CAROLINA Cougars @ CHICAGO Bulls Game 5 – 1973 ABANBAFIBA Playoffs S1E29 – NBA2k23 Gameplay
And here are the Bulls now trailing here by eight. And Charlotte looking who they’ve got. Cunningham is out there with ABC. Then it’s Jones. Then there’s Dimes. And it’s Owens in the center. And he’s usually able to score on that type of defense rather easy. Surprising to see him come away empty. left side. Walker Sloan deciding where to go with it. The kick out to Walker all alone. Hornets with the rebound. I guess even he has took this one of those once in a while. Pass to Caldwell. Charlotte gets it back. He gets it in there. 10 points for Q. Hard work pays off with a rebound in a bucket. That’s just great fundamentals. Walker the pass to Sloan inside. It’s tipped. Cunningham outside. Charlotte moving it around. Here’s the floater. Owens and it’s blocked and he keeps control of the ball. Bulls trail by 10. There’s big smooth left side walker [Applause] to Sloan trying to shoot and he could not get that one to go. Out of contact and he’ll go to the line for two points. How about that team first mentality that Sloan brings to the game? He does everything on offense and plays with a ton of passion defensively. taking two shots. That free throw no good. And he’s letting a lot of points get away at the free throw line tonight. It’s got to be frustrating to have all that hard work not pay off. Bulls making the switch here. Quarters checked in. Here’s Dimes. Feeds it to Owens. Here’s the pass to Dimes. Owens with it. It’s Jones on the way. Rebounded by the captain. The captain’s got 14. Yep. 14 rebounds for him tonight. Wow. Here’s Van Leer. A rebound by Caldwell. Caldwell has got his fifth rebound right now in the game. Kicks it out to Jones. to the hoop and he’s fouled pretty hard on that shot, but he’s got the chance to pick up the points in the line. And guys, let’s get your take on the hustle stats. First free throw is good. And if they continue, Kevin, they’re outstanding free throw shooting. That’ll help them seal the deal. He’s checked in for Porter. We’re in the fourth quarter here. Just under 2 and 1/2 minutes gone. Thunder passes to Garrett. It’s good. He finds a shooter in motion and is confident he can threat him with the lead pass. Well done. That was a second look at our Mobile One drive. Amazing control on display. There is no letup from this man. He is doing everything in his power to keep this game close. Here’s Crowell [Applause] kicks to Cunningham. [Applause] Shot clock at five. And he overshot that one. Missing. You know, they don’t score on that shot, but they’re going to be happy with those kinds of possessions. Here’s Ray shooting foul. And as the whistle blows, he’ll shoot two free throws. Third offense getting right to the rim. At least they saved the layup. That free throw missing. Big dog. He’s jacked in for two and he’s good on the second. Charlotte leading by eight. Outside Jones pass to Caldwell. Runningham left side. Here’s Dimes just five on the clock. Unloads. Charlotte again missing. And he’s very confident from that range. You can’t make them all. Here he goes. in that one. He’ll throw. Sloan’s not 21. Charlotte shooting at 51%. Really South Carolina. Charlotte calls timeout. And at this point of the game, getting a break here. Important for the teams to regroup. And for the players, this is where you have a chance to get rehydrated with Gatorade. Play strong draw to finish off the game. The erasers jump in for the Boltons. And the latest now from our sideline reporter, David Aldridge. David, it’s all yours. Take it away. Well, Kevin, I had a chance to find out what Charlotte’s coach is going over with his guys. His key message was, “Don’t get comfortable. Those guys are going to come at us with everything they’ve got. Let’s bring the intensity and stay focused on every possession.” Kevin, back to you. All right, thank you, David. Here’s Thunder after the basket by Charlotte. Passes to Ray and fouled on the shot. So he’ll get a chance at the line. No question he got blocked. Foul. He’s off on the first. At the line for Chicago. At the line for two. Good on the second free throw. Here’s Dimes. [Applause] Here’s Caldwell. Pass to Owens. Runningham trying to break free. No good with the lane. Bulls trail by seven. Sloan passes to the eraser [Applause] to the inside