HAWKS upset MAGIC......BULLS and HAWKS 2nd Round......And BULLS see NO SUPERMAN in DWIGHT HOWARD...Is it an easier PATH?

The Atlanta HAWKS have done all of CHICAGO and the BULLS a favor by beating the Orlando MAGIC and Dwight "SUPERMAN" HOWARD. Not that the BULLS playing the HAWKS will be easy......I just think like a lot of people out there that the BULLS match up better with the HAWKS especially size wise.

The BULLS had their way with the HAWKS this season winning 2 of 3 including winning the only game in Chicago and splitting 2 in ATL.

So where do we start in dissecting down the series............BULLS vs HAWKS Eastern Conference Semifinals:

1. NBA MVP vs ATL GUARDS: Derrick ROSE has a decisive advantage over the HAWKS in the SERIES even if they put J-CRAWFORD on the soon to be Crowned MVP. The HAWKS also have injury concerns with starting PG Kirk HINRICH who is dealing with a sore HAMSTRING.

Derrick ROSE had his way in all the GAMES vs the HAWKS and this series will be no different. I would even go out on the limb and say the HAWKS will use little used PG Jeff TEAGUE in this series just to try to give ROSE a different LOOK.

2. Joe JOHNSON vs the 2 GUARD by Committee of the BULLS: JJ is a rough cover and when he is going he is about as unstoppable as any other top player in the ASSOCIATION. The one thing the BULLS have going for them is that JOJO can sometimes disappear from games and at some point in this series he will get lost.

The BULLS on the other hand will use Keith BOGANS, Ronnie BREWER, and Kyle KORVER to slow down the LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS Native and with BOGANS and KORVER the BULLS have to make JOJO play some defense and make him run around and defend BOGANS and KORVER.

3. JOSH SMITH vs JOSH SMITH: That's right the enigmatic Small/Power Forward is just that. He can hurt the BULLS in so many ways when he is playing within the confines of the TEAM and also can hurt his own team with some of the most lackadaisical basketball plays you will ever see from a NBA VET.

The KEY for the BULLS is to contain him on transition and stop his run outs or leak outs for DUNKS or RIM RUNS (which is getting easy baskets at the front of the rim). And if the BULLS can give J-SMOOVE a heavy dose of the GOOD LUOL DENG........the HAWKS will be in dyer straights.

4. FLORIDA TEAMMATES.......NOAH vs HORFORD: ALL BS aside.......these 2 men have to cancel each other out but HORFORD seems like he is GAME every time he sees JOAHKIM...he GOES OFF. The BULLS need to run different players at HORFORD like ASIK, GIBSON, and even the savvy old vet Kurt THOMAS.

5. Is CARLOS BOOZER on a MILK CARTON?....under MISSING ADULTS: The BULLS will have no shot if BOOZ gives them what he gave the BULLS vs the PACERS in the 1st Round........NOTHING. in this series he will probably see J-SMOOVE, HORFORD, and ZAZA PACHULIA.......and with those guys guarding him......CBOOZ5 must go past the UNITED CENTER get deep in K-TOWN on the WEST SIDE and pick up that kit called.........WEST SIDE K-TOWN........GRIMEY KIT for Power Forwards. And if he can get that kit and get back to playing BOOZ 18 and 10 HOOPS....See ya HAWKS.

On the other hand the HAWKS will have their hands full as the energetic motor always running NOAH will eventually pose a problem to the HAWKS and the BULLS will and should have the edge on the backboard.

OUTLOOK: the HAWKS are not that good on the ROAD......the BULLS need to run with a blessing when they get one as the HAWKS are a way easier match up than the MAGIC would have been. The BULLS need to play inspired from the JUMP and need all hands on deck as if there are any weaknesses the BULLS have...the 2nd Round of the PLAYOFFS will reveal it.

The HAWKS must try to not let any of the other BULLS to have BIG NIGHTS because you are not going to contain DROSE but stop the PARTS around him shall be the SOLUTION to the PROBLEM. Keeping BULLS off the GLASS, Stop BULLS from SHOOTING a HIGH % from the 3 LINE, and Contain DENG and BOOZER.

WINNER: BULLS in 4-1.......in 5.......the HAWKS will get 1 just because the BIRDHOUSE on PEACHTREE STREET get crack-a-lackin.........for real....and the BULLS have the LUXURY of being the #2 Series in the EAST as the GREEN TEAM and HEAT take CENTER STAGE