The Miami Heat won round 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals preview yesterday, but there were a lot of positives to take out of it from the Bulls' point of view. Rose had one of those takeover games as he scored 34. In the 4th quarter, he led a rally to erase an 11-point deficit. He did miss the 2 free throws, but was bailed out by James' 2 misses. Then there was a fumbled ball out on Wade, but somehow called a jumpball by the officials. The Heat won the tip and that led to the game. So the Bulls played with the injured Rose, Noah and Hamilton. Deng, the man that won 2 for them last year was unable to play. CJ Watson was unable to play, so the injured Rose played almost all minutes. Miami was on fire and with all this, only won by 4... really 2 because the last 2 were just end-of-game freebies.
So health is the issue here. The Bulls need their full lineup to beat the heat. They almost did it hobbling yesterday. Derrick Rose said "thank God we play tomorrow." So the back-to-back games this season is actuallly a big plus for the Bulls. They're constantly looking at their failures and the compressed season allows them to try things out right away. One thing's for sure... I wouldn't want to be the Wizards tonight!
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