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The New York Knicks came up short Thursday (April 11). Then again, so did the Chicago Bulls. The Knicks were without center Tyson Chandler and the Bulls were without center Joakim Noah. Neither team had a player taller than 6-9 in the game at the United Center.
Derrick Rose was on the United Center court — before the game. OK, so maybe the first thing you see is Nancy To, Miss Illinois United States.
While the lineups may have been short, the game was long — with the Bulls winning 118-111 in overtime to snap the Knicks’ 13-game winning streak. The shortest man on the court, 5-9 Nate Robinson, led the Bulls with a season-high 35 points. He came up big in overtime, scoring eight of the team’s 13 points.
The Bulls ended the Miami Heat’s 27-game winning streak — second-longest in NBA history — on March 27 at the United Center.
“For us, we’re not focused on stopping streaks,” Robinson said. “We’re just trying to get better as a team going into the playoffs.”
Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks with 36 points on 13-of-34 shooting from the field and 10-of-10 free throws. Robinson’s points came on 10-of-18 from the field (including 5-of-11 three-pointers) and 10-of-10 free throws.
“You’re never going to stop a guy like that,” Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said of Anthony.
As for Robinson?
“You’ve got to give him some rope because that is who he is,” Thibodeau said. “Nate is not afraid. He’s a shooter. He’s got a short memory, so if he misses and the next one comes, he is not hesitating.”
“Nate was cooking,” Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich said. “Nate’s a pure scorer. He hitsa couple and it’s over. His confidence goes through the roof, and he’s been great for us all year.”
Jimmy Butler, who played all 48 minutes Tuesday against Toronto, played a game-high 50:17 against the Knicks and posted a career-high 14 rebounds. He had 22 points. Carlos Boozer had 13 points and 15 rebounds. Luol Deng had 16 points but played only 33:20 because of foul trouble.
Anthony missed a potential game-winner at the end of regulation.
“The streak is over with,” Knicks coach Mike Woodson said. “It would have been nice if Carmelo’s shot went in.
The victory gave the Bulls a four-game season sweep of the Knicks for the first time since 2004-05.
“They can have it,” Anthony said. “They can have it. They can have it. They can have the regular-season wins. They did a great job at beating us four times. We’re not worrying about them at this point.”
Video from the Bulls-Knicks postgame and, of course, the Luvabulls from during the game. Plus Jessia Rae singing the national anthem before the game:
Posing with Jamie Barwick is what some of us like to think of as work. Sure it is.
The April 11 edition of “Sports & Torts” with co-hosts David Spada and Elliott Harris on Talkzone.com is in the books. Or wherever they put the podcasts for the interview program. The guests on the show were former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca and Chicago Bliss rookie tight end Jamie Barwick.
In a lengthy, wide-ranging interview, Branca talked about the debut of Jackie Robinson who broke baseball’s color line on April 15, 1947. He also chatted about the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” — the home run Branca allowed to Bobby Thomson to give the New York Giants the 1951 National League pennant. And plenty more.
Jaime talked about the Bliss, which is the Legends Football League (formerly the Lingerie Football League) that has its season opener April 19 at 9 p.m. against the Los Angeles Temptation at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
For those who missed the show (and/or for those who would like an encore performance), you can check it out by clicking here.
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