The Pacers not winning was a bummer. Not so much because it’s the Pacers, but because it would have been such a great story. But alas, this is the NBA. Best team wins 9 out of 10.

But man, what a game by the ‘Bro. Look at his career. Dude comes in as the most hated college player since Redick. Works hard to do well in Pacers camp. Then comes down with what is first called an ear infection, but is later diagnosed as vertigo. VERTIGO. Who the hell gets vertigo who isn’t mountain climbing?! Then he busts his ass to come back from that, does so, and has a pretty great season once O’Brien gets canned. Everyone’s reacting today like “oh, that’ll never happen again.” Guy has game. Even if it’s a bizarre archetype.

When he got whacked in the head and went down, it was a legitimately scary moment (which didn’t stop the Bulls fans from booing like crazy). He went to the back, came back out, and KILLED Boozer. Killed him dead. Carlos Boozer is normally bad at defense. The “Bro made him look even worse.

Shame they didn’t win. I had a “WELCOME TO CHICABROUGH” headline all picked out and everything.

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