act like jerks.. I think its awesome.. If I was a professional athlete I would be the biggest jerk ever... man it would be awesome

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