Miami Heat vs Chicago Bulls Series Thread

[Paolo305613]

Time to seal the deal

 

[DeeHawkz23]

Heat fans..I would love to see this series played on the playground..the refs are too involved both ways...if the there were ever to be a playoff series at the Ruck..this would be it!

 

[Paolo305613]

Norris Cole = X-Factor. Emerging as a big time player in the post-season

 

[bksballer89]

Cole World!!!!!!!!!

 

[Flauge]

NORRIS FUCKING COLE!!!!!

 

[Heatles84]

NORRIS COLE TO THE RESCUE!!! How about Bosh and all those boards?!?!?!

 

[Paolo305613]

And then Shane Battier....

 

[bksballer89]

Battier got some tough calls go against him tonight

 

[Heatles84]

Ya as much of a homer as JVG has been, even he said that should've been a charge.

 

[Paolo305613]

Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems Ray Ray intentionally missed the second FT?

 

[Heatles84]

Game. Blouses

 

[Heatles84]

Chris Bosh w/ 18 rebounds and 20 points. I can't knock the man for not getting dirty when it counts.

 

[Paolo305613]

LeBron James: 25 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists
Chris Bosh: 20 points and 19 rebounds
Norris Cole: 18 points (6-7 FG, 3-3 3PT FG)
Dwyane Wade: 10 points and 5 assists

 

[Paolo305613]

Chris Bosh with his 1st career game of at least 20 pts, 19 rebs, 4 asts & 2 blks.

 

[bksballer89]

Wade played well tonight but just wasn't aggressive as he should have been.

I can sleep well this weekend.

This weekend would have been rough on me if the Bulls won tonight.

 

[Paolo305613]

You are right, Wade lacked aggression tonight but I was glad not to see him complain much if at all tonight or make mental mistakes. No game until Monday kinda sucks. It will be rough given that it will be my first day back in school post-injury but hopefully the Heat take care of buisness.

 

[heatmyshorts]

Good win. And even though it wasn't Lebron's best game, he was aggressive at drawing fouls or when he gets fouled, he makes those free throws. Too close for comfort with the first three quarters. The win today will make game 4 harder but the Heat will be able to play with more calm and poise now that its up 2-1. Getting home court back is good. Norris Cole should see more minutes against these Bulls. The Heat should reserve Rio for our Western opponent, because if we get New York in the next round, Cole would be a better defender against the likes of Shumpert.

 

[heatmyshorts]

Good effort from Bosh as well to offset the relatively quiet James and Wade in the 1st half.

 

[heatmyshorts]

LeBron James: 25 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists
Chris Bosh: 20 points and 19 rebounds
Norris Cole: 18 points (6-7 FG, 3-3 3PT FG)
Dwyane Wade: 10 points and 5 assists

Wade has got to explode. This would have been a blowout if Wade scored in the 20s. The Bulls had too many points in the interior. Can we use Joel Anthony when Anderson sits? I still think he can interrupt Bulls interior scoring better than Haslem and can provide Shane Battier some rest.

 

[Heatles84]

Good win. And even though it wasn't Lebron's best game, he was aggressive at drawing fouls or when he gets fouled, he makes those free throws. Too close for comfort with the first three quarters. The win today will make game 4 harder but the Heat will be able to play with more calm and poise now that its up 2-1. Getting home court back is good. Norris Cole should see more minutes against these Bulls. The Heat should reserve Rio for our Western opponent, because if we get New York in the next round, Cole would be a better defender against the likes of Shumpert.

Agreed on that heatmyshorts. Cole is really good against quick PG's and will likely be needed if we move on to play the Knicks in the ECF (never thought I would hear myself say that with the Knicks) to guard Raymond Felton. Chalmers is better suited against slower more methodical PGs and is a better shooter. Although this series has shown that Norris Cole is actually the most consistent player on this team; for this series that is.

I also found it funny how at halftime, all of the "experts" said Wade was struggling and he had only one made basket in the first half. I guess the "analysts" didn't bother to check that he only attempted one shot. Wade needs to be more aggressive I agree. But Bosh was feeling it during the game and Wade allowed Bosh to have the night.

My Co-players of the game are Cole and Bosh on this one. Excellent job all around.