Noah Fined $50K For Gay Slur During Game 3
Chicago Bulls center Joakin Noah apologized after hurling profanity and a gay slur at a fan during the Bulls' Game 3 loss to the Miami Heat.
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Chicago Bulls center Joakin Noah apologized after hurling profanity and a gay slur at a fan during the Bulls' Game 3 loss to the Miami Heat.
Just not good enough. That's the perfect way to describe what happened to the Bulls on Sunday night. The final score was Heat 96 and Bulls 85 and all the team's weaknesses are starting to get exposed.
For the third straight game, the outcome of an Eastern Conference finals game was decided by a second half run, and once again it as the Heat who pulled away and beat the Bulls.
Dwyane Wade's right arm had a nasty gash that left him unwilling to shoot the ball for Miami down the stretch.
Make no mistake about it, Game 3 in this Bulls-Miami series is crucial for both teams. The Heat want to win to maintain their momentum and keep home court advantage and the Bulls want to re-establish themselves after playing a poor ggame on Wednesday night
There was a huge difference for the Chicago Bulls between the first two games of the Eastern Conference finals, and not just in the end result.
Good news for the Heat: They're the only team still unbeaten at home in this year's playoffs. Better news for the Heat: To win the NBA championship, they only need to stay that way.
The Chicago Bulls didn't need to see Taj Gibson dunk on Dwyane Wade in the opener of the Eastern Conference finals or try to carry them late in Game 2.
Over the three-day layoff between Game 2 and game 3 of the conference finals, every aspect of the Bulls and the Heat will be dissected and analyzed. But it's likely the key for Chicago won't be found after hours of film study, it might be quite simple.
The Chicago Bulls lost Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals by 10 points. But wen you look at the numbers, the Bulls really cold have been blown out by the Miami Heat.
