The
Series between the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat is displaying a lot of
intensity. It is also showing how teams who are substantially different in terms
of their roster are annoying each other into uncontrolled insanity whether it
be through Hard fouls or Flops These teams don’t like each other.
This series is also
serving as a defining moment in the career of arguably the most Important
player currently healthy on the Chicago Bulls roster and this person stands at a
Chiseled,uncontrollable 5’9-Nate Robinson. Throughout his career Nate has
displayed inconsistency but has left little doubts of his talent level in the
minds of the people who witnessed him. The only problem is that his defensive
effort has never been inconsistent and that’s a no go in the playoffs. Stops in
New York, Boston, Golden State and Oklahoma City have always left people
wondering why Nate can’t stick anywhere. This playoff run has provided him with
an opportunity to prove himself to the basketball world and the Chicago Bulls
organization that he is here to stay and isn’t just some dude who will bounce
from team to team.
With Derrick Rose
injured and most likely never coming back for the rest of the Playoffs Nate
Robinson has been provided with substantial minutes in the playoffs for the 1st
time ever. As a Celtic in 2010 he averaged 7.5 minutes per game. As a member of
the Oklahoma City Thunder he averaged 4 minutes a game and during those 2
Playoff Cameos for Robinson he started 0 games.
This Postseason he has started
6 games and played a big role in some of the Bulls most important wins. Like
During Game 4 Against the Brooklyn Nets at the United Center in Chicago where
Nate collected 34 Points 4 Assists and 2 Steals in a 142-134 Triple Overtime
Win for The Bulls which will go down as one of the craziest games in Bulls history
where he also dropped 23 fourth quarter points. He has shown that He will not
back down to anyone and that in
a larger role can produce big time. Nate wound up leading the Bulls to a 7 game series
over Brooklyn which leads us to where we stand now.
The Miami Heat are the
center of attention in the Basketball world locally and globally someone in
your neighborhood is Loving or Hating the Miami Heat. At this Current moment
that also applies to the Chicago Bulls depending on your perspective. The Heat
look like an immovable force and Here are the Bulls the most injured,
Unhealthy team in the playoffs that is going to give every ounce of energy it
takes to win by any means necessary. The series up to this point currently
stands at a 2-1 Heat lead. It has also been a tale of two Nate’s and proven why
he Is the X-Factor in this series. In Game 1 the Bulls stole home court with a
93-86 Victory over the Miami Heat. In that Game Nate Robinson tallied 27
points, 9 Assists on 50% shooting while hitting 3 Three pointers. The last 2
games he has scored under 20 points and shot under 40%. If the Bulls are going
to win this series Nate will have to adjust back to the Heat and get on track
and play at a high level.
Rose, Luol Deng and
Kirk Hinrich are all out. The Bulls are considered underdogs by many and Nate
has been one his whole life this is a defining moment in his career. There was
a song I once heard that sung “Opportunity, Opportunity comes but
once and don’t come back no more”. The lights on Nate Robinson may never be
brighter than they are right now at this current moment.
So what’s it going to
Be Nate will you snatch and grab it?
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