Bosh Bludgeoning Bulls
Before the Eastern Conference Finals began, Chicago Bulls power forward Carlos Boozer said the Heat had two good players in LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. The obvious slight was to Heat power forward Chris Bosh.
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Before the Eastern Conference Finals began, Chicago Bulls power forward Carlos Boozer said the Heat had two good players in LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. The obvious slight was to Heat power forward Chris Bosh.
The Miami Heat are just 2 games away from the NBA finals after beating the Chicago Bulls 96-85 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals on Sunday, remained unbeaten at home in the postseason.
Fans can expect another very physical game Sunday night when the Miami Heat takes on the Chicago Bulls at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami. Tip off is at 8:30 p.m.
MIAMI (CBS4) – Tampa Rays' James Shields pitched a three-hitter with a career-high 13 strikeouts to help his team beat the Florida Marlins 4-0 Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.
At the beginning of the season Udonis Haslem inspired his Miami Heat teammates with a speech about how desperately he wanted to win a championship to honor his recently deceased mother.
Javier Vazquez pitched seven shutout innings in his best start of the season Saturday, and the Florida Marlins defeated cross-state rival Tampa Bay for the second day in a row, 5-3.
Once Josh Johnson fessed up that his throwing shoulder hurt, he felt better. Now the Florida Marlins ace hopes a stint on the disabled list will allow him to quickly heal. Inflammation in Johnson's right shoulder sent him to the DL on Saturday.
The Florida Marlins had already rallied to take the lead when Logan Morrison saw a chance to squeeze out another run. He scored on a sacrifice pop fly to the first baseman. The alert play capped a big night for Morrison, and the Marlins did a lot of little things right to beat AL East-leader Tampa Bay 5-3 on Friday.
The East finals resume with Game 3 in Miami on Sunday night, when the Heat host the Chicago Bulls with a 2-1 series lead at stake. Bulls guard and reigning NBA MVP Derrick Rose says Sunday is a must-win for Chicago, "no matter what." But will the Heat prove him wrong?
Casey Coleman had a career-high seven strikeouts in 5 2-3 shutout innings Thursday, and the Chicago Cubs completed a two-game series sweep by beating the Florida Marlins 5-1.
With each victory in the NBA Playoffs, LeBron James moves closer to adding his first championship ring to his hand. But a championship for LeBron would also add close to $4 billion to his top sponsor, Nike.
After getting demolished in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Miami Heat had to answer the bell in Game 2 and deliver a strong counter-punch to the Chicago Bulls.
It wasn't quite Kirk Gibson hitting a homer in the World Series, or Willis Reed playing on one leg in the 1970 NBA Championship, but Miami Heat power forward Udonis Haslem stole the show in Game 2 to help spur the Heat's 85-75 victory over the Chicago Bulls.
LeBron James came up big down the stretch and scored 29 points, Dwyane Wade added 24 and the Miami Heat beat the Chicago Bulls 85-75 Wednesday night to tie the Eastern Conference finals at one game apiece.
Marlon Byrd hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs broke a three-game losing streak by beating the Florida Marlins 7-5 on Wednesday night.
