Scanning the blogs and beats following the Bulls' 128-127 triple OT win over the Celtics in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals ...

Hardwood Paroxysm: "NBA: I’m begging you. Put this game on iTunes, or YouTube, or TNT for download, or something. I’m asking bloggers across the web. Back me on this. They should be able to work out a deal with iTunes. Put this thing online so we can preserve it, rewatch it, relive it. It’s worthy of it. This is not just another game. If you don’t believe me, take the word of a guy who’ve I seen write 'I’m not really surprised' about seven million times in the last two weeks."

CelticsBlog: "Someday in the future you'll be having a conversation with someone about some future playoff series and how close it is or how many overtimes it includes. You will laugh and say, 'that's nothing, I remember when ...' and you'll describe this series. The only question at this point is how you'll remember it.  Will it be a hard fought yet satisfying win or a hard fought regrettable loss? Jumping in the time machine again, imagine if you could go back in time and alter the events of history. Think about what you could do with minimal effort. As a Celtics fan, you could move the ball one inch on two plays and this series is a sweep. A Bulls fan could do the same and they win in five games. And the thing is, either fan would have an endless supply of plays to pick from that could have decided the games one way or another."

Blog a Bull: "When the Bulls final play in the 2nd OT was basically Brad Miller holding the ball for seven seconds and giving it to Salmons to fall down (Lindsey Hunter with the inbounds! Why? Who the hell knows!), it really was hammered home: This Bulls team is not that good. This Celtics team may be even even worse. But it doesn't matter. I can't worry about the Bulls giving up on Tyrus Thomas, or if that was going to be Gordon's last game as a Bull, or that the Bulls switch so much on screens because they don't have a real defense to fall back on (though credit to Vinny for realizing it's a good idea to send help to Pierce), or that Rose looked so tentative for most of the overtime periods ... at the very least this team is playing hard, and they're making this one of the best series of all time."

Rick Telander, Chicago Sun-Times: "When this thing went into overtime — again — we passed right through the realm of entertainment into the arena of classic. When Game 6 at the crazed United Center between the Bulls and Celtics went into double overtime, we reached the world of mental and physical exhaustion. And I'm talking about simply watching! Six overtimes, and counting, in six games? With overtime No. 3 on its way? Making seven total overtimes? Series tied, heading to Boston for the Saturday finale? If the NBA could produce more drama on a wooden floor, it would have to use gasoline and gunpowder. 'Whatever overtime it was,' Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro said afterward. He was trying to describe some key play, some key shot, but it was all a blur."

Michael Wilbon, The Washington Post: "The NBA would be well suited to dump Atlanta, Miami and Orlando, and just hold on to the Celtics and Bulls for another month, best-of-15 series, winner to play Cleveland for the Eastern Conference championship. How do you get rid of one or the other when together they keep producing classics, when the athletic theater is almost too much to bear? It's become must-see TV, each episode more ruthless and more compelling than the previous. [...] Asked if he was watching the series between the Bulls and Celtics, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said, 'That's not Game 6, that's the 'Thrilla in Manilla,' Round 19.'"

True Hoop: "When people play like Joakim Noah — with constant energy, but not all that much polish — the idea is that the constant effort pays off. Boy did it ever. He works a thousand straight plays trying to create havoc however he can, and comes up with not just a huge steal, but then outraces Paul Pierce to the hoop (the Celtics need an athleticism injection) for a key basket and the ensuing foul, after fouling Paul Pierce out of the game. The free throw was no small feat, either — that point ended up changing the whole close of the game, and Noah's sometimes a wobbly foul shooter."

Steve Bulpett, Boston Herald: "Ray Allen scored 51 points in 59 minutes of a 68-minute game. There are few words that can adequately describe how brilliant his performance was, how he found ways at the most critical times to beat a defense bent on stopping him. Were basketball an individual game, he would have been smiling as he walked down the United Center hallway in his fine suit. But the numbers that truly matter —128 for the Bulls, 127 for the Celtics — eclipsed Ray's ray of sunshine. After scoring his career playoff high, Allen was left to think about the ones that got away. 'After the game, I was thinking about the plays I missed,' he said. 'When you are on the losing end, that's what you remember.'"

Celtics Hub: "Nothing positive. Those were two of the first words uttered out of Doc Rivers’ mouth when asked what the Celtics would take out of this crushing triple overtime setback. The comment initially seems to be a rather harsh assessment of the team’s play in this back and forth thriller that will likely keep Danny Ainge under close doctoral supervision for the remainder of the playoffs. Doc’s comments though are telling of the missed opportunities and spotty execution that plagued the C’s in spite of a magical performance by Ray Allen. The Green have a sour taste in their mouth after this one, and they have no one to blame but themselves for giving a resilient Bulls team an opening in the closing minutes that they seized immediately and led to another overtime showdown that took 63 minutes to settle."

Talk Hoops: "[Re: the final Celtics half court possession of the game]: The Bulls stuck to all of the Celtics' shooters, especially Ray Allen and without solid screeners like Kendrick Perkins and Kevin Garnett on the floor, they simply weren't going to be able to run guys around to get them open. So Rondo went from a move in the post to put up the game-winner. When he pivoted back to his right, he should have pump-faked Derrick Rose because he was dying to block that shot. If he gets him in the air and pulls the Kevin McHale up and under move, he has an easy bucket. Instead, he threw up a turn around jumper and Derrick Rose threw it back in his face. People were amazed by the play and I still don't think they realize how incredible that defensive stop was. Derrick Rose saved the Bulls season with that great stand."

Larry Brown Sports: "We’ve had drama, excitement, true hate — the series is definitely developing into a rivalry. Let’s just hope they give us another show in Game 7 to follow-up the three-overtime thriller in Game 6. I don’t want it to end! (Thanks KG, with you in there none of this would be possible). Will either team have anything left in the tank for Orlando next round? I don’t think so."

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