Hawks Bulls post Season 2017

April 14 2017

It’s a great time of the year. You have baseball, basketball playoffs and Stanley Cup Hockey. In Chicago that’s two great teams and two lousy teams .Because baseball is just starting we’ll talk Stanley Cup and basketball playoffs

Although the Blackhawks lost the first game there is no reason to panic. The Hawks can play much better than last night and you saw Nashville’s best. The Hawks are the better team and should come out flying in game 2. Earlier this season when they had six days off and were supposed to fresh, they lost 1-0 to Edmonton.  They then proceeded to win 5 straight on the road.  The only real problem is sometimes teams can ride their goalies to the cup. Crawford is that type of player. I don’t think the Predators Rinne is and the Hawks offense will figure him out.. Another problem may be the power play which looks awful. The Hawks were better 5 on 5. Nashville was probably the best team in the conference going in. It may be tough however, I think the Hawks can win on the road and reach the second round.

 Turning to basketball, the team from the West to reach the finals will probably be the Golden State Warriors. One thing I can assure you is that they won’t be playing the Bulls. The worst thing that could

happen to this team was making the playoffs and not the NBA lottery. Usually the Bulls face Lebron’s team and get bounced. This year Cleveland looks vulnerable (not that the Bulls would beat them) and it could have been interesting,

This year’s first round is against a very good Boston Celtics team. The Bulls may have split four games winning twice at the United Center, (one on a phantom foul) and getting annihilated twice in Boston. In one game the Bulls had only 29 points at halftime and didn’t score a point until 5 minutes were gone in the first quarter..So each team wins at home and the series goes seven right?  Not a chance. Playoff basketball is different and if the Bulls win one game I’d be shocked. They may win game 4 with Boston losing interest up 3-0. We’ll talk about all that ails this team and their bleak future after the draft.

Stay tuned because after the first round this becomes good theater. This is especially true with all the great teams in the Western Conference. In the East you’ve got Cleveland, Boston and my pick, the Bullets, to battle it out for the Eastern Conference title.