In what could be a preview of the next Eastern Conference finals, the Bulls fell short. Derrick Rose fell short. Inexplicably shooting well from the Freethrow line the reigning MVP choked on 2 shots that could have gotten Chicago the lead and put some pressure on the Heat to counter. Instead the ball bounced out of the rim two times.
Funnier still LeBron did the same trick on the next incident. Trying to finish off the Bulls James stepped off the 15 ft. line and bricked.
“I couldn’t believe he missed both,” Wade said of Rose. “I couldn’t believe LeBron missed both, either. Averaged itself out, I guess.”
After LeBron's 2nd miss there was a scramble. Confusion rushed in when an inadvertent whistle was heard. Officials of the game ruled it jump ball. James—who talked Bosh out of taking the tap himself—outleaped Taj Gibson, gave the ball up to Mario Chalmers, who was fouled and eventually got a free throw in for a two-point lead. Bulls finally had possession.
9.9 seconds left, an eternity in basketball, Bulls had a great idea of putting the ball in Rose's hand, Derrick cut the defense and a crucial moment decided to shoot the ball against 2 defenders and it bricked. The shot was a floater that Rose has been making throughout the game. It was a bad break.
“This is so surreal right now knowing that I had a chance to win the game,” an emotional Rose said at his locker afterward. “And this time it didn’t work out.”
The Bulls trailed the whole game, Rose played significant big minutes in the absence of his chief reliever CJ Watson. Luol didn't play also nursing his own wrist injury.
Bulls lost, tough game with bad breaks (for the Bulls side), but this soon to be rivalry will carry on for years and it will be fun watching. So Heat fans, don't rub it in you maybe be better today but the Bulls will definitely comeback.
Sources (quotes): Yahoo! sports
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