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by CHRIS SHERIDAN
AUBURN HILLS -- Not a single cloud obscured the bright blue sky Sunday
morning as the Chicago Bulls, having slept off their beating, got on the bus
and headed back to The Palace.
With the possible exception of Andres Nocioni, who still appeared
shell-shocked over what he called "my worst game as a Chicago Bull," their
collective mood was a reflection the weather: Hey, it's a new day and a nice
day, so let's put yesterday behind us. "We was like De La Hoya. We got beat
up pretty bad. But the only thing you can do after a game like that is go
home and get a good night's sleep," Ben Wallace said. "You compete in this
league, and sometimes you're going to get beat. Was it a slap in the face?
More like a punch in the throat."
Wallace might have been the loosest of any of the Bulls, quipping to
reporters for the second straight day that he's still interested in selling
one of us his still-unsold Detroit home. (Wallace noted it has six bedrooms,
but no basketball court.)
Seeing how goofy he was and all, I asked him which NBA player is most likely
to resemble Floyd Mayweather Sr. 20 years from now. Ben voted for Marquis
Daniels of the Indiana Pacers, while my choices were Troy Hudson and Mikki
Moore).
Scott Skiles was not obsessing over the loss either, noting that the Bulls
have typically been resilient after their missteps, most recently when they
followed their season-ending loss at New Jersey, which cost them the No. 2
seed, with four straight victories over the Miami Heat.
"We always respond. That's our history. That's what we do. The issue is, if
we respond, can we beat them if they're playing at that high of a level
again," Skiles said. "Even if we had the whole day off today, I know we'd
come out and play better tomorrow. The question, though, is whether better is
good enough. We're playing a great team here, and so we have to be
exceptional, and not just better than we were."
Skiles seemed perplexed by the preponderance of mental mistakes, including
five or six instances where the ball went to Ben Wallace while he was tightly
guarded in the low post with less than six seconds left on the shot clock
when guards were standing open on the perimeter.
Nocioni had no suitable explanation for his performance, which included three
turnovers in rapid succession shortly after he entered the game late in the
first quarter.
"They played harder than us, a little bit better than us, but it was the
first game, we don't need to think about that. Personally, it was terrible.
It was my worst game as a Chicago Bull, and it was not the right moment to
have this kind of game, but that's it. Right now we need to think about the
next game. It's a long series, and I know this series needs someone to change
the rhythm of the game. Last night was the perfect moment for me to do
something for my team, but I didn't. So I don't know. It's just the first
game. That's the best thing," Nocioni said.
Game 2 is Monday night.
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I WANT TO STAND WITH YOU ON A MOUNTAIN
I WANT TO BATHE WITH YOU IN THE SEA
I WANT TO LAY LIKE THIS FOREVER
UNTIL THE SKY FALLS DOWN ON ME
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