Bulls Hot for the Heat
The Bulls and Heat met in the first round of the play-offs last year and I think that when you don't make a whole lot of changes, you know each other really well because you went thru a 2 week period where you comprehensively prepared for the same team time and time again. I think the familiarity that the Bulls and Heat have from the play-offs carries over to the following year.
I think the Heat are a fairly older team with a short bench that has trouble staying up with the Bulls' athleticism. I think the Bulls match up well and that showed in the play-offs as the Bulls pushed Miami in a hard-fought 6-game series.
This year, the Bulls beat Miami in the season opener...the worst loss ever for a defending champion on Opening Night...and then scored 109 points in the rematch one month ago in Chicago. If the Bulls can get the game into the open court, they've got a huge advantage over Miami whenever they play.
Wayne