The Heat lose 93-86. What a victory for the Bulls!
Noah dominant once again....
This happened---
24.6 remaining- Five point game. Bulls lead. Heat in bound. LeBron takes it. Butler on defense. deep three taken. Robinson runs it down. Allen fouls
Robinson to the line. 1-2
LeBRON AIRBALLS A JUMPER!!! The Bulls push it up and there are only 24.6 seconds remaining!!!
45.5 seconds remaining--- Can the Bulls pick up the upset win? Will the Heat buckle down in the closing seconds?
Bulls with the ball. Can they make it a two-possession game. Robinson with the ball. Drives! PUTS IT UP! IN! YES!
1:18 to play in the game--- Bulls lead 88-86! Wade pull up MISSES!
1:30 Bulls ball. Robinson jumper. HITS IT!!! Heat lead by two! Pops it over Chalmers!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOO MINUTES! Dos! Heat ball. - Bosh misses!
James 1-2. Noah on the offensive board. Belinelli again! YES! Tied!
Bosh knocks down the jumper! 2:22 Gibson air balls open shot? On the rebound, Noah gets charged with his 5th foul. James to the line for two-possesion game.
2:58 TO PLAY--- Can Robinson be clutch? TIMEOUT ON THE FLOOR--- 2-2 from the line.
James goes 2-2. Heat up. Allen called for a foul.
3:13 Robinson bricks. LeBron takes the ball. Robinson gets in his way. Picks up his 5th foul. LeBron to the line.
Three-second violation on the Bulls. Heat tie it.
3:35 WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! Gibson hits the jumper. Allen knocks down the three and then Butler pops the three!
5:38 Wade lucky not to pick up a tech as he boisterously yelled FLOP! Butler at the line.
5:58 remaining in the 4th!
Nate Robinson sinks two free throws. The Bulls defend beautifully.
6:30 As Aventura or Prince Royce would say, "Too Strong!" LeBron with another And-1! Suddenly, 7-point game.
7:03 TIMEOUT BULLS! James has 18 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.
It's a one-point game with 7:39 to play in the game--- LEBRON GETS THE AND-1!!! Butler tried to hold him, he broke away and got four bounces as the ball fell through.
8:12 BUTLET GETS THE AND-1 AS THE SHOT CLOCK ALMOST WENT OFF! Has a double-double 16 points 11 rebounds.
8:41 Bulls miss. LeBron pushes. Wade misses.
TIMEOUT ON THE FLOOR--- Noles sinks the jumper.
This is still a game. Gibson with the slam. LeBron on the other end was hit on the back of the head but no foul was called. Foul would have been Noah's third.
10:00 to play Belinelli bricks the three. It's called Bulls ball!!! Oh no. Cole called for the foul. Third team foul.
BOOM! Belinelli doesn't even bother looking up. LeBron jams it home off the tip.
10:24 James hits the running jummper and then fades away off the glass. Gibson follows up with a jumper and Noah gets fouled away from the ball. Unconventional 3-point play
11:17 James sinks the jumper and then talk about lucky. And-1 for Butler a s he flicks up a ball and sinks it. Also hits FT. Three-point game.
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62-58 Miami Leads.
Battier responds! Bulls miss the final shot of the quarter.
35 seconds--- ROBINSON SINKS THE THREE!! Third three of the quarter.
51 seconds remaining-- LeBron hacked by Butler. He goes to the line. There go the MVP chants.
1:15 Gibson fouled. Goes 1-2 from the line. Bron shoots the three. Misses. LeBron gets offensive board.
Not a smart play by the Heat. They foul Gibson with just seconds left on the clock. REVIEW ON THE PLAY! TIME
1:37 James with the reverse layup! ....Bulls almost turn it over. Cole comes into play.
2:20 Heat pick up the loose ball. James wanted the foul. Allen with a heavy push. Bulls pick it up. Robinson with the bucket! One-point game.
TIMEOUT HEAT: 2:44 to play-- Birdman misses the alley oop!
3:03 to play-- Gibson to the line. 1-2 from the line. Belinelli with excellent D. 5 seconds on the Heat shot clock.
3:23 Robinson lays it up. Chalmers passes up an easy reverse layup. Bosh bricks. Gibson draws a shooting foul
Noah picks his 3rd foul. . . Heat don't score 3:53 to play-- Robinson dribbles it up.
4:19 The Heat have heated up! Double negative? They are playing D and running the floor.
