re: Heat @ Bulls on TNT

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To be fair, Lebron beat Chicago by himself last year in the playoffs when Wade disappeared for that series

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Yep. I still hold the opinion of that series being a lot closer than people think. Sure, Miami won four games, and Chicago won one. That's easy to hang your hat on. However, LeBron played insane. He was everything on both ends of the floor. Plus, Chicago couldn't get much scoring at the end of games. If they would have closed out Game 2, that would have changed the entire dynamic of the series.

This year, the Bulls have a lot more perimeter options. They won't be shut down at the end of games against Miami as they were last year, IMO. LeBron can guard Rose and limit him a lot, but as Chicago has been proving, they can win without Rose even on the floor. And LeBron can't guard three people at once.

It is going to take a huge series from LeBron to beat Chicago in the playoffs, IMO. That can definitely happen, but I'm not going to rely on that just because he did it last year.

Should be fun either way. I kind of want Boston to avoid the 4 seed so they can see Miami in the semis. I think they could take two games off of either Miami or Chicago, but I think they'd have a better chance to beat Miami in a series than Chicago.