CHICAGO — Alonzo Mourning‘s tougher and better and would scare the Bulls more than any big man in a Heat uniform. Like, right now, at age 41.
‘Zo currently cuts a dignified presence in the Heat front office, the scowl replaced by a compassionate heart that reaches deep into the community, the Popeye forearms hidden by a tailored Brioni suit. But you could forgive the Heat for wondering if ‘Zo could find some sneakers and some shorts right now, 24 hours after Miami was bloodied on the boards by Joakim Noah and crew.
The Bulls own a huge advantage over the Heat from a big man’s perspective, and that won’t change in this series. It’s a fixed advantage for Chicago, meaning there’s nothing the Heat can do about it. Not only does Miami have the weakest collection of bigs of any team left in the playoffs, you’d be hard-pressed to recall another team that advanced this far in the post-season with a weaker group.
Remember those howls heard in Chicago when the Bulls trotted out Luc Longley and Bill Cartwright and Will Purdue? The Heat would kill for any of those guys right now.
Put it this way: The centers (Erick Dampier and Zydrunas Ilgauskas) who started 73 of the 82 regular-season games sat in suits for Game 1 because they couldn’t be trusted.
“I’ll re-evaluate,” said Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, speaking about his options, which are few. Here’s what Miami is working with:
Jamaal Magloire. Big Cat saw only scant playing time over 18 regular season games, and was on the floor for three minutes in the post-season until he found himself playing 10 minutes in Game 1 against the Bulls. He was rusty and it showed; he missed an uncontested dunk (but did grab the rebound) and was too slow to deal with Noah and Taj Gibson.
Juwan Howard: He saw 19 minutes in the final game against Boston, and the way his team raved about it, you would’ve sworn Howard threw down a triple-double. Instead, two of his shots were blocked by Kevin Garnett. But he is 39 and the rave reviews had more to do with lowered expectations. (Side note: Did you know Howard has made over $160 million in salary in his career? Twice as much as Michael Jordan?).
Big Z. At 35 he can’t jump and doesn’t mix it up underneath, which means Noah would grab 50 rebounds if Z played 20 minutes.
Dampier. He hasn’t played a minute in the post-season. Which explains everything.
Joel Anthony. He had moments against the Sixers in the first round, less so against the Celtics, and now must contend with a player (Noah) who’s just as athletic but also wiser.
Everyone knew the Heat’s main weakness, aside from point guard, was an aggressive big man. But they never allowed that to overwhelm them. Does this finally catch up to the Heat, here against the Bulls, who bring too many tough and aggressive bigs in the paint?
Miami will play better than what it showed in Game 1. You figure LeBron James will not have many if any more tough shooting nights, same for Dwyane Wade. But getting something productive from the center spot seems very doubtful.
For a franchise with a history of being big and bad, like Alonzo, this is rather disturbing.
I agree. Without an aggressive big man down low, the Bulls will have an easy series. And thanks to the Bulls defense, Heat will really have a hard time scoring in the paint and getting offensive rebounds.
EASY….WAS IT EASY FOR BOSTON? COME ON U ACT LIKE BULLS HAVE BOTH KEVIN GARNETT AND TIM DUNCAN AND DIRK… OR SUM THEY HAVE BOOZER WHO “”JUST”"” STARTED TO PLAY WELL ONLY HE STILL GOT OUTPLAYED BY BOSH…THEY SIMPLY HAVE BIGZ OUT THERE HUSTLING…NOAH ISNT A SCORER HE IS DEFENSE AND REBOUNDS SAME FOR GIBSON…THEY BASICALLY GOT 2 DENNIS RODMANS LOL ONLY THEY CAN HIT FREE THROWS…NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM THEM BUT SERIOUSLY THIS SERIES IS NOWHERE NEAR OVER….N IT WNT BE EASY THEY WONT SHOOT THAT WELL FROM 3PT IN EVERY GAME
thats is what i was trying to tell everybody
And what do the heat have? two scottie pippens and a PF that doesnt know where to be half the time? The heat have no depth either…….its for the bulls to throw away. Noah is a solid player who does his job well. Boozer is a very dominant Player inside as well. Rose is extremely good and they have solid players to guard the SF position. The shooting guard position is questionable tho.
i agree its gonna be a little rough for miami with no big guys down under the basket,but come on how many points did chris bosh put up?what like 20.if he did it in a game like that, in a great game i think he can do better.
If I am not mistaken, the only person who struck fear into the Bulls in game 1 was an aggressive big man by the name of Chris Bosh who was unstoppable all game but CryBron and Wade don’t make it a point to keep feeding him seeing that he was hot. I am happy with the result because I am no fan of Miami(only because of LeBrick) and the Bulls clearly wanted it more. If dude is doing work, get him the ball. Plain and simple. I play D1 here in the United States and I cannot stand as a big when you are doing work and then they go away from you.
Get off LeBron’s nuts and stop with the names after Kobe when it comes to it lebron is the best in the league and sometimes better than Kobe. A few bad games…. so what who doesn’t…. The trade is over with LeBron plays for the Miami Heat now…. DEAL WITH IT!!!!!!!!!
