Also nice to see D-Rose not going full on chuckmode and the Bulls taking what Miami was giving up (the pass from one big at the foul line to another cutter at the baseline for an easy layup). Controlled offense. When Miami adjusts, it'll be interesting to see what angle the Bulls come from.
bulls ran plays
heat do not run plays
no true point guard
It's good to have Thunder Dan back
Oh boy where do I startFlukish game 1, Heat will be fine, not worried at all..Wade and Lebron both playing poorly, in the same playoff game, is a rarity..they will both be huge on Wednesday..I predicted a 6-game series, still looks that way to me..if Miami takes game 2, it'll be a backdoor sweep..
Rebounding is the main issue, Chicago will always have the advantage, but the Heat need to play with more energy on the boards..
I also predicted a game 1 loss, as did Ace..pretty obvious outcome..
Not having a healthy Haslem is painful though, he would have laid out Raj Gibson, or whatever that ugly ass dude's name is..
Thunder Dan finally showing up, after a long hiatus, when Miami finally has a bad game..
- James should have drove to the lane more often I give you that but other than that how did they play poorly? Wade got swatted everytime he drove. Looks like some people are finally realizing how good defenders Deng & Bogans are
- ''Energy'' isn't the issue on the boards. Going into the series I stated I rather have Noah, Boozer & Gibson than any of the Heat bigs. And while I might have been wrong about Boozer, Asik makes up for that. The Bulls have 4 legit bigs. On top of that like Barkley stated the Heat will have to go even smaller the rest of the series. They were expected to get beaten on the boards and it will be worse than predicted IMO
- So the Heat's hope is for a guy whose been injured the whole season to save them (Haslem)? Not looking good
- Unless LBJ & Wade morph into early 90's MJ....this series is over.
It's just one game man. Take it easy
The Bulls being a young team came out nervous and played like early and allowed Wade and Lebron to get their easy buckets but then again they've done that EVERY game against the Heat this season. The Bulls are notorious slow starters.
Taj Gibson... the best thing to come out of USC
Put your money up...
Calling this series "over" is stupid, but Miami def, needs to make some
serious adjustments for game 2 and beyond
Man the bulls are freakin' awesome. I'm a fan for sure. Knock that got ass Heat team out of there.
I see the Bulls losing 2 of the next 5 games but 3 or especially 4.....noIt's just one game man. Take it easy
The Bulls being a young team came out nervous and played like early and allowed Wade and Lebron to get their easy buckets but then again they've done that EVERY game against the Heat this season. The Bulls are notorious slow starters.
50 bucks, paypal?
I didnt get to watch the game, but by the looks of it, both James and Wade completely sucked while Bosh carried them. And yet they were still up 58-57 in the 3rd quarter, and then everything fell apart.....
I could see them losing the next game if they come out the same way they did in Game 1. I could tell they were nervous. Rose was throwing passes to god knows who in the first quarter. The Bulls have a great defense but they can't keep spotting Miami early leads. Eventually Wade or Lebron will go ape against them.
One thing Miami has to decide is if they're going to keep sending the double at Rose because they're getting exposed spreading their defense too thin. Once Rose makes that pass out of the trap to Noah or Boozer they're making the extra pass and hitting the offensive boards immediately in case of a miss. With the Heat trapping Rose out on the perimeter they don't have the bodies to box out in the paint (especially if their bigs are involved in the P&R) and its costing them. Miami probably needs to let Rose get his with single coverage and concentrate on the boards.
You mean old ring chaser? It would be funny but it would still piss me off to see that bag get a ring.
Not worried one bit. Hold your horses haters, don't rejoice after game 1.
From what I remember the Heat doubled Rose in the 3 regular season matchups as well. If they haven't changed by now I dont see it happening.
I think they're gonna continue doubling and try to out athlete and shoot the Bulls. Basically they need to drive to the hoop and rack up fouls & foul shots. That is their only hope in this series. By caving inside to help on rebounds it hurts their transition game.
In Miami their secondary players will shoot better and there will be phantom fouls BUT I think Game 2 is a must win for Miami. If you haven't beaten a team in 4 matchups already, you can't think a mentally fragile team like Miami is gonna roll off 4 outta 5.
Everyone expects James to improve but the Bulls have 3 legit defenders to throw at him; Deng, Brewer and Gibson
Wade is the only legit defender on Rose and that hurts them on offense in a 4 quarter game. It's just a TERRIBLE matchup for the Heat. At some point maybe the Bulls are just that good....it's a new team we have no idea what their ceiling is
Even a lil bit
D-Whistle admits to quitting. That's why he is only 2nd team all NBA.“We took it on the chin,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said before using words such as “sideways” and “surrendered.”
They didn’t get just beaten by the Bulls, there were demoralized by them. The Heat played like a baseball team that knows it has a bad bullpen, spiritless as the game wears on. Their initial defensive stops weren't rewarded because of an endless stream of offensive rebounds. And it robbed them of all the virtues they got to this point.
Some of this was the general energy and skill of Joakim Noah and Carlos Boozer -- a pair of offensive rebounding juggernauts. As those rebounds piled up, the Heat shrunk and shrunk. Chicago gobbled up 19 offensive rebounds in all leading to 31 second-chance points and quite a few unofficial third-chance points.
“We knew it coming in and we still let them do it,” Wade said. “No one is going to beat anyone giving up that. If we give up that every game, we’ll be going home early.”
Gone was the 1-2 attack that Wade and LeBron James ran to perfection against the Celtics and 76ers, when they averaged 54 points and 48 percent shooting in the first 10 playoff games together. Even as Chris Bosh was attempting to don a cape and come to the rescue with perhaps the greatest playoff game of his career -- 30 points and nine rebounds -- Wade and James did the worst possible thing they could do.
They played afraid (like front running gots).
It's incredible that James has learned so little in 7 years.
Caption these two gots: "Miami e"
Even his block attempts look ballerinaesque:
What a got. The RuPaul of bigmen indeed.
"I'm LeBron James !"
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