Boston Celtics vs Chicago Bulls Live
After another clutch overtime win, Boston will make its way to Chicago for the tip-off of game six in the night between Thursday and Friday at midnight GMT. Boston’s 106-104 win on Tuesday prevented the Celtics from loosing home court advantage and gave them a 3-2 lead over the Chicago Bulls.
However, there has been a heated debate about the game, mainly due to referee decisions which could have gone either way. Celtics key player and all-star Ray Allen already fouled out half-way through the fourth quarter after two questionable referee calls for defensive fouls off the ball. Nonetheless, Boston came back from an 11-point deficit in the fourth and rallied to overtime after Ben Gordon missed the potential game winning shot at the end of regulation. In fact, it was already the third time in five games that it took five extra minutes to determine the winner.
Down 104-106, Bulls veteran Brad Miller drove to the basket with two seconds left when Rajon Rondo sent him to the deck bleeding with a hard foul. But the referees did not call a flagrant foul even though Rondo clearly hit Miller in the head and left the latter bleeding on the floor. Instead Brad Miller was only given the usual two free throws which he could not convert and thus the Celtics won another close game between these two competitive teams.
Rajon Rondo nearly achieved his third triple-double of the series, finishing the game with 28 points, 11 assists and 8 rebounds. For the Bulls shooting guard Ben Gordon led the scoring with 26 points, 6 assists and 3 rebounds despite his sore hamstring.
Given the fact that we have seen 3 overtimes in 5 games so far as well as 4 of the 5 games being decided in the last minute of the game it appears to be common sense that game six will be a hard fought battle. While the Celtics are hoping to close out the series on Thursday, the Bulls will give all they got to force a game seven in Boston. You can watch this exciting NBA first round playoff game live here at www.watchlivenba.com, the home of live NBA streaming.
Tags: Boston, Chicago, Chicago Bulls, NBA, live NBA Posted: 30th April 2009 |
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