Bron has nothing on Wade hands down.. That’s y he came to miami and didnt go nowhere else he coulda went to NY or Chicago. Bron is great but Wade is better
I AGREE!! Hell it wasn’t even a trade… HE WAS A FREE AGENT!! THAT MEANT HE WAS FREE TO GO WHERE EVER HE WANTED, at that time he owed nothing to the CAVS… Nobody said nothing when Charles left the Sixers for Phoenix, or When Pippen Left the Bulls for Houston, oh howabout Shaqs world tour!! Get off Lebrons Sack already and let him do what he does…
He had 30 pts. How were they going away from him?
Were you even watching the game…? He got a ton of looks so I’m not quite sure what you’re going on about.
FUNNY HOW U CALL HIM CRYBRON WHEN THERES PLENTY OF OTHER PLAYERS THAT COMPLAIN MORE THAN HIM….
well bosh is da number 3 option on offence end wat he needs to do is be the leader and a hustler on the defensive end id rather bosh score 10 pts grab 20reb,block a couple of shots an play great D than score 30 pts a game
LOL! Biased reporting as usual what a surprise NOT! It’s funny how as soon as the Heat lose one game they’re pronounced dead! They could win 82 games in the season and sweep every series and be up 3-0 in the finals and if they lost 1 measly game everyone would be all over their case like they don’t stand a chance! It was a bad game so what? If I remember the Bulls lost to Atlanta by a lot too! The Thunder lost to the Grizlies by a lot too! Sure the Bulls are probably going to get more rebounds since they have a lot of practice from never being able to hit the broad side of a barn LOL but if Lebron shoots like normal and Wade shoots like normal the Bulls won’t stand a chance no matter how many times they rebound their own airballs LOL!
the heat are gunna lose and your gunna feel like an idiot
and when the heat win your gonna feel worse idiot.
Dude, maybe you didn’t notice, but not once did they say the Heat are done. If anything the media has a love affair with LeBron and the star studded Heat. I’m starting to think you secretly want the Heat to lose cause your always posting about how the Heat would win it all, and call everyone else a hater. Have you ever thought that YOU are the hater?
i agree with lolakers man its anybodys game and the team that wants 2 win more will likely get it. and you can take that and cash it!
They should have gone for Reggie Evans. lol
They need to dust off somebody. They are way to undersized in the middle to compete at this point. Check out truballers414.
his knees would fall off.
All this time I thought Dampier was out with an injury. Erik is a fool for benching him. Z I can understand but even then he should be suited up to play. And why for the life of me is Haslem getting all the garbage time?
he should come off da bench for chris bosh!
Haslem is recovering and is problably only going to be running at 70% at most for the rest of the series
hes not even ready haslem been injured most of da season the dudes a liabilty
I GUESS BECUZ HE HASNT PLAYED IN SO LONG BUT SERIOUSLY I PLAY BBALL FOR A JUNIOR COLLEGE OUT THAT LONG WILL MESS UP UR SHOT BUT DEFENSE AND REBOUNDING AND HUSTLE IS ALL WANT TO…ERIK DOES NEED TO PLAY HASLEM N DAMPIER MORE AND J. HOWARD PLAYED WELL GIVE HIM A FEW MIN..
hm… if i m not wrong all heat fans says will be easy for them?4–0 ?
are you crying now after gibson humiliate wade and lebrick?
haha fools i told you that will be easy series for the bulls 4-1 or 4-0
I’m still flabbergasted that Juwan Howard earned $160 million over his NBA career. Why’s he still playing? Can’t just be for the love of the game! Did he take financial advice from Antoine Walker?
Miami are not dead that spo should through bosh into the center coz he was obviously dominating and scored 30 in game 1 he should be to get rebounds and keep noah at bay and if james and wade attack the basket like they did against the celts we will kill the bulls.
and seriously you heat haters shut up its GAME 1 sure we lost 1 game but Lebron james is not going to score 15 points in game 2 or for the rest of the series either and dwade also isnt going to score less than 20 points either no matter what the big three are going to perform after the effort they put into game 1 so dont get cocky bull supporters well i guess its to late you are already i cant wait until you are brought back to earth
lol did u watch the game at all? Thibs obviously instructed Noah and Asik to sacrifice marking Bosh in order to keep Wade and Lebron out of the paint after pick and rolls. Hence Bosh had plenty of open looks and “dominated”. Let one of the Big 3 dominate instead of all 3 dominating sound like a pretty good game plan to me. Bosh has never been a dominant rebounder and i doubt he will make a big impact in rebounding even if he got rotated to center.
You are exactly right
Well, until that happens the BULLS are up 1-0. Put it anyway you like it. DA BULLS rebound and have a better bench. Those are a couple things that will where on a team. BULLS IN 6.
i agree and im goin 4 da bulls!
yeah keep thinking like that 2 guys are gonna beat the bulls by themselves
It definitely could be for the love of the game. It could also be the fact that he wants to win a ring. Besides, if you’re still collecting a paycheck, then you might as well keep trying to win a ring.
Believe it or not, Juwan Howard used to be a pretty good player, and he’s still pretty reliable. $160 million is a drop in the water compared to other players.
he was pretty good 8 years ago
When you see the handwriting on the wall…You can stick a fork in Miami now!! They are done. Aside from no middle presence, one need only stop one of the big two and a half. Let us not forget who coached the defense at Boston. With no bench to speak of, it’s really only a matter of time before Miami is completely broken down.
the bulls own the heat whatever way you put it boozer will step up soon and the bulls will take out this series in 6 games
that’s not true, don’t glad too early, boozer is a poor player, how can he compaire with bosh, james and wade? foget about it!
