Tonight at 9:30 p.m. ET on the back end of TNT's NBA double-header, the Miami Heat (14-4) will travel to the United Center in Chicago to face the Bulls (7-9) who are back to taking on the world's best player, LeBron James, without their own star Derrick Rose. Live stream the game here; Heat fans can listen to the action on 560 WQAM, while Bulls fans can tune in to 1000 ESPN.
The Heat blasted the Bulls in the season opener by a score of 107-95, with LeBron James scoring 17 points to go with eight assists and six boards. The Heat won 10 straight games before having their streak snapped by the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday.
They lost that game without Dwyane Wade in the lineup, and he might miss tonight's matchup with a sore knee. LeBron did not use Wade's absence as an excuse, however. "It's a miss or make league at times," James said. "They made. We missed."
The Bulls likely wouldn't want to hear Miami lament their injury woes anyway, with Derrick Rose lost for the remainder of the season thanks to a torn meniscus. "Right now a lot of things aren't going our way," forward Luol Deng said. "We have to stick with it and keep fighting and keep working hard. It's not going to turn around by itself. We have to make it happen."
The Bulls will likely try to hammer Miami in the paint, as Detroit was able to do against Miami's smallish lineups. Power forward Carlos Boozer, averaging 15.6 points per game will need to turn in an above average performance, while center Joakim Noah must pick up his scoring tonight from his 9.6 average.
Deng is the Bulls' leading scorer, but he might have a hard time carrying the offense when tasked with scoring on LeBron.
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