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Miami Heat Deal Chicago Bulls Their Worst Playoff Loss in History
It was clear the Miami Heat would be fired up in Game 2, but no one knew that the Chicago Bulls would stop playing near the end of the second quarter, losing in an embarrassing fashion (115-78), their worst defeat in postseason history, heading back to Chicago in a 1-1 tied series, as LeBron James didn’t even need to score in the second half.
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NBA Playoffs – Bulls vs Heat Game 2 Predictions
While there is a chance that the Chicago Bulls might have found the recipe to do what seemed impossible until a few days ago – beat the current Miami Heat team in a seven game series, there’s also the option of them awaking a slumbering dragon that didn’t win so many games during the second half of the season on sheer luck alone, and has responded quite well to being behind in a series over the last couple of seasons.
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Jimmy Butler is Superhuman, Even Compared to LeBron James
There are quite a few heroes the Chicago Bulls can be proud of after shocking the NBA-viewing public and winning Game 1 against the Miami Heat – Joakim Noah by doing a little bit of everything, Nate Robinson for being once again huge in the fourth quarter despite the utter lack of faith in him from people outside the team. But it’s Jimmy Butler, for not getting a second of rest, and his incredible defense on LeBron James, that deserves more praise than anyone else.
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Chicago Bulls Winning Game 1 Wasn’t Something Anyone Expected
Rust, fatigue or too much rest. Those are the usual excuses when a better team, the Miami Heat, coming off a first round sweep, falls at home against the Chicago Bulls, missing too many players to be taken too seriously, but comes away with a shocking win to open their conference semifinals series, thanks to nothing short of a heroic performance from Jimmy Butler, Joakim Noah, Nate Robinson and Marco Belinelli.
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NBA Playoffs – Heat vs Bulls Semifinals Series Predictions
Is there a chance for the Chicago Bulls, with so many injured players and coming off an exhausting first round series to pull off the upset? The fact that the Miami Heat struggled against them through the regular season might prove to be the only thing that keeps them going, but eventually, it’s going to be very hard even imagining them making it through a best-of-seven series against LeBron James and a very well rested bunch of NBA champions.
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The NBA Playoffs Sweep – What Does it Mean?
Beginning the postseason with a 4-0 sweep should indicate that your team is going all the way, and in 2013, it just might be the case with both the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs looking like the strongest teams in each conference, but more often than not, a team that starts out too hot burns out before the ending, rarely fulfilling that early promise and going all the way to win the NBA title.
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Miami Heat Can’t Lose With Chris Andersen Playing
There’s a good chance that Chris Andersen is the most underpaid player in the NBA, solely due to the fact that since signing with the Miami Heat in the middle of the 2012-2013 season, they’ve hardly been losing, especially when the Birdman is getting more than just negligible playing time.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Sweeps Without Dwyane Wade
Maybe he was envious of how dominant Kevin Durant was without his #2, so LeBron James went out without Dwyane Wade and didn’t let that really hurt him, leading the Miami Heat to another double digit win and earn their first playoff sweep in the Big Three era.
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Miami Heat – Ray Allen Superior to LeBron James for Once
While Dwyane Wade was having one of his worst performances ever, and LeBron James was having just an ordinary day, it was Ray Allen who stole the spotlight with more than just setting the NBA career playoff record for 3-pointers, but actually player better than anyone on the Miami Heat as the favorites to retain the NBA title took a 3-0 lead in their first round series.
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Miami Heat – The Turn of Dwyane Wade to Step Up
It’s not always about LeBron James when it comes to the Miami Heat. Dwyane Wade might be playing second fiddle in this show, but he can take the lead once in a while, which doesn’t make the NBA champions any less of a team. In a game in which they needed a little bit of a different spark, Wade was the one to provide it as they took a 2-0 in their first round series.