Its not about comparing. Boozer can do way better but right now, its DROSE’s team and he knows his roll. He doesn’t have to out play any of the allstars. All he has to do is perform the way he has the last two playoffs games and everything will be fine. On the other hand, the allstar trio need to play almost perfect to beat a great defensive team like the BULLS.
i hope youre not talking about carlos boozer…. cuz he iz 2 old 4 dis… drose iz da on 1 dat did anythng. all we gotta do iz stop kyle korver and his 3s
agreed
As much as I don’t wanna believe it ..I think Miami is done , I really don’t look to much into game 1′s ..but look how easily they got dominated on the boards, that’s why the bulls won ..they had 31 second chance points and that’s something I don’t see changing in this series..they better activate dexter pittman lol ..I’ve always wondered why they haven’t played him, he’s their future center..desperate times call for desperate measures, because I don’t see miami winning this series..the bulls are winning this series 4-2 ..and this is coming from a heat fan, well a lebron fan I’m a heat fan by default lol..but I’m not biased like some fans and sports reporters , I tell it like it is, and there’s nothing the heat can say that will convince me that..they will win this series, you can talk about all the adjustments you will make but that won’t mean a thing, this is the type of situation where your play should do all the talking..one thing that amazes me is how good the pacers and hawks played the bulls but the heat who are supposed to be the superior team of the two struggles with them..I’m still tryna figure that out.
those tough games done the bulls good u need those games better than just cruising thru like da heat and the hawks are a pretty good side probably beat the heat in a series now the pacers flat out surprised me
wish you guys would stick to your words, remember that the bulls have had hard time with the hawka too. its just a puzzle, im sure the heat can make the necessary adjustments come this thursday in game 2.
They did have trouble with them and put them away in 6 in their own arena. Hawks took game 1 but the heat didn’t. To your comment, since they didn’t win game 1 should BULLS fan expect the series over in game 5. Bottom line the BULLS will win this series.
What is the status of Udonis Haslem then? I mean with him healthy their rebouding both offensive and defensive would be a lot better than what it is now. Obviously having three superstars means less money available to get quality bigs but I’m pretty sure that Haslem will make a great impact, at least next year.
Does anybody know if he, Udonis, will be ready to play before the season is over?
Go bulls
Shaun Powell, I’ve enjoyed reading your articles on the Heat in the playoffs. As for the guy who said your biased, he obviously hasn’t read them. You chose Heat to win in 6. You’re right about Miami’s lack of a strong big man in the 5 position, but I do believe that they will find an answer as they have all season long. Remember, Chicago’s defense is very similar to Boston’s, and the Heat took them down 4-1! I look for Lebron and Wade to score 25+ each next game and some adjustments from Spoelstra to come up with more rebounds. But I think it’s going to be really tough for the Heat this series. The Chicago Bulls are a very scary team right now for any opponent. Their spirit and energy, as well as their impenetrable defense are demoralizing their opponents.
You can’t compare boston to Chicago’s defense. BULLS are way younger and athletic than the boston team.
but they have 1 superstar and the heat has 3.. there iz no comparison.. all we need is a point guard cuz chalmers and bibby sucks!
@ CW, Look you do have 3 supterstars and DA BULLS have1. The facts are that DA BULLS superstar is 4-0 against your 3 supterstars. Bottom line, BULLS will win this series.
Also, you made a comment on Boozer in another post. Yeah I was talking about him, I never said he would be dominate, just that he knows his roll. Just put up okay numbers. As far as Korver is concern, he didn’t impact the game and you still lost by 21 points with your 3 supterstars. If and when Korver gets going, do you really think the heat have a shot. BULLS in 6………………
team play beats superstar talent. The bulls have alot of talent tho and boozer is better overall in skills than bosh
the heat took down boston because the celtics can’t buy a damn basket…i mean then can´t hit shots or run an offensive system consistently…
the heaters can score but the bulls D-fense can defend them………..bulls defense more athetic + 10 rotating and productive guys…….how many heats can produce and defend????
Hey spo why not put a big line-up to counter the bulls big, put d-wade at point, lebron on 2, chris bosh on 3 joul anthony (4), eric dampier at (5)
good suggestion… u should b a coach
then your only 3pt shooter is lebron. And the team would be too slow on transition D. BtW dampier is not good at all it would be better to have big Z inside so that they would have some moe open looks go in
IF MIAMI HEAT HAVE A BIG MAN CENTER IM SURE THEY ARE TOUGH TO BEAT…I’M HOPING: “MARC GASOL” IS GOING TO SIGN TO MIAMI HEAT THIS COMING SUMMER AND POINT GUARD “AARON BROOKS” WHO CAN SHOOT 3 POINTS AND CAN DEFEND.. THE BENCH PLAYERS LIKE “GORAN DRAGIC”, “LOUIS AMUNDSON”, and “CJ MILES”.
