Miami Heat vs Chicago Bulls Game 3 Series

Bulls-Heat 96-85

MIAMI (AP) Dwyane Wade's right arm had a nasty gash that left him unwilling to shoot the ball for Miami down the stretch. Omer Asik needed stitches around his chin, not to mention a Chicago jersey that wasn't covered in his own blood.
That was Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals.
And in Game 3, both sides expect more of the same.
"We haven't been able to ease into anything this year," Heat forward LeBron James said.
Don't look for that to change anytime soon, either.
With a 2-1 series lead at stake, the Bulls and Heat renew acquaintances Sunday in Miami, ending a roughly 94-hour hiatus in the already-physical matchup. When Game 2 ended Wednesday, just about everyone in the Heat locker room had an icepack strapped to something, and more than a few limped their way to the bus that would carry them to the airport.
Just think: They were the winning side.
"Fortunately, we were able to have some days to recuperate," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "Our guys, they're not shying away from it. Neither team is. Both teams have built these habits for the entire season. We've proven we're an aggressive, attacking, physical defense that rebounds the basketball. ... They've proven to be the same. So you have two things colliding into each other."
The Bulls - the NBA's top overall seed who no longer has home-court advantage in this series - have shown they can recover quickly. After each of their three previous playoff losses, Chicago answered with a double-digit win in the next game.
Plus, the Bulls haven't lost consecutive games since February 5-7.
"Don't jinx us like that," Bulls guard Derrick Rose said.
Since 2006, when the Heat won their lone title, the winner of Game 3 of the East title series has advanced to the NBA finals every time.
"This is going to be a crazy game, where I think they're going to have a lot of confidence," said Rose, the NBA's MVP this season. "Some way, somehow, we've just got to come up with this win no matter how we get it. We've just got to have more intensity than them and play way more aggressive."
Can this series get any more aggressive?
Wade seems to think it might. Scoring might be plentiful in the Oklahoma City-Dallas matchup out West, but the East likely will be won in gritty fashion.
"This is a very physical series," Wade said. "This is a grind-out series. You look at our series compared to the other series, it's night and day between the styles. Very physical and I'm sure both teams in between games are in the icetub, trying to get their body ready for the next one."
The Bulls manhandled Miami on the boards on the way to a Game 1 rout, getting 31 second-chance points in the series opener. Miami cut that nearly in half for Game 2, holding Chicago to 18 second-chance points and outrebounding the Bulls 45-41.
Miami was markedly better on defense as well.
Chicago had four field goals in the final 13 minutes of Game 2, all of them by reserve Taj Gibson, and the Heat outscored the Bulls 14-10 in the fourth quarter, which Spoelstra and Miami pointed to afterward as a source of major pride.
"We have to execute a lot better," Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. "We have to screen better. We have to keep the ball moving. But we have to get some easy baskets, too."
In Game 2, that wasn't happening.
The Bulls had 83 different quarters this season in which they scored 29 points. On Wednesday, that's what they managed in the entire second half.
"We're all in it together," said James, who had nine big points in a late 11-2 run that snapped a 73-all tie and sealed the Game 2 win. "I made a few plays down the stretch. But if we didn't continue to get stops defensively and give ourselves an opportunity to get in that position, we wouldn't be 1-1 now."
If anyone really enjoyed the long gap between Games 2 and 3, it was James.
He's played at least 40 minutes in nine of Miami's last 10 playoff games - and the lone exception was a matchup where he was six seconds shy of that. James has averaged nearly 46 minutes of playing time in the last four Heat games, yet insists he's not wearing down whatsoever.
"I never ask him if he's tired or if he can absorb that many minutes," Spoelstra said. "He's a remarkably well-conditioned athlete. In many ways, he's a freak of nature."
Really, the tone of this series should be no surprise.
Chicago had the NBA's top field-goal percentage defense this season at .430. Miami was second at .434.
"We want to come back there and bounce back and get back on the right page, because things can go bad quick," Bulls swingman Ronnie Brewer said. "You don't want to get into a habit that one game leads to two to three losses. So you usually try to turn it around as quickly as possible."
Rose will look for a bounceback, after shooting only 7 of 23 in Game 2. Strange as it may sound, the bigger boost for Chicago may come if Kyle Korver - off to a 2 for 10 start in the series - gets his shot going again. The Bulls are 30-4 this season when Korver scores at least 10 points, 41-20 when he doesn't.
"I'm not going to get wide open in the series," Korver said.
Hardly anybody is.
Even with all the star power - James, Wade, Rose, Chris Bosh, Carlos Boozer - the teams are shooting a combined 43 percent from the field, 31 percent from 3-point range. And both sides are convinced that Sunday night, a play here or there might be the difference.
"It hasn't been a lot of yakking back and forth," Wade said. "Just a lot of hard work. Who knows if it'll get there, but you always know it's going to be hard work between these two teams."

