The big question going into this game was whether Game 1 was an aberration, or a sign of things to come.
The first quarter gave us more of the same Pacers: high energy, overplaying the passing lanes. The Bulls happily obliged, forcing tight inside passes that the Pacers were able to convert into 6 steals. The only saving grace was the Bulls 19-9 rebounding advantage. The Pacers get easy looks in the paint, and pull ahead for a 47-44 advantage, but lose Collison to an ankle injury that would keep him out the rest of the game. Unlike Game 1, the Bulls exert their will in the 3rd quarter, ripping off a 10-1 run, that included as many offensive rebounds, as it did turnovers for the Bulls. Like a bunch of chickens flying around in a small space, there was a lot of activity, but not much cohesiveness. The Pacers answered this run, as they did in Game 1, with a run of their own, leaving the score deadlocked at 67 at the end of 3. In the 4th, the Pacers finally revealed a tactic that some teams have tried against the Bulls earlier in the season: hard, aggressive traps in an effort to have Rose try to leap and pass his way out of the trap. The Bulls seemed ill-prepared to handle this "new" wrinkle. Additionally, on screen rolls, the Pacers would let Granger stay on Rose. On offense, the Bulls didn't get a lot of players looking to shoot, especially Boozer. In the end, despite 38% shooting, the Bulls get enough chances to hold off the Pacers, thanks to a 57-32 rebounding advantage (20 to 8 offensive).Although the Bulls are 2-0, I feel like they're 0-2 in terms of coaching strategy and execution. The coaching staff has usually been able to adjust to give the team a great chance to win in the second half of games, but the Pacers have been better prepared, and have executed better. The Bulls are winning with sheer talent. They could easily win the next two games, but if the Pacers keep playing at the same level, it wouldn't be shocking to see the Bulls return to Chicago at either 3-1 or 2-2. One somewhat impressive strategy that the Pacers have done in both games is to sneak in as much non-basketball contact after basketball contact when they foul Derrick Rose. What does this mean? Let's look at this play where Rose gets fouled by Jeff Foster. The first move is an attempt to block. The second move is to make hard contact to his body. 
Late in the game, Derrick Rose gets called for fouling AJ Price on a 3 point attempt. The impressive part of this play is how Price makes it looks like Rose took out his legs in attempting to contest the shot. If we look closely, Price grabs and pulls on Rose, to create the pivot point necessary to kick his feet out and make it look like a trip. Step #1: Grab shoulder
Step #2: Kick out, and enjoy foul call
Are the Bulls in danger of losing this series? No. But, the longer this series goes, the more game film you give a potential future opponent. I still expect the series to end in 5 games or less.Here's the PopcornMachine gameflow:http://popcornmachine.net/cgi-bin/gameflow.cgi?date=20110418&game=INDCHI