Monday, March 7, 2011

Bulls took their talents to South Beach

There were a lot of things to take away from the Bulls-Heat game over the weekend.  I thought we saw perhaps the play of the year when Rose flew down the court and with Wade and LeBron closely trailing and eyeing a highlight reel block, Derrick found a gap-toothed size opening to lay it in.  Yes.  That play provided the front end of the 'Bron/Wade fail symmetry, as at the end of the game not one but both clanked would-be game winning shots.  It's hard to imagine two more contrasting teams.  An interesting nugget I picked up was in watching how each teams' respective stars interact with the rest of the team.  Rose gets as excited to chest bump, congratulate and pick up the guy at the end of the bench as he does his fellow starters.  LeBron and Wade on the other hand seem to be there for eachother but, unless I'm crazy, never seem to rush over to help up anyone else.  Also, I found it pretty telling how pumped up and excited Chris Bosh got after scoring on Omer Asik in the first half.  Chris, you're part of "The Big Three" and  making a layup in the first half against our backup center elicits a howl and inner-moment?  That tells me all I need to know about the mental make up of the Heat.  Can you imagine Michael, Scottie, or Derrick for that matter, making a layup over the likes of Tom Chambers or Jerome Kersey and freaking out?  Answer: No.

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