god shammgod wrote:KnicksGod wrote:ONE of our realistic pathways to the Finals would be for the Bulls to knock off the Heat. Rose comes back, plays well, they manhandle Miami and eke out the series win. We'd have homecourt against the Bulls. They match up well with us but they're beatable.
As is Miami. Not the greatest team I've ever seen.
they gave miami no trouble in the playoffs with rose completely healthy. i really don't think it is realistic.
I don't know.
The series ended with Miami winning easily but I think it could have been a much tougher series if one of the first Miami wins had tipped in Chicago's favor instead.
Miami has a tendency to steamroll teams if you give them a running start (literally and figuratively). But there are moments early on where you need to get traction against them, push them (literally and figuratively) and then get them into a longer and tougher series.
Kind of like how OKC won that first game but couldn't get another one of the next two to go up 2-1. Had they done so, series winner might've been different and length/toughness of the series would've definitely been different.