NBA FINALS 2011 “DALLAS MAVERICKS VS MIAMI HEAT” IT’S GOING TO BE HAPPEN. GUYS LIKE “LEBRON JAMES” AND “D-WADE” WON’T ACCEPT DEFEAT AND THEY ARE FACING ADVERSITY. I BELIEVE THAT MIAMI HEAT WILL WIN GAME 2 “PROMISE”.
MY PREDICTION: GAME 1= BULLS, GAME 2= HEAT, GAME 3= HEAT, GAME 4= HEAT, GAME 5= BULLS AND GAME 6= HEAT (THIS IS GOING TO BE HAPPEN “PROMISE”)
HOPING FOR MIAMI HEAT 2011-2012 ROSTERS: (I’M HOPING THAT PAT RILEY DO THIS BECAUSE THIS THE BEST STARTING LINEUP AND THE BEST SECOND UNIT)
STARTING LINEUP:
C MARC GASOL
PF CHRIS BOSH
SF LEBRON JAMES
SG DWYANE WADE
PG AARON BROOKS
BENCH PLAYERS:
C/PF JOEL ANTHONY
C/PF LOUIS AMUNDSON
PF UDONIS HASLEM
SF JAMES JONES
SF/SG CJ MILES
PG GORAN DRAGIC
PG MARIO CHALMERS
How will they pay Gasol, with gold or Miami women? That’s not happening unless they give up 1 of the 3 they have
LMAO…Law dont even worry yourself over such a dumb statement….like you said there is no way they can pay gasol, and why would he leave a young team on the rise in the west anyways?
i agree. go heat!
u just never know…the NBA WHERE AMAZING HAPPENS
IT WILL NEVER HAPPen, BULLS in 7 Games, UR HEAT MADE IT TO HERE BCOZ, RONDO AND J.O ARE INJURED, RONDO CAUSE OF UR DWADE COZ HE’S DESPERATION TO BEAT THE CELTICS….PERIOD
Good luck with no cap space the most you have is around 20 mil and mark gasol is worth atleast 12 mil to the grizzlies plus noone will take haslems huge contract especially after his possible career ending injury. haslem I think makes 10 mil i think
the heat needs dennis rodman bad guy and dirty but wise good defensive player not a center but can beat a center like mourning
or the haet needs new coach needs new game plan the patented triangle offense of phil jackson
They should put big Z on Noah i mean yes big Z cant jump but he doesnt really have to as long as he gets in front of noah when the shot is gone up
blah blah blah the heat just lost game 1 not the whole series period….
heat needs a decent center and a point guard.. their bench is just..a joke….i cant believe anyone from heat’s bench..mike miller is the total disappointment.. mike bibby..you gotta make that 3 pointers dude.. Unless lebron and d-wade score at least 30 points individually, they have no chance to beat bulls since d-rose would also score 25-30 every night. i think its going to be bulls in 5 or 6. No players from heat could rebound the ball better than noah, boozer, taj, and asik. its done.
they should play erick dampier hes a veteran tough guy
He’s a vet but tough LMAO he’s as tough as Bosh in a bikini. Remember they used to call him Erika Dampier. Tough LOL
LOOK BRING THIS LINEUP.
PG-D-WADE (HAS SPEED AND SCORING JUST LIKE D-ROSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEE!)
SG- JAMES JONES (BECAUSE HE CAN HIT THREE POINTERS LIKE CRAZY)
SF- LEBRON JAMES
PF- CHRIS BOSH (BECAUSE HE HAD A GREAT GAME AND DUNKING ON LITTLE BABY BOOZER)
C- JOEL ANTHONY (JOEL GET YOUR PANTIES OUT AND PLAY LIKE YOU DID AGAINST THE CRAP CELTICS.
i agree 100% with that lineup its not like wade played well offensively in game1 so might as well put ur all on defense and deal w/rose but seriously…miami hasnt had bigs all year they been dealin with it so its nothin new they will play better and it be miami in 6 maybe 7 PLEASE PPL DONT FORGET CHICAGO WAS ON FIRE FROM 3PT LINE….IF YOU GONE KNOCK THE HEAT OUT THEY NEED TO SHOOT THAT WELL EVERY GAME WHICH JUDGIN BY STATISTICS THEY OBVIOUSLY DONT…I MEAN SERIOUSLY DENG HAD 21…WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME HE SHOT THAT WELL????? DONT WORRY ILL WAIT…… an its been close to a yr now plz stop hating on the heat becuz of the trade dam its done an over with.,…im tired of ppl tlkin sh*t sayin lebron cnt win it on his own….NAME ONE PLAYER IN THE HISTORY OF THE NBA THAT WON A CHAMPIONSHIP ON HIS OWN….DONT WORRY ILL WAIT….DNT GIVE ME THAT MJ BS YEA HE’S ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME BUT HE HAD ANOTHER GREAT IN PIPPEN RODMAN WHO GOT ALL THE BOARDS FOR HIM KNOCK DOWN SHOOTERS WHO CAME THRU IN THE CLUTCH LIKE STEVE K AND TONY K….WADE DIDNT HE HAD SHAQ KOBE DEF DIDNT HE HAD SHAQ HORRY FISHER FOX THEN HE GOT GASOL ARTEST ARIZA…SERIOUSLY NOONE HAS THE SHOWTIME LAKERS HAD THE SAME THING BUT 4 HALL OF FAMERS SO GET OFF THERE NUTTZ AWREADY…P.S. LOL ROSE IS A BEAST BUT I STILL GOT THE HEAT
Im a 100% HEAT fans when Lebron was added to the roster. However, Heat was just being too confident that they can win late games just like they did against Boston. Lebron is 100% but not playing 100% in game 1. its too odd for him to shot only 15times and he never drive to the lane much. Its not because of the big man of Chicago but its just because he’s just so confident. Until they are back to earth, they can never win against Chicago. Until Lebron realized what he did before defeating Chicago without D-Wade when he was still in CLeveLand, Heat can never win the series. Lebron’s game is with the lane and no one can stop him once he pushed it.
