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The Miami Heat Look To Take A Commanding Lead Against the Chicago Bulls
The Miami Heat Look To Take A Commanding Lead Against the Chicago BullsThe Miami Heat is poised to play for a title in the NBA as long as they can get past the Chicago Bulls. The Bulls now have all of the pressure on them. Even after everything that has gone wrong in the last two games of the Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat—who have handed the Bulls their first two-game losing streak since February—Chicago knows it can reclaim the upper hand in the series by winning Game 4 in Miami on Tuesday night.


Thing is, the Heat know that sort of thinking as well, since they had the same thoughts after a Game 1 blowout loss in Chicago. Chicago can attest to that.

Defense was clearly going to be the norm in this series, with the Bulls and Heat ranking 1-2 in field-goal percentage defense. Chicago has managed 160 points in Games 2 and 3, its lowest two-game total of the season, and keying on reigning NBA MVP Derrick Rose has been the biggest—and most obvious—key. Rose is 15 for 42 from the floor in Chicago’s last two losses.

The Heat want Rose to try to do it alone. After all, not wanting to have one star option—and only one star option—is why Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh came together in the first place.

Sunday was an emotional grind for the Bulls, for so many reasons. It started with questions about an interview Rose gave in which he allegedly said NBA players use performance-enhancing drugs—something he emphatically denied later in the day. Then Joakim Noah used an anti-gay slur in an exchange with a fan during the first quarter, and didn’t score another point the rest of the night.

Noah met with NBA officials on Monday, after which he again apologized for his remark.

Oh, on top of it all, the Bulls lost 96-85, which left Noah pointing toward a line Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau has used often this season.

If they’re going to tie the series, they need to find a way to contain Bosh. He already has games of 30 and 34 points in this series, the latter coming in Sunday night’s win—and he’s managed to overcome the memory of his disastrous 1 for 18 shooting night in Chicago earlier this season.

The Heat remain the only unbeaten team at home in these playoffs, having won all seven tries so far. If that holds on Tuesday, they’ll be one win away from the NBA finals.

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