The Chicago Bulls could not have had a better start to the Eastern Conference finals as they buried the Heat, 103-82.

Game 2 is Wednesday, also in Chicago.

10:30: The Bulls take a 103-82 win. Bosh had 30 points for Heat but no one showed up offensively with him. The Bulls had 10 guys score led by Rose's 28 and Deng's 21. The winners had 10, 3-pointers and had a 19-6 lead on the offensive boards. Wade and James were 12-for-31 as the Bulls proved that a No.1 defense takes you a long way.

10:25: Both teams are emptying the bench. Light up the victory cigar.

10:24: With three minutes left it is the Bulls up 19, 99-80. Subs please. It is so bad for the Heat that Wade stepped on the line getting a rebound.

10:20: Korver gets a three. 95-80 for the Bulls as they enter cruise control with 4:34 left. Make that 97-80 with Rose runner. The Heat defense is terrible and the Bulls terrific. A dream night for the Heat haters that is for sure.

10:18: With 5:12 left its 92-80 and Bosh has 30 points but can't get anyone to join him for Miami.

10:15: Bosh now has 28 points with two free throws but he's the Lone Ranger out there offensively. With 5:25 left its 90-78 and Boozer is heading to the line.

10:11: Six minutes to play and its 88-76 Chicago. Then Rose hits another. Had 26 poitns and 90-76 lead. This is the nightmare that Miami feared. Bosh has 25 now but James and Wade are 12-for-31. Chicago has an 18-6 lead on the offensive boards. Just too much to overcome for Miami.

10:09: Deng hits another 3. Now a 16 point game. Seven minutes to play.

10:08: Turning it a night for Heat haters as they are getting routed. Bosh, now with 23 points, the only Heat who is having a good night. Bosh also getting a free throw to cut it to 83-69 if he hits. Bosh hits. 7:40 to play.

10:05: With nine minutes left the Heat are not only being outplayed by Chicago but out thought. Miami is making some awful decisions and the Bulls are clearly out hustling them. The Heat have to make up a 14 point deficit against the league's best defense.

10:02: It is clear path. The Bulls lead 76-66 with Brewer getting two free throws and then the team gets the ball. Brewer makes both. 78-66. Horrible play by the Heat. There is 9:13 left but things not looking good for Miami. Now 80-66 with Miami timeout.

10:01: The Heat are now starting to lose composure as the officials are looking to see if the clear path rule has been violated. That is 2 and the ball.

10:00: James hits three and the Heat at least make noise. 76-66 with 9:26 left after Deng layup. Heat make some noise but not enough.

9:59: Asik going to line for his second three-point play try. An awful foul by Jones. Now 74-63. Asik's free throw is not good.

START OF FOURTH QUARTER: 9:57: Thibodeau says the Bulls need to stop penetration.

END OF THIRD -- 9:54: James misses three as Bulls lead 72-63 at the end of three. James and Wade are now 11-29 in the game. Bosh's 21 points is the only thing keeping the Heat within any kind of touching range.

9:53: Miami will hold for final shot of third quarter. Now seven seconds left.

9:52: Gibson playing out of his mind gets an offensive rebound that leads to a 3 for Deng. 72-63.

9:50: Rose and Wade trade runners. 69-63 with 1:42 left in third.

9:48: James Jones hits a three to make it 67-61. Ends 10-0 run. Hard to believe anyone let Jones alone behind the line.

9:46: The Bulls now up 67-58 with five minutes left in period are winning every hustle point. It is becoming obvious how good the Bulls defense really is.

9:40: Keith Bogans' 3 makes it 63-58. Rose is now at the free throw line for two which could really put a nice margin with 5:20 left in quarter. He makes both and its 65-58 after 8-0 run. Rose has 20.

9:37: James fade away now gives Miami a 58-57 lead with 7:30 left in third. But Rose's three-pointer makes it 60-58. Rose now had three threes.

9:34: Now Bulls lead cut to 55-54 after a Wade layup and if you can believe this another basket by Bosh. He now has 21 and more importantly the basket was a flush over Boozer. Quite impressive.

9:31: Bosh has 19 and is actually carrying the Heat. However, the Bulls have a 55-50 lead with 10 minutes left in the third.

9:30: Great start for Bulls in second half. Rose hits three and Boozer now going to line for two. Bulls lead 53-48 after two made FTs.

HALF: 9:13: Five of Miami's 48 points came off the bench. Chicago got 12 of 48. "You have to kill the head of the snake" says Chris Webber and he believes the Heat have done a good job in stopping Rose at what he does best.Both teams have 8 turnovers. Barkley also believes Rose needs to be more careful with the ball.

9:08: Ball ends up in James hands and he hits tying shot with 5 seconds left. Rose misses from 30 feet to end the half. 48-48 at half. Bosh has 17 points, Rose and Wade had 12. Deng had 11 and James 10. Rose said the team was surprised when Heat went to smaller lineup but they seem to have recovered. The two best defensive teams in the game gave up 96 first-half points. Rose was held to two assists and just two free throws.

9:05: Deng hits two free throws and a 48-46 lead with 20.6 seconds left. Heat take time out to set up final 18 seconds.

9:04: Bosh again. This time from James. Bosh on fire and Heat lead 46-44. Rose ties it up with 45 seconds left.

9:01: Nine offense rebounds for Bulls and a 42-42 tie with under 2:40 left. Boozer put back on 10 offensive board is a 7-0 run a 44-42 lead for Chicago. 1:47 left. Bosh ties it up with his 15th point.

