nba playoffs 2011 News

Scottie Pippen and Kareem Abdul Jabbar traded verbal jabs with each other on who is the greatest player to ever play the basketball game.

Chicago - Nobody really expected the Heat to pull out this series win after how the Bulls handled them in game 1, but the Heat made adjustments to advance to the NBA Finals. The Bulls played hard but their downfall was scoring late in the last four games.

Dallas - Dallas welcomed their team back home up 3-1, and the home crowd gave them the energy to pull off another come from behind victory. The Thunder’s offense became stagnate as the Mavs offense began to click and get a series ending victory over OKC.

Miami - The Bulls took back-to-back tough losses in this playoff series, and had a chance to tie the series up at two games apiece but went cold late. Mike Miller was one of the reasons the Heat pulled off the victory by scoring 12 points off the bench.

Oklahoma City - The Dallas Mavs lost one game at home, but bounced back to take two games on Oklahoma City. Dirk scored 48 points in game one and bounced back to score 40 points in this game to lift the Mavs to a 3-1 lead heading back to Dallas.

Miami - The last time Chris Bosh lead the Heat in scoring was game 1 of this series, and the Heat took a 21-point loss. The last time the Bulls lost two games in a row was last year, and it has taken the 96 games to finally lose two in a row.

Oklahoma City - The Mavericks have been riding the great play of Dirk Nowitzki in this playoff season, but the other night he just did not have his game. Nowitzki struggled from the field only to have some key players step and get a must needed 93-87 victory.

Chicago - The question coming into the game was can the Bulls bench give them the same boost they did in game one to take a 2-0 advantage. Well the Bulls bench gave them a spark, but they did not expect the Udonis Haslem to give the Heat the boost it needed.

Dallas - The Dallas Mavericks have not played in nine days, and the question was will the rest turn into rust. Tonight Dirk Nowitzki was not rusty as he dropped 48 points to lead the Mavericks to a 121-112 victory in game one.

Chicago - The Bulls owned the season series with the Miami Heat by sweeping them 3-0 in the regular season. There were different excuses with players missing games, but everyone was healthy tonight and the Bulls got a lopsided 21-point victory.