CHICAGO BULLS

         The 1st seeded Chicago Bulls will have an easy opening round against the unraveling Philidelphia 76'ers. Philidelphia was one of the hottest team midway through the regular season being one of the top seeds, but after the All-Star break they fizzled out dropping all the way to the bottom seed. Chicago lost their best player to a torn ACL, but they hope the absence of Derrick Rose doesn't affect their title hopes.

        The team was succesful with 28-9 record with the reigning MVP out for games so the team hopes that they are able to fight through the absence of a superstar point guard. With a strong front court of Noah and Butler and a scrappy team they have a shot at winning the east but the injury does have an affect. They will need to re gather as a team and players will need to step up to fill the gaping void. Chicago should be able to pull of the series win this round but will face Boston Celtics or the Atlanta Hawks, two very good teams, in the next round so they will have their work cut of for them. I see Chicago winning this round but losing the next round to the Celtics.