Carlos Boozer a first-team All-Groaner Team, just behind Kobe Bryant and Dwayne Wade in the voting...Tom Thibodeau looks like a guy waiting for a bus...Jeff Van Gundy coins a word: sideline interviewer Doris Burke is "indefatigueable..."
Knicks jump out to 26-6 lead...Chandler goes to bench at 2:13 of first quarter, gripping one of his tattoos...Boozer makes a layup, gets fouled, and Derek Rose claps on the bench while looking as always like he's thinking about what's for dinner...Omer Asik (anagram: more saki!) blocked 19 shots in a game in Turkey, Mike Breen informs us...Knicks may be Lin-less but aren't listless--the division is up for grabs!
Van Gundy decries "the state of sports journalism" in regard to the controversy swirling around his bro Stan in Orlando.
Baron Davis (anagram: Bravado? Sin!)passes up a wide-open five-footer, passes the ball, gets it back and goes one-on-one for a flailing fallaway, gets bailed out by a foul, but misses both FTs...A minute later Davis launches a 28-foot airball, and Bulls come down and get a 3-pointer the hard way. They're back in the game...
At the half Jon Barry points out that the Bulls are thankful on Easter for J. R. Smith, who's "just chucking away" (1 for 7 from the field, mostly ghastly 3-pointers.)
Second half: Joakim Noah puts up a patented grotesque jumper -- has no one ever worked on Noah's arc?...Rose, heating up, cuts lead to 2 but then the Knicks go back up by 5 on a 3-pointer by---J. R. Smith, of course...How much time does Coach Mike Woodson work pregame on manicuring his beard?...J. R. Smith (no anagrams) goes one-on-one and forces another dreadful fallaway, which inspires Carmelo Anthony to do the same next time down...The Bulls cut it to 1...
Breen and Van Gundy engage in a lengthy and spirited debate over Melo's shot selection as Bulls take the lead...Rose 14 points in third quarter...
4th quarter: Knicks down 5, get a steal but Davis lobs another airball, Smith clanks a 3 then passes the next time down to Iman Shumpert, who buries one...Bulls by 1...Smith goes 1 on 1, gets stuck in midair and has his shot blocked...
Smith again--clank! 3 for 15...Boozer counters with an airball...Shumpert clanks a 3-pointer, and Rose converts a 4-point play to seal it, probably (Bulls up by 9 with five to go...
Woodson starts to yank Smith, but he cans a 3 (3 for 16) and Woodson changes his mind...Smith then misses another 3...Chandler inexplicably fouls Lual Deng 32 feet from hoop with 34 seconds left, but Deng (Lual Deng anagram: aged null) misses both FTs...Knicks down 3, Novak comes in, Knicks run play for him and his 3 goes halfway down and spins out...But Rose misses 2 more FTs and Melo comes down and cans tying 3 (degree of difficulty 10.0)...Rose airballs at the buzzer.
Overtime: Noah finally stirs up a brouhaha--has to go to OT to do so...Smith nails back-to-back jumpers, Rose does the same...Novak and Shumpert try ill-advised 3s...Chandler plays volleyball on three offensive rebounds in a row, giving Knicks life...Melo buries another 3 (degree of difficulty 11.0) to give Knicks the lead, and Rose, harried by Iman Shumpert (anagram: inputs hammer) as he has been all game, misses runner at the horn. Knicks win!!
The day's heroes are Carmelo Anthony (43 points) and Iman Shumpert (anagram: Triumphs! Amen!)
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