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Crying game: Bulls bring Heat to tears after sweeping season series

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« on: March 07, 2011, 03:13:18 pm »

Something else Heat can cry about: Rose is better MVP choice than LeChoking James

The Heat cried?

The Bulls made some Heat players cry after beating them in Miami on Sunday?

When did the Heat trade for Roberto Luongo?

"There’s a couple guys crying in the locker room," Heat interim coach Erik Spoelstra said.

Crying in March? Jeez, how weak is that locker room? And how soon will Spoelstra be fired for failing with that roster and for ratting out his weepers?

So many questions about Sunday’s losers. So many answers about the Bulls.

For one, they’re not a fluke. Not with that defense (Tom Thibodeau, hello). And not with that point guard (Derrick Rose, hello). Those are two of the biggest reasons the Bulls lengthened their lead on the Heat for the second seed in the Eastern Conference.

Miami might have the "Big Three" of Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh, but the Heat also have a big hole: They don’t have a point guard, certainly nothing close to Rose, which has resulted in their inability to run a halfcourt offense.

The Bulls also answered, or at least confirmed, that the Heat can’t guard a team with a fast point guard. If the Heat gets to run, they can win. But good teams force you to work for each possession, and the Heat can’t. Not only did this underscore how right the Bulls have it, but it also shows how wrong the Heat have it for the playoffs when play gets excruciatingly tight.

You know what else might’ve been answered? Rose’s coronation, that’s what.

It has been building, what with his starting All-Star status and quality wins over Boston, a hot Dallas team, Orlando twice, the NBA-leading Spurs, and Miami twice, and that’s in just the new calendar year.

But here’s the clip&save: We’ll look back and say Sunday was the game that capped the week when Derrick Rose won the MVP award, in part because it also will be remembered as the week when James lost it.

James repeatedly and inexcusably choked in measuring-stick games. Rose repeatedly gave his team a chance to pass the Heat and threaten Boston.

It was the week when James and the “Big Three’’ were exposed as big losers -- bullies who can’t deal with a fair fight. The Heat can beat up the lousy teams, but they can’t beat top teams. The Bulls have beaten the Lakers, Celtics and Spurs, and if the Heat still count as a good team, the Bulls have beaten them three times. Swept the season series. Overtook them for the second seed. The Heat, meanwhile, have lost 9 of 10 to the top three teams in each conference.

How can your MVP come from a team that can’t beat quality opponents? You don’t matter if you can’t beat a team that matters.

And how can you elect an MVP who can’t close? Or at least set up the winning play.

James couldn’t score against Joakim Noah on a drive Sunday the way he blew a jumper in a loss to the Bulls in Chicago two weeks ago. Wade missed a jumper at the buzzer Sunday, and so, the Heat legacy grew to 1-for-18 when they were shooting to tie or win a game in the final 10 seconds. A hundred-million dollars apiece has to make that the most expensive pair of chokers in sports history.

Sorry, but your MVP can’t be a guy who comes up small at the biggest times. I mean, what’s so valuable about that? Beating the best would seem to indicate where a player’s value is.

In the past week, the Heat blew double-digit leads against the Knicks and Magic at home, got wiped out by the Spurs in San Antonio, then choked another double-digit lead against the Bulls at home. If it was close the past week, James missed the shot. Just to clarify: Not a good thing.

In the past week, the Bulls won three of four on the road, closing with a weekend when they beat the Magic on the home court of that whiny, cheap-shot goof Dwight Howard, then pantsed the Heat on national television.

Rose’s team has beaten tougher opponents and done it more often, while James’ gang has to pray that the Wizards and Cavaliers are playoff options.

"This is what everyone wanted," a sarcastic Wade offered Sunday. "The world’s better now because the Heat are losing."

Maybe, maybe not. But you know what’s decidedly better now? The clarity of which team is better and which MVP candidate is the better choice.
Posted at 10:46:49 AM in Chicago Bulls, Chris Bosh, Derrick Rose, Dwyane Wade, Erik Spoelstra, Joakim Noah, LeBron James, Roberto Luongo, Tom Thibodeau
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