5:00 Heat with another offensive board. Bosh from beyooooond! 3!
5:36-- TIMEOUT BULLS! Just about 6 minutes remaining in the third quarter
WOW! Wow! Wow!! Just when the Bulls pick up a bit of momentum. Wade sinks two beautiful buckets. Haslem witha big offensive rebound and scrimmage to the floor keeping the ball alive. Then Bosh with a huge block and Wade finishes on the other end.
Chalmers with a reach-in foul. NOAH TO BOOZER!! "AAAAAAAAAAAAH!" goes Boozer as he goes up for the jam.
7:06 Wade flies into the stands! Saves the ball. Haslem, no! Noah picks it up. 5-3 Bulls as 2 Heat players are left behind. NOAH TAKES IT IN!! Bulls lead.
8:07 Bosh with his first field goal. 4th points of the game. Robinson knocks down his second three!
8:24 Chalmers with the bucket on a beautiful layup. . . Belinelli draws a foul and goes to the line.... WHISTLE! Ref runs to Belinelli and blocks his shot. Well he prevented Belinelli from shooting. 2-2 from the line.
Wade doesn't finish and he gets fouled. Robinson then holds on to Wade as he and James were running the fastbreak.
9:54 both teams struggling. Committing turnovers. Haslem stops the slump.
10:36 James answers back with a three of his own and smiles at Noah. What could those two have said to each other?
Heat can't sink first shot. Robinson might be upset. He comes back with his busted upper lip and knocks down a three!
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Tied ball game 37-37.
:01.0 remaining--- NOAH SINKS THE LAYUP BEFORE THE BUZZER...
Butler missed the three. LeBron with the ball. Dribbles down the clock. Drives. Hesitates. Teague pushes up 4 seconds left
1:06 James drives and wanted the foul. Gets nothing from the refs. Allen then fouls Butler. 2-2
Noah at the line. 2-2. 1:30 to play in the first half---
Bulls ball. TIMEOUT! LESS THAN 2 MINUTES REMAINING----
Is grabbing the net while ball is on the rim a goaltend? Noah did so and nothing was called.
2:35 Miller misses three after Boozer hits jumper after Noah assist off offensive board.
3:17 BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK! Boozer thought he had easy layup, but James comes out of NOWHERE!
3:58 Bulls miss. Heat miss. Boozer misses easy layup. Wade then stops the sloppy play with easy lay in.
James picks up the offensive foul. Robinson on his way to the locker room. James fell on him while they chased the loose ball. James pushed Noah's head onto the floor as they were sliding out of bounds.
4:31 Bulls with 10th turnover. . . Miller misses three. Chalmers picks up rebound. Noah with the block. Robinson and James hustle for the ball. OOH! Noah bleeding from nose.
4:46 The Heat look like the Globetrotters with beautiful passing. Miller for three! Yes! (Marv Albert voice)
Picks up the steal! LeBron to Miller who somehow corrals it in and lays it in!
5:49--- It will be Bulls ball after TIMEOUT-- LeBron back in. He guards Noah.
OH WOW! It's a ghost. It's a plane. No! It's Mike Miller! ...But the Bulls take the lead.
6:49 Bosh misses sho horribly. Bulls with the ball. WOW! Noah with the rebound over Andersen! Bucket. "AAAAAH!" is all you hear from Noah.
7:12 Cole over Robinson for threeeee! ....Boozer then turns it over. Heat inbound.
8:00 Wade sinks the jumper over Noah! Belinelli with the layup to tie it!
8:35 Bulls bring back their size. Noah and Boozer on the floor. Can't get a foul call.
Score is tied 23 as the Allen three is reversed to a 2.
TIMEOUT BULLS!
8:48 ALLEN WITH THE THREE!! He's scored 6 of last 8 points for the Heat!
9:16 6-0 run for the Heat. AND ANOTHER TURNOVER! Cook steps out of bounds. 2nd time he's done it when he touches the ball.
Heat force turnover again. Blame the press. Looking like Louisville. And Wade sinks the jumper.
10:00 left in the 2nd QTR--- Defensive 3-second. Tech foul coming. Good. And Allen goes back to the line.
Heat pressure. Bulls get it over the line. Bulls turn it over as they step out of bounds.
10:23 Allen gets the inbound pass. Allen to Birdman! Andersen to the line. He always looks like he's wearing a turtle neck. 1-2.
