Bulls Need To Finish Games
The Chicago Bulls have made it to the Eastern Conference finals, largely, do to their ability to close out games. But in the last two contests against the Miami Heat, the Bulls have faltered down the stretch and lost.
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The Chicago Bulls have made it to the Eastern Conference finals, largely, do to their ability to close out games. But in the last two contests against the Miami Heat, the Bulls have faltered down the stretch and lost.
Miami won Game 3 just like they won Game 2: with fantastic defense. Their on the ball pressure was excellent. They rotated very well and contested most of the Bulls shots.
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.
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
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.
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.
What in the hell happened at the United Center last night? One minute, Luol Deng is putting Chicago on top 26-19 after one quarter of play with a three-quarter-court basket…a shot that made you think that the night was definitely going to be Chicago's night.
The Miami Heat evened up the Eastern Conference finals at one game apiece with their 85-75 win over the Chicago Bulls.
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It was good to see the Bulls play up to their potential and not down to their competition last night. Their 93-73 win over the Hawks was domination from start 'til finish.
The Bulls eliminated the Atlanta Hawks last night 93-73, and it was a dominating team effort.
Carlos Boozer had his biggest game of the postseason and the Chicago Bulls blew past the Atlanta Hawks to advance to the Eastern Conference finals where they'll take on the Miami Heat.
A win on Thursday night and the Chicago Bulls would eliminate the Atlanta Hawks and advance toe the Eastern Conference finals to take on Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and the Miami Heat.
For a team facing the league's MVP, the team with the best record in the NBA and elimination from the playoffs, the Atlanta Hawks seem pretty confident that they can beat the Chicago Bulls in Game6 of this series.
Admit it Bulls fans, you were plenty nervous going into the 4th quarter of game 5 with the home town team up just one point. But it was Taj Gibson who came to the rescue.
Keith Bogans didn't practice Tuesday morning but will play and start in Game 5 against the Atlanta Hawks. Bogans got some precautionary extra rest from Tom Thibodeau for his sore right ankle.
The Bulls didn't deserve to win last night and they didn't as the Hawks evened up the series with a 100-88 victory.
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The Pentagon on Friday released a new batch of 64 files related to UFOs, unveiling a second tranche of records under an executive order by President Trump.
Illinois lawmakers are considering legislation that a major gun rights organization says would effectively ban one of the nation's most popular types of firearms.
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Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
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Engineers at Northwestern University have created a wireless polygraph to detect stress.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
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