Chicago Bulls 92, Miami Heat 79
The Chicago Bulls flat out dominated the Heat in this game which was a mild surprise seeing how it was an elimination game on the defending World Champions home court. That shows how much the Bulls have grown as a basketball team. The score would have been worse if the Bulls would have shot the ball better as they only hit 38.1% from the floor yesterday.  Ben Gordon led the way for the Bulls with 24 points, 4 assists and 3 steals. Luol Deng had another fantastic game to finish his great series against the Heat with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 4 steals. Ben Wallace was tough in the paint with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Andres Nocioni was busy again off of the bench with 11 points and 5 rebounds. Kirk Hinrich had another putrid game as he only shot 2 of 12 from the floor and he finished with only 6 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists. The Bulls sweep the Heat 4-0 in the opening series and now are preparing to engage the Detroit Pistons in the 2nd round.
The Bulls have just traded Center Ben Wallace and Forward Joe Smith. THey get Drew Gooden, Larry Hughes and others. This is an improvement to the Bulls as Gooden is more aggressive in offense than Smith and Wallace.