The Heat won Game 2 in crunch time to tie their series with the Bulls at 1-1. Derrick Rose looks to retake his title as The Clutch Supreme as the series shifts to Miami.
Right after the Chicago Bulls nailed the Miami Heat up having a 21-point win in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, it seemed challenging to picture the Heat stealing household court benefit having a Game 2; it seemed as if the Bulls had been unbeatable at household, at the very least prior to Miami had time to "figure out" Chicago.
As it turns out, it took just 48 additional minutes, as the Heat, led by a brilliant LeBron James, earned an 85-75 Game 2 victory. James outscored the Bulls himself within the final four plus minutes as Miami went on a 12-2 run to close the game. It wasn't so significantly that Miami necessary to determine the Bulls as just play greater and make the most of Chicago's start-and-stop offense.
Will that be the case in Game three? The teams reconvene in South Beach on Sunday (8 p.m. ET, TNT) with the opportunity to move to a 2-1 lead. It appears as although this can be a tight, lengthy series, and even though the schedule has spaced the very first couple of games apart, issues will speed up and get much more heated. Udonis Haslem caused havoc for the Bulls in Game 2, and Haslem creates havoc in a way that drives most mad. Anticipate the Bulls, or at the very least a Bull, to be driven mad (as in, angry) by Haslem's distinctive branding of bumping, clawing and fighting; familiarity breeds contempt.
Though both teams are fantastic defensively, we could use extra offense in this series; Miami has finished inside the mid-80s (roughly 100 offensive efficiency) in both games; Chicago had 1 second half breakout and 1 second half breakdown. We haven't observed the full power of Miami's offense, and although Chicago's is much less spectacular in color it may be superior once again.