and that’ll be two free throws coming up. Officials on the call with the foul. Third personal foul. Cuttingham is an elite offensive player. Guy who can score bunches and does a little bit of everything for his team. He’s perfect from the line this time. [Applause] Bulls have gone two for five on field goal attempts in the fourth quarter. [Applause] Here’s Thunder outside. Walker to the left wing. Six to shoot. Pulls moving the ball around. Right wing. Fires it up. The put back. Great positioning on the putback. Oh, great timing. He is one tough customer on that offensive glass. It’s like he has a sense of where that rebound is going. And it’s the Hornets with the ball. The Bulls getting their last shot to go [Applause] with the fade away. Misses off the right height. Okay, let’s just say this has been for him. Not to break a mirror out. That’s a major lead throw there. Keeps a tight grip on that rim too after the finish. Here’s Dimes after Chicago picking up the basket just moments ago. Here’s [Applause] Conewell guarded by Walker. Cunningham passes to Owens from the deep three-point range. A new 14 for Charlotte. Cunningham and two free throws coming up. Unable to get that one to go with the run for the away team. Billy Cunningham. The first one falls taking two shots. Enzo Cunningham nails both of them. Pulls trail by seven. [Applause] Thunder passes to Sloan. Driving inside and he hard with one hand. Strong movement to the 10 trying to get his guys. Hard not to get right when your teammate makes that play. Try to Here’s Dimes. Shot clock at six on the basketball. Jones has for two. Charlotte again missing. Bulls have gone five for nine from the field in the final quarter so far. And there’s the gets it for him. He’s fouled out of the game. That is a big loss for this team. This game still in the balance and he’s someone they always want in there at crunch time. Big dog. He’s jacked in for Chicago. Yeah, and luckily they’ve got terrific depth at that position. If there’s one spot on the floor where they can afford to lose somebody, that would probably be it. Charlotte on D. Here’s Slaughter to the left side wing. Here’s Ray. It’s Cunningham with the rebound. I think the defense will live with him taking mid-range jumpers, but maybe just a little bit more resistance. There’s Cornwell. Pass to Jones. Just finds it to go from 18 ft away. Jones has got 23 points. And the lack of effort to fight over the screen there makes that an easy shot. Yeah, as soon as these guys feel contact, they are just disappearing like they’re not even there. You got to show some fire and keep defending. Here’s Sloan and he gets the whistle. Two free throws coming up. Oh, the foul. 15 foul at the line for the Bulls. That one is off. taking two shots and he sinks the second. He’s dialed up his aggression here in the second half. Consistent in working himself to the line. Dimes. The pass to Cunningham. Here’s Dimes. Puts one up from 19. And Sloan with the rebound. passes it to Herd down low. The captain no good. Hornets leading by six. Here’s Caldwell and contact shot. So he’ll be shooting free throws here. Second personal foul. Clearly shooting and he makes the first. Joe Paul two shots. Both good from the line that time. For a star like him, you get lots of opportunities at the line and he’s great at cashing it in. Here’s Van Leer. Pass to Walker. Here’s Thunder. The pass to Ray. It’s rebounded by Charlotte. Manning’s got his fifth rebound right now in the game. There’s the steel. Thunder passes to Herd. Here’s Ray. Goes up and lays it nice and easy. That gives him the double double. 10 points and 19 rebounds. Charlotte calls timeout and starting to send guys to the line way more than they need to. Let’s get some good position defense going here. That should be the emphasis and get away from the sloppy fouls. And now let’s present our New Balance player of the game. And the D tried to get physical with him down low tonight and it really backfired. Instead, he’s just torn them up. He was aggressive inviting the contact and really just taking it straight to him. Now here’s Jones 16 feet away and that one is off. Walker finds slow and he makes no mistake on the same time. And those plays can make a difference in a game like this. Well, you know it’s going to fire up Greg. Everybody on that bench and you can