@egerald-
Uh, this isn’t the same Bulls team that Cleveland faced last year. If you remember, that team barely scraped into the playoffs with only 41 wins, only four of the same players, pre-MVP D-Rose and a bunch of players that were there only for their expiring contracts. The Bulls have 8 brand new faces, a new coach, a new philosophy, confidence, and a team where every member trusts every other member. To play the 2010-2011 Bulls as if they’re the 2009-2010 Bulls would be the biggest mistake Miami could possibly make in this series aside from not showing up at all.
@egarald: I think that Lebron and the HEAT needed to face a big loss like they did in Game 1 because they were feeling to overconfident after beating the Celtics. To me the real reason why the Heat lost in Game 1, is not mainly the Bulls outrebounding them by A LOT, its that the HEAT played out of their element. The game was tied halftime (thanks to the 4 threes that CHICAGO made), but during the entire 2nd half, the HEAT were playing like they did in the early regular season. All I kept seeing was one-on-one basketball, very little ball movement, and too many mistakes(credit to CHICAGO’s defense). And rebounding is not such a MAJOR problem for the HEAT, the video on the top of the page shows everyflaw the HEAT had in allowing all those offensive rebounds. Bad(really no) box outs and bad help defense were the reasons why the HEAT lost game 1. If the HEAT want to win GAME 2, they need to go back to their fundamentals( BOXING OUT, BALL MOVEMENT, AND HIGH PERCENTAGE SHOTS)!!!!!!!!!
AND i agree to this
LOOK BRING THIS LINEUP.
PG-D-WADE (HAS SPEED AND SCORING JUST LIKE D-ROSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEE!)
SG- JAMES JONES (BECAUSE HE CAN HIT THREE POINTERS LIKE CRAZY)
SF- LEBRON JAMES
PF- CHRIS BOSH (BECAUSE HE HAD A GREAT GAME AND DUNKING ON LITTLE BABY BOOZER)
C- JOEL ANTHONY (JOEL GET YOUR PANTIES OUT AND PLAY LIKE YOU DID AGAINST THE CRAP CELTICS.
@egerald-
Honestly I think one of the biggest mistakes Spolestra made last game was having Wade guard Rose for such long stretches during the last game because Wade looked exhausted by the 3rd quarter and that killed his offense. I’d rather say “You know what, screw it, Derrick Rose is going to get his points. I’m going to lock down on the rest of the team.” and tell Chalmers and Bibby to have at it. I’d rather lose their offense completely than have an exhausted Dwyane Wade. Of course, being a Bulls fan, I don’t mind if the Heat keep using strategies that just don’t work.
james cant produce obviously because of deng. just let them play. lets wait for the outcome. i cant under estimate heat thats why bulls are working so hard. go bulls. the heat are now looking for solutions and will give their best. guys lets see game 2.
Are y’all for real the heat are under sized I no every since lebron “took his talent to south beach” eveyone has wanted the heat and in game one they did but let’s snap back to reality they are still the best team in the NBA yes there big men are not there none of them expect Chris bosh did anything but have y’all forgot the man everyone loves to hate lebron James can play any where on the floor you put him 1-5 he can play all spots so If you put bosh at center lebron at power forward and mike Miller at small forward problem solved no disrespect to boozer or Noah but you can’t tell me them two are Better then bosh and James the problem in game one was the heat played small or the speed but now they see that ain’t gonna work so they will go big lebron an wade have enough speed they
Can spare a little speed for size and spo knows that now I’m sticking with my original pick and saying heat win in 5 but I still feel that they should put d wade on d rose
lol the heat need Jesus, because I just don’t see them winning this series ..I’m trying to think positive but it just seems the bulls are the more aggressive and better team, it’s not like the bulls have a huge height advantage over them..because height wise their evenly matched but Chicago bigs are quicker..which explains the rebound and second chance points and they can score when they need too..the only two bigs Miami have that can score are ..bosh and big z ,maybe erik spolsta should try this line up ..lebron , wade , bosh, big z , dampire …lebron at the point ..wade shooting guard , bosh small forward ..big z power forward..they can use his shooting to stretch the bulls defense and dampire at center ..he can play the paint..kinda like how the lakers use bynum and gosol at the same time.
some people are some lebron haters up in here. this is one game, one bad night for lebron and dwade. did you see dwade ingame 6 scoring 34? and did you see lebron scorng 10 strait at the end of the forth? And drose have 1 great season and everyone jump on the bulls jordan legacy bandwagon. I can believe some of these bull fans.
hahahaha…what happen to miami heats big three hahahaha they beat by only one super star…
where are you now king james no excuse!!!! for being lose…4-0 records on bulls!!!
