The Chicago Bulls season comes to an end as a result of some horrible officiating and some brilliant play from Lebron James, as the Heat beat the Bulls 83-80 to advance to the NBA Finals.
The officiating got really out of hand in the third quarter. With the Bulls looking to pull away from Miami with a 58-47 lead in the third quarter, the referees turned on the Bulls after Carlos Boozer delivered a hard foul on Lebron James. The foul was nothing more than a good, hard playoff foul, but the refs still gave it a flagrant. Miami was able to get three points on the possession as they sent Chalmers to the line after Lebron got his free throws.
Next play, with Bosh getting the advantage of some lenient officiating, Bosh went to the free throw line. That wasn’t enough for the Heat, as the officials decided to tack on a technical foul to Taj Gibson for an emotional display that was no different than about 50 similar ones throughout the game. This cut it to a five point game, getti...
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