feel the of energy that he sent through his team. That is a huge boost in a tight game like this. And so here’s Charlotte after Chicago picking up a basket just moments ago times. Six on the shot clock. Good. And the assist goes to Cunningham. Cunningham’s got four assists now tonight. You know, he was a nonfactor in that first half, but now he’s making up for lost time. Here’s Sloan into the lane. Oh, and there’s the one-handed jam. Fundamentals, guys, using the one hand slam. Really makes the basics look pretty exceptional. [Music] This is fires from the line. They get the rebound and that one goes out of bounds. Last touch by Cunningham. Brown is checked for the away team. Brown. Bulls trail by four. Two minutes. Long passes to Thunder. Two minutes. [Applause] There’s 154 left in the fourth quarter. The kick out to Walker. Five on the clock. Chicago needs to get off a shot here. And taken away by Brown. Here’s Jones. Head shot off and Chicago will go the other way with the ball. Pass to her. Here’s Thunder. 121 left here in the fourth quarter. Heard the pass to Thunder and he kings it after taking a nice feed on the line. and finding his teammate. [Applause] Here’s D. Rebound by Thunder tie it up. Sloan shot is off. Herd. The pass to Sloan over to the left wing. no good and it’s Jones with the ball for Charlotte. Shoots off the step back. It’s not going to go for him. And since halftime, he has just been ice cold. Just can’t seem to get anything to go this way. Here’s Van Le. A huge shot to tie it on. He just wants to see a player with no feet on what they need here. Determined to deliver. Charlotte calls time. Charlotte making the switch is checked in. 24 seconds left to play here in the fourth. Here’s Dimes. We’ve got 13 seconds left in the fourth quarter of this one to end the cold streak. It’s good. That’s a guy you want taking shots. A quality offensive player. Chicago calls timeout. They’re down by two. 7 seconds left in the fourth quarter. What do you think, guys? Big chance here to tie it with a buck. And you also have to wonder if they’ll try for a three. If they try for a two something opens up outside, I doubt that they will hesitate to take it. [Applause] 7 seconds left in the fourth quarter. The pass to her. Oh, why use his basket to tie the game. And after all that time, finally they’ve been able to tie it up here in the fourth quarter. What a comeback. And what a finish we have in store. And even when time is starting to run short, it was no panic. They kept their focus and went out their business. Here’s Calwell. Oh, they had a chance to win right there, but couldn’t get the ball. And regulation now complete. We will go to overtime from the United Center in Chicago. Back in a moment. And now we get set for overtime in what has been a stirring contest and Chicago has possession. We’ve got D. Cunningham is out there with ABC. Then it’s Jones and it’s time at the five. Billy Cuttingham. Fourth personal foul. First team foul. No good on that one for the Bulls. Number 20. Two shots. So neither attempt will fall that time for Charlotte shooting 47% of the four. Getting it done. Conewell by one. Jones. The basket dies. Takes it inside. Back to Jones. Count that one. Jones has got the first basket here in overtime for Charlotte. Nice ball movement there. Delivered the pass right on time. Here’s Sloan defended by Jones. Here’s Van Leer and the shot goes in. Thunderers got the game tied up here for the Bulls. So impressive with the fortitude the battle take a lot of as they might be after fighting tonight finishes coming in rebound by the Bulls got rebounds now tonight [Applause] we play just over a minute here in OG the eraser shots good as he is setting bricks straight like this. Plays like that right there are what help create easy scoring opportunities. And another great look at the 2K drive and the awareness of his footwork and body on that drive. Wow. Well, Greg, I’m sure their coach is very pleased with their offensive flow right now. I mean, it’s harder than it looks to get it going like this. Now they just have to maintain the hook going high to throw that one down. Skyhigh. Fantastic one hand jam. That’s the dimes. [Applause] Charlotte moving it around. [Applause] Pocket six. [Applause] It’s all in by the BS. passes it to banked in off the glass and now a six-point