The Bulls won despite missing All-Stars Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah due to injuries.
The Bulls, engaged to the end, were tightly clustered, Joakim Noah and Carlos Boozer shouting encouragement at their teammates.
Carlos Boozer had 25 points and eight rebounds for the Bulls, who had Joakim Noah in the starting lineup despite foot pain.
Joakim Noah has battled plantar fasciitis in his right foot the same issue dogging Joe Johnson, except it's in his left foot.
Marco Belinelli and Jimmy Butler each scored 20 points, Joakim Noah had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Luol Deng added 15 points.
The Bulls had opportunities to tie it, but Marco Belinelli missed a 3-pointer and Joakim Noah stepped out of bounds with about six seconds left.
The Bulls, for instance, have big man Joakim Noah, an energetic player who, much to his delight, often gets under the skin of his opponents.
The Bulls had a chance to tie it, but Marco Belinelli missed a 3-pointer and Joakim Noah stepped out of bounds with about six seconds left.
Nate Robinson led the Bulls with 19 points, Joakim Noah had 18 points and 17 rebounds and Carlos Boozer had 12 points and 10 rebounds for Chicago.
Jefferson opened 4 of 5, spinning by Joakim Noah for a layup, dunking on him and then converting a three-point play to give Utah a 21-16 lead.
And last week, bombastic Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah was captured by television cameras lobbing a similar slur at a fan after his second foul in the game.
The Bulls had a chance to win in the closing seconds of the second extra session, but Joakim Noah was blocked, and the game went to a third OT.
The Bulls had a chance to win in the closing seconds of the next extra session, but Joakim Noah was blocked, and the game went to a third overtime.
Jimmy Butler provided a spark with 17 points and the Bulls stopped Miami even though they were missing Joakim Noah (right foot), Marco Belinelli (abdominal strain) and Richard Hamilton (lower back).
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Joakim Noah had 24 points and 14 rebounds, and Marco Belinelli also scored 24 points to help the Bulls advance to a second-round series against defending champion Miami that starts Monday night.
Exacerbating things for the Bulls was the fact that center Joakim Noah, who decided to battle through plantar fasciitis to play in Game 1, limped off the floor in the third quarter.
Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau attributes the spectacular play of his bench this year to heavy use of those players last season, when injuries sidelined starters Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah, among others.
Joakim Noah gutted his way through a foot injury that made it difficult to even run in Game 1, making three fourth-quarter baskets to help the Bulls hold off the Nets' fourth-quarter charge.
Carlesimo disagreed, claiming the Nets' poor defense caused Lopez to move out of position, which is why Bulls center Joakim Noah who had been battling through plantar fasciitis finished with 24 points and seven offensive rebounds.
Luol Deng scored 18 points and Taj Gibson had 16 points and nine rebounds for the Bulls, who played without starters Joakim Noah, Carlos Boozer and Kirk Hinrich while losing for just the third time in 11 games.
Rose is undoubtedly the most talented player on the Bulls, but Chicago's soul belongs to players like Joakim Noah, struck with plantar fasciitis, pogo-sticking himself up and down the court on one foot to help his team beat Brooklyn.
Carlos Boozer had 13 points and 12 rebounds, Joakim Noah gutted his way through a foot injury to make three fourth-quarter baskets, and the Bulls beat the Brooklyn Nets 90-82 on Monday night to even their first-round series at one game apiece.
"Kobe Bryant, Joakim Noah and Roger McDowell are not any different from many people in our society who use offensive language like that on a daily basis, " said Jarrod Chin of the Society for the Study of Sport in Society at Boston's Northeastern University.
Current NBA players Chandler Parsons, David Lee, Tyson Chandler, Stephen Curry, Steve Novak and Joakim Noah and retired Rockets center Yao Ming were among those who attended the event, held in the atrium and concourse at Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros.
The three losses were by one point, four points and two points, respectively, and Brooklyn will have its hands full with a Bulls team that is looking forward to getting Joakim Noah and Taj Gibson back to normal after injuries had slowed them down recently.
That spirit has Chicago on the verge of the second round in a season in which Derrick Rose hasn't played at all, Joakim Noah has battled chronic pain in his right foot and some other injury often seems around the corner, even it's not serious.
Luol Deng led Chicago in scoring with 19, Robinson and Kirk Hinrich scored 14 apiece and Jimmy Butler added 13 for the Bulls, who played without Joakim Noah (foot), Taj Gibson (knee), Richard Hamilton (one-game NBA suspension) and of course, Derrick Rose, who has been out all year while coming back from a knee injury.
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