Miami Heat at Chicago Bulls
3/14/12
9:30 PM Eastern time / 6:30 PM Pacific time
United Center inChicago,Illinois
TV: ESPN (206 directv)
Line: Chicago Bulls -2
2011-12 Records:
Miami Heat: 31-10 (2nd in Eastern Conference)
Chicago Bulls: 35-9 (1st in Eastern Conference)
Record vs. each other: Miami 1-0 over Chicago
Players of interest:
Miami Heat: Lebron James, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh
Chicago Bulls: Derrick Rose
Why you want to watch:
- Heat beat the Bulls in their only match this season, 97 to 93 in Miami.
- Heat have won 5 straight regular season games over the Bulls.
- Bulls are on a roll having won 10 of their last 11 games which included an 8 game winning streak.
- Heat have only gone 3 and 3 in their last 6 but prior to those 6 games had won 9 in a row and 12 of 13.
- Heat beat the Bulls in last year’s Eastern conference finals 4 games to 1.
- Rose struggled in the last match with the Heat having to take 28 shots (made 11) to score 34 points.
- Heat are just 1 loss in back of the Bulls for the Eastern conference lead. They will play each other 2 more times after today.
– Fern Rea “@fullcourtfern”