The Chicago Blackhawks are in. The Chicago Bulls are in. Regardless of the fact that they may have done so in the most contradictory of styles, they're both ready to embark on their "second season." The Bulls, in one corner, clinched the highly regarded No. 1 spot on Friday night after the week that was.
To get there, they knocked off two of the Eastern Conference's top teams—the Orlando Magic and the Boston Celtics—albeit without the NBA equivalent of John Coffee from Green Mile, Magic C Dwight Howard, it was still impressive. The Bulls have looked, for the most part, pristine. Specifically Derrick Rose, who casually dropped 39 points against Chicago's likely second-round opponent and gave Omer Asik bragging rights from Istanbul to Ankara over the Magic's Hedo Turkoglu.
On the other side of the proverbial coin, the Blackhawks skated into the playoffs (no pun intended) by "the skin of their yellow country teeth." In fact, the only reason there will be any "playoff Hawky" (shoutout @Not_RyanCLind) in the city of Chicago is the NHL's Minnesota team debarring of the Dallas Stars for stealing their franchise in 1993.
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Chicago Bulls and Chicago Blackhawks: Playoffs in the Chi-Town
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