bulls gonna win this…see you nxt year lbj…or kingkong james hahahaha
honestly, although im a heat fan, its a 50/50 seris right now…well 60/40 in favour of the BUlls….no way D.Wade an Bron are going to lay down and take another butt kicking like that so expect a 30-40 pt game for at least one of those guys next game…also big Z needs to get in the game…at 7ft 3 he doesnt have to jump + on offence he has a good shot which can help spread the floor and free up the paint evenif only a little…then all bibby and James Jones gotta do is knock down the open shots…if i were Coach D. Wade (pg) James Jones(sg) Bron (sf) Bosh(pf) and Z (c) thats enough offence and enough size to limit the offensive rebounds
btw…is Eddie house injured? he needs to be in the game…House over Bibby
Big Deal….. Game 1……… Yeah Miami did lose game 1 so what??? It is playoffs you can’t just expect miami could win it all… I do expect they might lose their 2 games… but hopefully not…. What if the bulls lose game 1, are they gone already??? certainly not!!! If the bulls giving all that they can just to win their home courts… expect miami to do something like that too…. But right now the pressure is on the bulls…..If they lose one of their home court… and miami win their 2 home courts then it’s 3-1 for miami…. Now a lot of celtics and fakers fan… riding the team who is winning…. why??? getting bored on fishing??? for bulls fan…. miami lose game 1…. now getting cocky all of the sudden… why??? do you expect miami to beat your team??? either this 2 team needs to win… this is playoffs… You can’t just hand them your home court advantage…. I do expect the bulls win game 2 but if they lose it… they are in trouble….Do the math… Miami won’t lose their home games…….. MIAMI in 6….
Dude, Miami fans (not all of them) were proclaiming that the Bulls would get swept easily and were even starting to talk about their matchup with Dallas and predicting they’d win 4-2 as if they had already won the series. I don’t mind a bit of speculation but I didn’t see a single one here focusing on this series other than to say it was going to be 4-0 Miami and then immediately talking about their championship. If anyone’s cocky it’s the Heat fans (not all of them). Hell, even the Heat themselves were celebrating defeating Boston as if it was the end of the playoffs. The reason Atlanta did well last series is because they learned the hard way not to underestimate the Bulls and I’d advise the Heat fans and the Heat themselves to learn from that. Or you can continue thinking that your team is invincible even if it comes to it drawing its last breath, whatever works for you.
Bulls fans need to acertain the brain development of some of these Heat ‘fans’. obviously if they post ranting bollocks, it should be IGNORED, don’t bother replying to rubbish, let the little whingy whiny kid have his say. Replying to them, is only going to make them post more bollocks, which then, we have to sift through to get to decent factual conversation.
I hope the Heat can get game 2, I think the Bulls, if they win game 2 will pinch one of the next 2 at Miami, but as its been said for years, series doesn’t start till u win a away game.
This Series is the most exciting to watch in a looooonggggg time.
heat gonna win this in game 5…PROMISE
you mean bulls right?
1 game and the bulls are in the finals
wow, the heat really played good D, it was just the rebounds that killed them, and they were in a good position to get the rebounds but didn’t have the effort to get the ball. I counted nearly 30 second chance points scored from the video. They should get Big Z in the game, he’s a 7 footer, who at least has a length. And Udonis should see some playing time as well. But they did play pretty good D with the smaller lineup. I don’t think it’s over for the Heat like alot of people are saying. They just need to play their game on both sides of the court.
Romelle,heat didnt play good D.If they played good D,BUlls wouldnt reach 100 pts..
Jason are you out of your mind the heat can’t afford a player like Marc Gasol. After this playoff season he will either be resigned by Memphis or will get a big money type of player for next year. As for trade Miami has a bunch of washed up players the only player they would be able to trade is Bocsh in order to get a bonified Center. As soon as they try to figure out how to grab rebounds against Chi-town then Rose or Deng will kill them. Plus Chicago’s bench is farm more superior to Miami’s. Stick a fork in them no heat or three peat this year I wonder what that article will do now. Go Sixers
actually they can afford him. everyone thinks the heat are way over the cap limit. they’re only 16th on the nba payroll…they have spent about $66 million as opposed to the #1 lakers who are at $91 million, soooo, it is very possible. but i think memphis is going to do their best to keep him after his play in the playoffs.
They indeed have that weak center spot. But for me, the ball is circle, I mean, anything can happen. That’s why there’s what we call “conquering the odds”, “a series upset”, and “making a strength out of the weak part..” Guys, this what makes basketball fanatics love the game. I love Chicago Bulls and so are the Miami Heat. It’s a win win for me, and hey, if the heat figure out what to do next, it would be an epic game for all of us. Right now, Luol Deng admitted they aren’t the underdogs, that’s why I will side on the Heat. If one superstar has the capacity to carry the whole struggling team, Im just hoping that those three superstars can make a better outcome.
easy… don’t try to be what you ain’t.
they should try and put these “big men” in foul trouble. get offensive fouls. work on it – you’ve had 3 days.
better defense from bosh and lebron won’t hurt.
some 3′s from chalmers, house, bibby, jones, miller… also couldn’t hust. and also from wade and lebron.
change your game, surprise your opponent, and come with fire in your eyes!
