Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Game 2: Bulls Looking to go up 2-0

The Chicago Bulls take on the visiting Miami Heat in game two of the best of 7 series tonight at 8:00 PM Eastern time on TNT.

The Bulls are a confident bunch going into tonight's game, and why shouldn't they be? The took 3 or 4 regular season games against the Heat including the 108-66 shellacking they gave them on national TV in the very first game of the year.

Make no mistake about tonight's game, the Heat will come in with a different game plan. They will make adjustments and try and do things better. They will also try and control the tempo. If they are successful at doing that, it could spell trouble for the Bulls. That being said, Miami controlled the tempo of game one to a certain point, then the Bulls started to run more and increased the tempo. When they did that they outscored the Heat during one stretch 25-4! Look for the Bulls to run once more. They young legs gave Miami fits last year in the playoffs, and in 4 of the 5 games they have played this year.

We need Kirk to be on tonight. He needs to stay out of foul trouble and hit the jay when needed. When he does that, it stretches the defense. If he doesn't do that, then Miami will no doubt have an easier time in guarding Gordon and Deng.

We need Deng to continue to be aggressive. He was magnificent during game 1. The Bulls penetrated and moved the ball and that made Deng's game easier. Time after time he hit the open jumper!

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