HOly lord. The woe is me attitude coming from my fellow Cleveland fans is sad. Man up, people. Life will go on.
Anyway, Rose is a good player. One day he might be great. But that last three minutes was one of the greatest choke jobs by a single player in NBA history.
Just in case you missed it, Derrick Rose single-handedly lost that game in the final 3 minutes. Here is a run-down of what he did.
-Turns the ball over to Wade
-Proceeds to foul Wade on the lay-up attempt and give up and and-1 chance
-Fouls Wade on a 3-pointer and gives up another and-1
-Turns the ball over while trying to pass to a wide open Kurt Thomas. This led to the LBJ jumper for the Miami lead
-Misses a FT that would have tied the game
Folks, put CJ Watson in those last 3 minutes, and the Bulls win that game. Thats how unbelievably bad Rose was in those last 3.
Everyone saying he's the only guy on the Bulls who can create while Miami has 3...no, Miami has 3 and Chicago has 0 at this point. Rose is not a good enough number 1 option. Hell, I'm not sure if Westbrook was on this team and got to be the number 1 option if he doesn't end up being a better player. As a matter of fact, I'd bet money it.
Oh, and while the refs didn't have anything to do with the last 3 minutes, Miami once again made more FTs than Chicago shot.
And I can't let this Rose thing go. He followed up his stellar 8-27 with an even better 9-29. Do you guys realize if he plays just SLIGHTLY BELOW par, as opposed to sucking like a hoover vacuum, the Bulls are up 3-2 right now? And before people say he's the only guy who can do this and that, I'm telling you let Luol Deng shoot 29 times a game and I bet he can get you 25