By: Carrington Caul
#1 Seed (Chicago Bulls) vs #8 Seed Indiana Pacers
The Overview: Indiana fired head coach Jim O’Brien at the end on January and placed assistant coach Frank Vogel as the Interim head coach. Vogel stepped in and lead them to 20-18 record as the head coach and a 37-44 overall record which allowed them to clinching their first playoff berth since the 2006 season.
Meanwhile the Chicago Bulls have the chance to finish the season with the best record currently at 61-20 and the more than likely MVP PG Derrick Rose who is averaging 25.1 PPG, 4.1 RPG, and 7.8 APG who have also completed their first 60 win season since the 97-98 season and also clinched the #1 in the Eastern Conference for the first time since Michael Jordon retired.
The Series: The Bulls finished the season with a 3-1 advantage against the Pacers only losing the last game of the series against the Pacers 115-108 in which MVP leading candidate Derrick Rose scored 42 points with 4 rebounds and 2 assists. Meanwhile 2nd year player Tyler Hansborough finally stepped into his mold and scored 29 points, 12 rebounds and 2 steals.
The Prediction: This isn’t a easy sweep for Chicago but they should finish the series in 5-6 games. the Pacers have a very solid team that is missing one or two pieces but can play very hard every night and never give up. If they get the Hansborough that can have double-doubles every night they will challenge the Bulls which means like 95% of the time Derrick Rose will have to carry this team through the series.
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