Bulls with chance for a double-digit lead. Nada. Mohammed misses jumper from baseline.
11:16 Mohammed with the easy bucket. Birdman in the game. Foul on the floor... Heat can't get anything.
LeBron Double teamed. Cross court pass. Battier misses again from three!! That's 1-6.
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Bulls lead 21-15. Bulls shot 5-19. That's 26.3% from the floor.
11.5 Robinson with the bank!! Coles returns it the other way for the swishing floater!
1:20 left to play--- Heat knock down the three. Robinson is then trapped and calls timeout.
TIMEOUT ON THE FLOOR---
Two things: The Bulls are playing great defense. They might not have dominant scorers, but everybody seems to hold their own on defense. 2nd thing, Heat aren't hitting their shots. Battier is 0-3 from the floor and LeBron missed the follow up layup after grabbing the rebound.
2:24 Gibson with the jam! The Heat miss twice, Butler sinks the jumper.
3:02 Both teams have only hit three baskets from the floor. . . Allen fakes the three and gets the ball stripped as he drove to the bucket.
3:27 Belinelli doesn't sink layup. Boozer commits 2nd foul. Haslem misses both free throws. Bulls keep lead.
3:48 Battier bricks three and gets own rebound. The Heat are unable to take advantage and have yet to make a three.
Allen enters the game to a huge ovation. Robinson 1-2 from the line.
4:06 Heat turning it up! Wade with a layup as he takes it aggressively to the basket! Tied game.
4:41 Bulls falling apart. Turnover on Boozer. JAMES GETS BLOCKED! Bulls turn it over
5:02 Well that's a great way of getting your first bucket. LeBron with a big jam over Butler!
Heat bringing the pressure D. Wade runs after he gets a block on Gibson! Nate Robinson breaks it up.
5:34 Battier in the game. Noah picks up second foul on Chalmers. 2-2 from the line.
Derrick Rose returning? He said he wouldn't work out hard if it wasn't the case.
It looks as though the refs will not call it a clear-path foul
6:10 Refs calling it a clear path foul on the review. Refs reviewing call.
6:30 Haslem with the first field goal and then gets a huge block on Noah!! Refs are letting these guys play. Actually, Bosh had a clean block. Looked very physical.
7:45 Noah with the drive! Off the glass yup!
8:33 Boozer with an easy layup.... Heat showing the rust early as predicted.
9:03 Heat ball as Boozer grabs rebound and foot lands out of bounds. . . Bosh misses three
Boozer turns it over. Then picks up a bad pass. Belinelli misses. Heat push
9:34 Bosh to the line after aggressive play. He drove to the lane and was hacked. Sinks both.
10:15 Noah with the drive and layup... Heat showing early on they will not let Boozer beat them as they dooubled him.
10:38 No score yet. Both teams struggling. Bosh 0/2 from the floor.
11:14 Robinson drives after absorbing a lot of contact and Chalmers misses open three
TIPOFF! Bosh and Noah . Noah wins the tip and Robinson brings the ball up.
Teams out on the floor!
Action just minutes away---
The Chicago Bulls travel to Miami to face the Heat in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals as the NBA Playoffs roll along. Can't watch the game? Check out this live blog of the first game between the Bulls and Heat with updates, score changes, commentary and play-by-play.
The Bulls are hurt. It's no mystery. Luol Deng and Kirk Hinrich have been declared out of the game. Somehow, they made it beyond the first round of the playoffs. Joakim Noah somehow managed to play with foot problems. However, now against the Heat, they will have to all play together and bring their best game in the series.
The Heat are healthy. Making things better for them, they have had a week off. They destroyed the Milwaukee Bucks in four straight games. LeBron James recently won the MVP award and he will try to show once again why he was crowned the best player in basketball.
The Bulls proved they have the heart and are mentally tough team. They were down 0-1 against the Brooklyn Nets. They proceeded to win three consecutive games, but then lost two in a row and were pushed to a Game 7 on the road. That's where Noah stepped up becoming an offensive presence in that game. The Heat will definitely be challenged defensively as they get ready to face this team. Mario Chalmer's matchup against Nate Robinson should be exploited. Robinson's game is not defense, which will give Chalmer a chance to make his presence felt on offense.
Look for this to be physial battle all the way around. The Bulls might be injured, but they will not lay down and give up any games, just ask the Nets. The Heat will look to seek revenge after losing to the Bulls and having their 27-game winning streak snapped as they were chasing history.
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