Deron Williams, Brook Lopez and Joe Johnson each scored 17 points, and the Nets again avoided elimination, beating the short-handed Chicago Bulls 95-92 Thursday to tie their first-round series at 3.
The Heat's bid for NBA history ended Wednesday night when their 27-game winning streak was snapped by the Chicago Bulls 101-97, setting off a raucous celebration inside United Center.
James scored 24 points, Wade finished with 22 and the Heat set a franchise record for home wins in a season by topping the Chicago Bulls 105-93 on Sunday.
The missed free throws, the blown boxouts, cost them what should have been a victory, and they realize things would be a whole lot different if they were coming home tied at two games apiece instead of trailing the Chicago Bulls 3-1.
But they spotted the Chicago Bulls a 17-point halftime lead and lost 99-93 at home Saturday night in Game 7.
He sat on a dais, where he was joined by his wife, the former singer Ri Sol-ju, and, a few moments later, an unlikely guest of honor: the onetime Chicago Bulls star and cross-dresser Dennis Rodman.
Noah gutted his way through an injury that made it difficult to even run in Game 1, making three fourth-quarter baskets as the Chicago Bulls beat the Brooklyn Nets 90-82 on Monday night to tie their first-round series at one game apiece.
The product has been pitched by both Dwight Howard, the Orlando Magic's 6-foot-11, 265-pound center and Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose, who is 6-foot-3 and 190 pounds.
Then, he got even, leading the Chicago Bulls to a 93-89 victory over the Utah Jazz on Friday night.
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Williams struggled all game and Brooklyn was brutal in the third quarter, losing 90-82 to the Chicago Bulls on Monday night in Game 2 of a first-round series.
Brooklyn blew a 14-point lead late in regulation and lost 142-134 to the Chicago Bulls on Saturday, leaving the Nets in a 3-1 hole in the first round of the playoffs.
The Arsenal-supporting superstar of the hoops was back in the British capital recently -- which will host a preseason friendly between the Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz on Ocotober 6 -- where he told CNN of his affection for the city.
The never-won-a-title Phoenix Suns of the NBA (eight) are roughly on par with the six-time-champion Chicago Bulls (nine).
Injured, ill and just as determined as ever, the Chicago Bulls beat the Nets 99-93 on Saturday night to win the first-round series.
That's probably why, in the NBA, the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers teams of the '80s, led by Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, respectively, rate higher than the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls clubs of the 1990s.
Nate Robinson scored a season-high 35 points and the Chicago Bulls stopped another lengthy winning streak, rallying to beat New York 118-111 in overtime Thursday night and end the Knicks' 13-game run.
After a 79-76 loss at Chicago on Thursday night, the Nets trail the Bulls 2-1 in the first-round playoff series.
Robinson started overtime with a three-point play to give Chicago a 108-105 lead, and after Anthony scored, the Bulls started to pull away.
Brooklyn is headed back to the playoffs after a six-year absence, hosting the opener of the first-round matchup against the Chicago Bulls on Saturday.
They cared about good jobs, fair treatment and about the fact that Dennis Rodman, the bad-boy star of the Chicago Bulls, had elected to pay for Mr Byrd's funeral.
The Brooklyn Nets, my local basketball outfit, were eliminated from the NBA playoffs Saturday night, surrendering with little resistance in Game 7 of their first-round series to the Chicago Bulls.
Noah, who grew up in New York, is battling foot problems and might be sidelined when the series opens Saturday, leaving the Chicago Bulls without their top option to defend Nets All-Star center Brook Lopez.
This Heat wave has even topped Michael Jordan's run with the Bulls in 1996, when Chicago finished with a 72-10 record.
Brook Lopez had 28 points and 10 rebounds, Deron Williams added 23 points and 10 assists, and the Nets beat Chicago 110-91 on Monday night, cutting the Bulls' lead to 3-2 in their first-round playoff series.
The Dallas Cowboys' Rowdy (a cowboy guy) and Chicago Bulls' Benny, both of whom made the Davie-Brown most-recognized list, are just two of the many mascots who represent teams at local hospitals, store openings and other assorted events.
That's a tall task, since the Knicks' likeliest first-round opponents are the elite Miami Heat or Chicago Bulls.
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The Bulls and Nets resume their first-round series in Chicago on Thursday after splitting the first two games in Brooklyn, and both teams have key players battling a similar injury.
In the fall of 1993, at the peak of his athletic abilities, three-time NBA finals MVP Michael Jordan quit the Chicago Bulls to join a minor league baseball farm team in Birmingham, Alabama.
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