Remarkable the conclusions Heat fans draw. Your bigs were great 12 years ago, the Heat HAVE NOT BEATEN THE BULLS YET IN THE 2010-2011 BASKETBALL SEASON, LeBron & Wade actually are facing a challenging defense (#1) and the Bulls are the best rebounding team in the NBA. Don’t you see that using a quality bench enables a coach (of the year) to put fresh players on the Heat stars almost continually? …that endurance is a factor, to which depth plays a determining answer? Bulls in 5.
the only reason why the heat beat the celtics was because the heat were facing a team that had its wheels coming off, from chemistry to health issues, the trade of perkins affected that team’s chemistry and the fact that neither of the oneal’s were even close to be in game shape made it real hard for the celtics big three to carry that team to the next level, add rondo’s injury during that series and we have the heat advancing to face a team that is hungry, confident and that has played with basically the same line up all season long, the bulls have exposed the heat’s weakness and will probably advance to the nba finals, it could be a long series and i hope the refs will remain invisible for the rest of the playoffs!
I am not a Miami fan whatsoever but i am gonna show them a little light. it was only game 1. Im hoping for the Bulls in 6 though
For anyone to think that the Bulls are sweeping is stupid.
For anyone to think that the Heat will win the next four is also stupid.
This is the EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS, a time when great teams compete against one another. These two teams fought hard to get here, they aren’t just gonna give up. It’s gonna get gritty, both teams’ faults will be exposed. Many critics will begin to be back seat coaches “Oh I would’ve done this, I would’ve done that…”
How about we just watch some basketball?
Leave the gloating for when one team wins.
I’m really hoping little Gasol signs with the Heat next year. He would be a huuuge help! As long as there isn’t a lockout….
I’ll give your big three 25 points apiece, where are the other 20 points going to come from.
BULLS N 5
Here is the deal. Bulls team defense is designed to beat the Heat offense. Heat offense is all about isolation. The Bulls defense is designed to destroy the isolation. LeBron and Wade shot bad because of the Bulls defense. Unless they go to the drawing board and work on a new offensive scheme, the Bulls should continue to make it tough for Wade and James to score. Bulls in 7.
Last I checked Miami was still in this series. It’s funny how Miami was criticized for celebrating “too much” after wrapping up the Boston series, but noone is saying anything about the Bulls celebrating “too much” after 1 win… hmmmm .
The irony of the Heat needing an inside presence is how happy they were with Chris Bosh*s effort. Yes he had 30 points and 9 rebounds in game one but the Bulls had 2 and sometimes 3 men on James and Wade so hey, someone had to be open, right?
Looking at the centres and power forwards who have played well in the post season like Zach Randolph, Marc Gasol, Tyson Chandler, Serge Ibaka, Nick Collison, Kendrick Perkins, Joakim Noah, and Taj Gibson its laughable how pivotal their inside presence has been in comparison to Bosh.
Wasn’t Bosh brought in to provide a huge presence inside? Wasn’t Bosh the one saying he would be the guy getting the rebounds and blocks? Didn’t he sign a contract as lucrative as James and even more than Wade? Thats right, so although CB1 has received little negativity regarding his performance so far perhaps he should be, he definitely makes the money to be doing super human things inside At 14.5 million this year escalating to $22+ in 2015/16 why is it no one is freaking out over his lack of rebounding and blocks? Doesn’t anyone else see the idiocy of this contract over 6 years?
Of the remaining big men in the play offs lets look at the salaries:
Taj Gibson: 1,117,680
Serge Ibaka: 1,204,200
Joakim Noah: 3,128,536
Kendrick Perkins: 6,446,720
Tyson Chandler: $12,750,000
Nick Collison: 13,250,000 (NOTE: dropping to 3,272,997 next year)
Seriously can anyone honestly tell me Bosh should not be performing much better in rebounding, blocking and defense given this comparison.
Just saying.
i agree TTOT thats a lot of money.one of these guys is gonna score over 30 pts next game wade or James no way can the bulls stop both of them again,every time the heat change the starting lineup they lose
@diddy sorry i am gonna tell u ,u dont know much about BB.Bulls didnt wanna waste their time playing so much D or payin g so much attention on Cbosh cos he is not a superstar as considered by some,they allowed him have whatever he wanna have cos what really matters is shutting down D Wade and Lebron.i am a Laker fans and i have nothing against LBJ and DW cos i tell u real fact Bulls will take the series i am saying it without bias.
I am out guys.
Not a Heat fan by a long shot, but if you think the Heat are done you better think again! They’ll make adjustments. After all they have Lebron and D Wade. Personally I hope Chicago wins but it’s gonna be a tough series!
The heat was out rebound and out planned/coached. They switched up the game plan and completely surprised the Heat which is why you had a steamroll of a Game 1.
In the past they focused on shutting down Chris Bosh and in Game 1 they did the exact opposite. Erik didn’t have an answer for the switch. He was able to get more production outta Bosh due to the lack of focus but couldn’t get his other stars going.