8:57: Deng has a chance for a three-points play with 3:26 left. He makes it and its a 42-40 Miami lead. Tie game as Wade missed his third layup and Noah gets a layup. Commercial break with a little over 3 minutes left in the half. Rose has 10 points, Bosh has 13 with James (2-for-7) has eight and Wade 12.

8:54: Boozer gets a put-back but then fouls James. He hits 2 to make it 40-35. That is 10 free throws for Miami with 4:23 left in half. Rose hits jumper for 40-37. Wade returns the favor and now 42-37.

8:51: Time out on the floor. Heat lead 38-33 with 5:03 left in the half. The Bulls seem to be surging a few minutes ago but the Heat have no regained the emotional lead in the game also.

8:50: The Heat, who get away with six players on the floor and a technical fould, now lead 34-30 thanks to a three-second technical on Chicago and a Chalmers lay-in.

8:47: Bulls had a 12-0 lead on bench points and have done a nice job of keeping James and Wade from exploding. With Heat now leading 31-30 Rose comes back from a five-minute break on bench.

8:42: Omar Asik scores for the Bulls so Chicago is now spreading out the offense. He also gets a free throw after the commercial break. His free throw gives Bulls a 30-29 lead with 8:20 left in half.

8:40: Wade, who has struggled from the field, gets fouled. He makes both and its 27-25 with 9:43 left in the quarter.

8:38: Chalmers has a second straight turnover and Gibson's jams it over Wade. Score is tied 25 all with 10:35 left in second quarter.

8:37: Bulls get turnover and jumper from Taj Gibson. The momentum has tilted to Chicago. But Bosh now has 11 points and its 25-22.

8:35: Erik Spoelstra says LeBron knows how to play with foul trouble so that won't be a factor in his minutes in second quarter.

8:32: Wade gets a break when he loses dribble but Heat keep ball for final shot. Quarter ends with a missed Wade jumper. 23-20 Heat. However, James has two fouls, the Bulls have stepped up the intensity and Wade's final few minutes included two missed layups, a missed jumper and a loss of dribble. The two best defenses in the league gave up 43 first quarter points. Not bad but not stellar.

8:31: Rose gets to the free throw line which is good for the Bulls. With 25 seconds left in the first quarter, the point guard gets the score to 23-20 in favor of Heat.

8:30: With two minutes left in the first quarter it is 23-19 after a Brewer jumper. Now James has two fouls and the Bulls have turned up the intensity on the offensive glass. James on the bench and Wade has missed two layups.

8:27: Bibby hits jumper out of time out 21-15. Rose finally gets into the paint and makes it 21-17.

8:22: Luol Deng's 3 ends an 0-7 streak and now Noah on line for two free throws. With 3:17 left Miami's lead is now 19-15.

8:20: Bosh is hot as he has 7 points and its 17-11 at 5:40 mark of first. Now nine points and a 19-11. Too many easy points. James has three steals and two blocks but two turnovers.

8:15: The Heat seem too quick for the Bulls early as they continue to foul. Wade hits two to make it 15-11. Chicago has to figure out a way to slow down the visitors. With 5:55 left it is 15-11.

8:14: James gets his third steal. The Heat have been quick with their hands but the Bulls have been sloppy. They still lead 11-9. Now 13-9 after two free throws by James.

8:12: Rose is taking outside shots. Has not gone to hoop yet. It is 11-9 Heat after Bibby gets a layup.

8:11: Bosh gets a hoop and a foul. He is scoring early which is good news for Heat. He has five points.

8:10: Noah takes and makes first shot not by Rose at 9:26 on clock. 7-6. Bulls lead.

8:08: Rose hits a jumper to make it 4-2 Miami. Sanity resumes. Bosh gets a put back to make it 6-2. Rose's 3 makes it 6-5. Up and down. Who does that favor?

8:06: Chicago gets the tip but James gets the first strip and Dwyane Wade the first basket. 2-0 Miami. Then LeBron gets a steal and a dunk. The boo birds are heard in Chicago.

8:04: Joel Anthony getting a start for Miami tonight. Probably won't be the difference.

7:58: "Ready to get to business" is how Joakim Noah is describing the Bulls prior to the game. "Stick to the game plan." Not Rockne and

"The Gipper" but hey its his first conference finals.

7:50: TNT has switched to the Oklahoma City-Memphis closeout Game 7. This is probably not the time for us to be saying Russell Westbrook is taking too many shots. Not with his triple-double in the win. Smith and Webber are saying "this is Westbrook's series" against Dallas. That series starts Tuesday.

7:41: The Chicago crowd is not saying Bulls, they are saying "boo" as the Heat come out onto the floor.

7:40: Webber, who says "I want to pick the Heat" says inside game will win the series and he picks Chicago for that reason. Miami is the the favorite even though they don't have home court advantage and yet Smith, Webber and Barkley had all picked Chicago. Of course we may all be thrown that Barkley is wearing a new tie. That's a look we haven't seen this season.

7:37: Reggie Miller says the chemistry of the Heat could be the difference. He even mentioned Chris Bosh's ability to spread the floor. Somebody finally mentions Bosh. Miller says how the Heat battle the No.1 defense in the league will spell bust or boom for Miami. Steve Kerr says Game 1 is huge for Chicago to be able to win the series.

7:35: TNT's Chris Webber is picking Chicago in 7. Kenny Smith picks Chicago in 6. Charles Barkley also picking Bulls in 7.