Bulls lead. And it just seems that every pass they make is leading to a score. Just a great ball movement. Charlotte calls timeout. [Applause] Big is jumped in for the eraser. [Applause] Just under two and a half minutes passed here in this overtime. Number one by challenging the bigger defender coming through in the biggest moment. You love the relentless wasn’t going to give him a chance for a big play. Stolen by Lewis. Other hand’s going to be out of bounds. The Bulls will say ball. The Bulls leading by four. [Applause] We’re just over 2 and 1/2 minutes into overtime in this exciting game. Here’s Walker. Here’s another rebound. Collecting yet another boy. He’s been everywhere. Just sensational. Billy Cunningham. Fifth personal foul. Second team foul and the first one at the line is good for Chicago at the line for two. No good on the second free throw. Charlotte trails by five to the middle. Here’s Jones. Two free throws coming up and they call the shooting foul. Fifth personal foul. first team fight and he knocks down the first one. Jones at the line for two and so Jones nails both of them and really the tension could not be higher right now like he was shooting free throws in practice. What a cool buster bunker in the corner to the paint. Here’s and the call on the shot sends him to the line. And so he’s picked up his final foul and he will sit for the rest of this game. And guys, this is where their depth comes into play. They they’ve got such talent at that position. They’d love to have him out there, but they won’t suffer much of a drop off. Gets the first. That gives them a four-point cushion. And so both free throws are good. And it’s a five-point game. Two possession game now. I mean, those were really important foul shots. Overtime basketball a little over three and a half minutes into it. Here’s Sloan. Here’s Van Leer. Sloan dishes to walk. Pass to the captain. Here’s Thunder for three. Times pulls it in. Giants got rebound number five here for tonight. and he picks it up. I like the intention, the focus, finding a way to make it work inside. Chicago leading by three. [Applause] Here’s Thunder. And there’s the pass [Applause] inside. Here’s the slow down to five on the shot clock. Here’s her beats the shot clock but can’t get it to fall. Here’s money and that shot brings them to within just one clutch basket. Even with him being on the short end of the stick size, he’s got to take that shot no matter who’s playing. He wants the ball in these situations. Here’s Thunder. Pass it to her. Here’s Thunder. Takes it to Strong. Three-pointer. They grabbed their own miss to Thunder. And he connects the foul. Yeah. No way that should have taken so long. They have that much time to waste. They need to foul immediately. So, the first one drops. That’ll put them up by two. two shots and the second free throw no good after a break there Charlotte timeout they’re trailing by two 8 seconds left in the first overtime action has been terrific what’s your take here you also have to wonder if they’ll try for a three but they’ll probably try for a two but if something opens up outside I doubt that they will hesitate to take it it’s on and Still a rare sight to see like the one he’s had tonight. He is totally in the zone showing his incredible focus when it comes to attack. Has the line for two. So he gets them both and it’s a four-point ball game. Cool, calm, and collected. Say that three times fast. He makes them all and beats this game. And they do it. They’ll move on to round two. They have control the whole series. They are just brawling now winning round one. Four games to one and going to be tough to beat Kevin. A few days from every team this one in five round should be exciting as well. And that about wraps it up for this broadcast of the NBA Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. This is Kevin Harland saying thank you for watching. We’ll see you next time. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Applause]
CHI leads 3-1
Season Summary in Game 2 description
SCORES ON EACH SERIES AFTER 4 GAMES (spoilers)
EAST :
CELTICS 4 SQUIRES 0
KNICKS 4 PACERS 0
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BULLETS 2 USSR 2
WEST :
WARRIORS 4 CONQUISTADORS 0
BUCKS 2 NUGGETS 2
LAKERS 1 COLONELS 3
STARS 3 SUNS 1
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