Heat Confident Road To Title Can Go Through Miami
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.
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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 Miami Heat evened up the Eastern Conference finals at one game apiece with their 85-75 win over the Chicago Bulls.
The Miami Heat are a team built around their two superstars, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James, as well as All-Star Chris Bosh, who make up the Big 3. But in Game 1 that group wasn't good enough to beat the Chicago Bulls.
The Chicago Bulls won Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals by 21 points. Despite the rout of the Miami Heat, Chicago still only leads the series 1-0, and they'll need to win Game 2 to preserve home-court advantage.
Things didn't go very well for LeBron Jame and the Miami Heat during Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. They can thank Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls for a 21-point loss to open the series.
The Heat are going to come out swinging in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Miami was embarrassed in Game 1. Chicago dominated the boards, shot well from 3-point land and Taj Gibson posterized Dwyane Wade.
The Chicago Bulls routed the Miami Heat for a 103-82 victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. In the wake of the 21-point loss, much of the discussion revolved around what the Heat weren't abel to do.
Derrick Rose said the Bulls had both a "great" and "professional" practice on Tuesday. That bodes well because for the most part, becuase when the Bulls practice well they usually follow it up well in their next game.
You can call it: "The Massacre On Madison." The Bulls dominated Miami. Defensively, the Heat were rattled by ball pressure and the Bulls crushed Miami on the boards (45-33). It felt big.
Hot damn game 1 was fun. Here are some impressions from the 300 level, where I'm undefeated on the season (5-0). I love the view up there…2nd row center, you can watch everything develop.
In the first game of the highly anticipated Bulls-Heat matchup, the team-centered play of the Bulls proved to be more effective than the individual play of the Heat.
The Bulls-Heat Eastern Conference Finals schedule is set. Here's how I see the positional advantages and breakdowns for the series.
LeBron James will take some turns guarding Derrick Rose in the Eastern Conference finals. So will Dwyane Wade. Mike Bibby, Mario Chalmers and even Chris Bosh in some moments, too.
t seems like this Bulls-Heat series was been destined to happen when back to last July when LeBron James appeared on his infamous TV show, "The Decision."
Derrick Rose saw the talent, saw the attitude and saw no reason why this couldn't be a special season for the Chicago Bulls.
The Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade will be coming home. Just not to his home. After all, an NBA finals berth is at stake.
Ever since I was a little kid, I had always despised the Los Angeles Lakers. Maybe I should blame Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy for the over-sized Rec-Specs. Maybe it was Kurt Rambis for being--well--Kurt Rambis.
I have said it all season, beginning with the free agent signings of last summer; the Miami Heat are the NBA's Death Star. They are impressive, powerful, shiny and imposing.
The Miami Heat made quick work of the reigning Eastern Conference champions by defeating Boston 4-1 in a second-round playoff series. Although the series lasted only five games, it was grueling from start to finish.
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One of Dwyane Wade's biggest rivals is back, at the worst possible time for the Miami Heat.Wade did not practice Sunday because of symptoms of a migraine, a problem that has plagued him for years and kept him out of a game earlier this season.
Now that the regular season is over, it's time to find out what LeBron James and the Miami Heat are really made of. There's not a player in the league that has more at stake in the 2011 playoffs than James.
62 wins, the top seed in the Eastern conference, the NBA's best overall record and home-court advantage all the way through the playoffs, after an all-out performance by a roster laden with useful players.
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