Bulls have to be pretty excited going into next season. Get Rose back, Butler and Beilinelli have really come on, Boozer has re-found his game and Noah has ascended to borderline superstar status. In addition, they'll bring over Mirotic the year after, and he's the best prospect in Europe.

Suck it New Jersey. Couldn't even beat Chicago without Deng, Rose, Hinrich and Hamilton.

Disagree. Heat will win, but Bulls will fight them more than any other team in the East. Hopefully Deng and Hinrich will be able to play.

I heard Shaq call Lopez the best C in the NBA the other day. What a bunch of nonsense. Barkley, of course, said Gasol (which is accurate). Lopez has been completely outplayed by Noah in this game, Noah has been everywhere.

Maybe Rose will play next series. I hope he does. Best not to have any excuses when LeBron runs over this Bulls team again.

I'll revise my pick to Miami in 5. Chicago could get 1 at home.

Great win by the Bulls. I didn't think they would win this series but they did it with all heart while missing half their team.

Now if Rose comes back on Monday then I know he is full of shit.

I think if Deng is healthy, it could go 6. He and Butler could at least moderately slow down LeBron and Wade. And Noah/Boozer should own the paint. I will optimistically say Heat in 6.

Should be #2 in the East next year.

best game Noah has ever played?

I doubt he will. He's still trying to remember how his muscles work.

Alot better series than if the Heat were playing the Nets.

Pretty much. Hopefully Rose mans up and comes back to take it with the team.

Much the same team with Derrick Rose couldn't get two against a worse Miami team than this a few years back, so that's pretty optimistic. Really, it comes down to the effort level of the Heat. If they focus completely for every single game, it will be hard for Chicago to even get a game.

DRose better come back. It's pretty pathetic that the teams fighting this much and he's still sitting on the bench.

If he comes back, though, it will look like he abandoned them for the entire 1st round. And the biggest upside of it is still likely getting beat down by LeBron in 5 or 6 anyway. I don't know if he'll come back considering those factors.