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We were one inbound pass away from another big night, but Dallas is so putrid that they can't even do that. Unfortunately, they don't play another playoff team until their last game against the Blazers, so it will be hard to fade them. Oh well, on to the next one.
I said yesterday that I didn't trust Chicago last night and I was right. Not only were they affected by Rose's rust (a star's first game back is always tricky) but they started looking ahead to tonight's game. And who can blame them. Miami has been the bane of the Bull's existence for so many years. They even beat them in Chicago the last time out, but that was a different Heat team. I said in the beginning of the year that all those teams that the Heat stepped on and crushed (with LBJ) would try to get their revenge this year. And they have. Miami just went through a stretch where 4 teams (with grievances against them) beat them. And the 5th, the lousy Hornets (who got curb stomped by Miami in the playoffs last year), almost pulled it off as well. Now Miami faces a team, and a coach, with payback in mind. With a win, the Bulls not only help themselves secure home court, but they also knock out an old foe on the brink of elimination (from getting into the playoffs). The fact that the Bulls are coming off two losses (one to LBJ, a former Heat) also really helps us here, as it conjures up bad dreams.
The Heat, meanwhile, are a terrible team. Don't let that win against the Hornets fool you. That's not to say they can't win, but Chicago should be a 4 point favorite based on talent alone. They have the bigs and smalls to contend with Miami. The only thing that can save the Heat in this spot (imo) are the refs. If league wants the Heat in the playoffs we will see a lot of phantom calls against the Bulls, which is why I'm treading lightly.
2 units on the Bulls at -1.5
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