What Bull has in center power Miami can cover with scoring power if the playing field is leveled. We will see what Chicago has in store and see if Miami has an answer for… But the wheels are definitely turning in favor of Chicago in the beginning of the series (as they should they have home court)
guyz its only game 1….bulls are pressured to win game 2….coz heat gonna steal it….hahahahaha.watch out
lebron,wade and bosh are talented enough to adjust to their gameplan…compared to bulls(not so talented)…it all boils down to the talent….
serbian concept: point guard and center are the most important positions and the heat doesnt have legitimate players on their roster… they have some but they’re liability on both ends…
dont be sure about your bull`s my friend`s.its just game 1…be sure that u`ll win tomorrow…b`coz f you`ll lose…hmmm…who do u think will panic?…
Will haters just shut up you keep on saying things about a good player.. were not perfect so as them (HEAT & players) they get mistakes we got mistakes but you haters can/t even play basketball.. stop hatin cos your not in the nba… just watch
HEAT NEED A BIG MAN DATS ALL !
bulls was lucky in game 1 bec. lebron & wade just scored less than 20 each…if they scored 30+ each, the bulls got beaten…
bulls will face a big trouble in game 2 & so on…coz the big 3 will play like they did in round 2 against the celtics…
Why Bulls won in game 1?
1. Defense was awesome. Bull’s Inside game dominated it’s Heat counterpart and no excuse for that. Bulls did a great job on defense
2. Luck, unbelievable luck. Anything bulls threw went inside the basket. “When it rains, it pours”.
3. Miami lost the spirit when series of treys and jumpers overwhelmed their guards. Losing your faith will definitely put you somewhere else than winning.
4. Heat was recovering from the excitement of winning the 2nd round.
Projection:
Heat will take Game 2
im happy to see the C-HEATERS will CRY FOR LOSING TO THE BULLS IN EAST FINALS… ANOTHER EXIT BY LE-QUEEN HAMES…..
BULLS IN 6…
THEY WILL DETHRONED THE SO CALLED KING JAMES IN THE HEAT-LAND
LALALALALALALA………………………………………………………………..GOOD BYE
Granted, we’ve seen the Heat down before, but they’ve overcome the odds this season, Not too long ago nobody thought they would stand a chance after acquiring LeBron and Chris Bosh, many thought this team would self implode. They’ve definitely turned a few heads and have made it to the Eastern Conference Finals toppling the “Big Green Monster”
Without a huge inside presence to go after the boards Miami’s definitely going to have it’s work cut out for them. It’s no coincidence the top 2 seated teams in the East have made it to the finals to battle it out, I have much faith in my Heat. This is not impossible, Miami just has to play with a different kind of mindset and re-structure their gameplan. What needs to be done is to shut down Derrick Rose and go after the boards, making great shot selections and have DWade and LeBron having stellar games, it can be done. And if Bosh continues to show up like he did in Game 1 it’ll all be good. Let’s go Heat!!!!!!
NO MATTER WHAT ANY ONE SAYS…THE HEAT ONLY HAVE TO DO WHAT THEY DO BEST.
THEY GOT ALL THE MAN POWER THEY NEED. PUT GAME ONE BEHIND THEM AND SHOW THE BULLS HOW TO PLAY ALL AROUND GOOD BASKETBALL BECAUSE BEING A BULLY WILL ONLY GET YOU SO FAR.
ALL YOU PEOPLE ANALYZING THE GAME AND MAKING STATEMENTS ABOUT WHAT THE HEAT NEED TO BEAT THE BULLS. NEW COACH OR BIG MAN IN THE MIDDLE. THE HEAT GOT THIS FAR WITH THE TEAM THEY HAVE NOW. SO NO CHANGES ARE NEEDED. THAT’S WHY WE PLAY THE GAME TILL SOMEONE WINS 4 TIMES.
COME ON NOW WHO HASN’T BEEN SHOWN UP ON THE COURTS AT LEAST A FEW TIMES? YOU PLAY AS MANY GAMES AS THE HEAT AND BULLS DO YOU’RE GONNA SEE IT SOONER OR LATER.
HEAT…JUST SHOW UP AND TEACH THESE YOUNG BULLS THIS AIN’T THEIR PLAY GROUND.
IN THE WORDS OF THE ALMIGHTY NIKE
JUST DO IT!!!
You guys are overlooking one important factor. Rebounding. When Big Z and Dampier are on the bench in suits, who is going to rebound and play defense in the paint!?!?!
This is not XBL.
There’s absolutely no argument to be made: The Bulls have a much more experienced and deeper bench, they go 10 deep in their bench, But I think that if Miami continues to go after Chicago like they did tonite then this’ll turn out to be one tough series. As Coach Spoelstra said this evening “We can’t be afraid to get our hands dirty” Miami needs to continue to pressure Rose and play hard and without fear. Miami has all the ingredients necessary to take this all the way home. Next two games are going to be highly interesting, Miami’s got homecourt advantage and with a new attitude/gameplan in knowing how to take down Chicago. Haslem showed up tonite, and let us not forget, that the two greatest talents in the game today would not be deterred. Were talking about two guys that on any given night can blow an entire basketball game wideopen, that’s the kind of talent that’s in Miami.
I quote LeBron James calling up Dwyane Wade after a Game 2 loss to Dallas during the 05-06 series “Yo DWade you can’t go out like this” And that’s exactly, if the stars align for Miami won’t be happening! Expect some amazing showmansip from these two guys and sit back and strap in for the ride. Don’t count Miami out just yet, Miami’s just getting warmed up. Let’s go Heat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s time to build a dynasty down here and make basketball history.