The Chicago Bulls did what most people expected them to do last night, take care of the Miami Heat in Game 1. Luol Deng came up huge for the Bulls, scoring 21 points and most importantly held LeBron James in check with 15 points. The Heat stayed close until midway through the 3rd quarter. The Bulls reeled off 10 straight points and would never look back defeating the Heat 103-82:
The Oklahoma City Thunder and Memphis Grizzlies battled through 3 overtimes to decide the winner of a pivotal game 4. Russel Westbrook lead the way scoring 40 points for the Thunder but it was Kevin Durant who took over when the Thunder needed him the most. Durant scored 6 of his 35 points in the final overtime to put away the Grizzlies in the 133-123 victory:
The Los Angeles Lakers expectations of a “three-peat” might have been a bit presumptuous. For now Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks are taking it to the defending NBA Champs. Dirk lead the Mavericks in scoring 24 points as they defeated the Lakers 93-81 and took a 2-0 series lead back to Dallas:
Derrick Rose became the youngest NBA player in history to receive the MVP award. It is well deserved as Rose lead the Bulls to their No.1 playoff seed and average 25 points, 7.7 assists, with 4.1 rebounds to boot. He is also the first Bulls player since Michael Jordan in 1998 to receive the award:
The Memphis Grizzlies are up 3-1 on the San Antonio Spurs after a huge second half that gave them a comfortable 104-86 victory. The Grizzlies came out on fire in the second half going on a 30-15 run in the 3rd quarter. The Grizzlies were lead by Mike Conley who had 15 points and 7 assists in the victory. As the Beatnuts once said “Watch Out Now”:
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