The Chicago Bulls kicked off the Eastern Conference finals with a blowout victory over the Miami Heat on Sunday night. The Bulls won this game 103-82, to take a 1-0 lead in the series. The Bulls and the Heat would play tight throughout the first half, but the second half was all Bulls. The two teams would go into half-time tied at 48. In the second half though, the Bulls tightened up defenseivley allowing Miami to score only 34 points in the third and fourth quarter combined. The Bulls hustled all night long for loose balls and rebounds. The Bulls out rebounded Miami 45-33 overall and 19-6 offensively. Derrick Rose had 28 points and 6 assists. Luol Deng had 21 points and Carlos Boozer had 14 points. Joakim Noah grabbed down 14 rebounds and Taj Gibson was huge off the bench with 9 points and 7 rebounds. He had two major dunks in this game, one of them dunking on Dwyane Wade. Wade finished with 18 points, LeBron James was limited to only 15 points. Chris Bosh was the leading scorer for Miami with 30 points to go along with 9 rebounds. The Bulls played fantastic defense throughout this game and they had scoring from everyone tonight. If the Bulls want to win this series, they are going to have to have scoring from everyone. The Bulls will look to take a commanding 2-0 lead on Wednesday night at the United Center.
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