Dallas vs Oklahoma Game 2 Oklahoma wins tie to 1-1

Thunder-Mavericks notebook

THE FACTS: James Harden put Oklahoma City ahead with a four-point play at the end of the third quarter and scored 10 of his 23 points in the fourth as the Thunder held off Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks, knotting up the Western Conference finals with a 106-100 victory in Dallas in Game 2 on Thursday night.
Nowitzki, coming off a 48-point effort in the series opener, scored 16 of his 29 points in the fourth, but Oklahoma City answered every bucket and shot 65 percent (11-for-17) in the period. The Mavericks had their franchise-record seven-game postseason winning streak snapped and lost for the first time in seven home playoff games.
QUOTABLE: "We have a lot of confidence in James. I personally do, our team does, our staff does. He made plays. He made big basketball plays, and James is not just a spot-up shooter. He is a penetrator. He is a playmaker, and I thought he did it all tonight."
-- Thunder head coach Scott Brooks on Harden.
THE STAT: After getting outscored 53-22 in Game 1, the Oklahoma City bench outscored the Dallas reserves by a 50-29 margin in Game 2. In addition to Harden's 23 points and seven rebounds, the Thunder got 13 points from Eric Maynor, eight points from Daequan Cook and six points, six rebounds and two blocks from Nick Collison. Harden and Maynor played all 12 minutes in the fourth quarter, while Cook played 11:47 and Collison went 11:23 before fouling out.
TURNING POINT: Dallas trailed 91-90 with less than seven minutes to play, but Oklahoma City pulled away with an 11-2 run. Harden capped it with a cold-blooded 22-footer over Jason Terry to make it 102-92 with 3:15 remaining.
QUOTABLE II: "I can't remember the last time we lost the battle of the bench. It was going to happen at some point and it happened tonight and I give them a lot of credit. They were more aggressive and they made more big shots."
-- Mavericks guard J.J. Barea.
QUOTABLE III: "Our defense, our energy ... when the first unit came out and the second unit went in, we kept it up and that was the difference."
-- Harden.
HOT: Harden was 6-for-9 from the field (4-for-7 3-pointers) and 7-for-8 at the line with seven rebounds, four assists and two steals. ... Kevin Durant scored 14 of his 24 points in the first quarter. ... Dallas center Tyson Chandler had 15 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. ... Jason Kidd tallied 13 points, seven assists, five rebounds and five steals.
NOT: Mavericks guard DeShawn Stevenson was 1-for-6 from the field, all from beyond the arc, and Shawn Marion was 4-for-13. ... Dallas shot just 37.5 percent (15-for-40) in the second half, compared to 55.9 percent (19-for-34) by Oklahoma City.
GOOD MOVE: Brooks gambled with an unorthodox lineup in crunch time and it paid off. Durant played the entire fourth quarter, but no other Thunder starters were on the court for more than 37 seconds in the pivotal period. Russell Westbrook (18 points, four assists and four turnovers) and Kendrick Perkins didn't play at all in the fourth.
BAD MOVE: With the shot clock winding down and 7.5 seconds left in the third quarter, Terry fouled Harden on a 3-point shot. Harden swished the shot and made the free throw to turn a 76-73 deficit into a 77-76 lead entering the fourth.
NOTABLE: Oklahoma City has not lost back-to-back games this postseason. ... Nowitzki was 9-for-10 at the free-throw line after making an NBA playoff-record 24-for-24 in the opener. His fourth-quarter miss snapped his streak of 39 consecutive made free throws in the postseason. ... This was the first time all season that Dallas has lost when Nowitzki attempts 10 or more foul shots (17-1).
UP NEXT: Game 3 is Saturday @ Oklahoma City (9 p.m. ET, ESPN).

Dallas takes Game 3, 93-87

Dallas takes Game 3, 93-87

The Thunder make a furious late-game charge, but it wasn't enough to overtake the Mavericks in Oklahoma City.

Mavericks-Thunder notebook

 

THE FACTS: The Dallas Mavericks jumped out to a 35-12 lead early in the second quarter then held on for dear life as the Oklahoma City Thunder cut that 23-point margin down to just four late in the game. Earlier in the playoffs the Mavs blew a 23-point lead at Portland and went on to lose the game but they held on in OKC to take Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals 93-87. Neither Thunder All-Star Kevin Durant (24 points on 7-for-22 shooting) nor Mavericks All-Star Dirk Nowitzki (18 points on 7-for-21) had particularly good nights.
The Thunder were 0-for-16 on 3-pointers, a playoff record for futility, before Russell Westbrook dropped one in from beyond the arc in the last minute. Oklahoma City outscored Dallas 51-41 in the second half but it wasn't enough. Nowitzki and Shawn Marion led the Mavs with 18 points. Jason Kidd and Jason Terry added 13. Center Tyson Chandler came up big with 15 rebounds, six on the offensive end. Westbrook led the Thunder with 30 points and Durant added 24 and pulled down 12 rebounds but no one else in a home uniform scored in double figures.
QUOTABLE: "We were much better defensively tonight and we had to be. The first two games we were horrible. Now the challenge is to sustain it."
-- Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle.
QUOTABLE II: "They did a great job from the start with their defensive pressure, they took us out of our sets and got us playing on our heels. They were very physical, pushed us off our spots. But our guys fought back to make a game of it."
-- Thunder head coach Scott Brooks.
THE STAT: Over the last two games Durant is 0-for-13 on 3-pointers.
QUOTABLE III: "It's not like me to miss 13 threes in a row. I practice them every day. I got some wide open looks they just didn't fall."
-- Durant.
TURNING POINT: It's hard to say the turning point wasn't the big start the Mavs got but after a 23-point advantage had evaporated down to just six with 3:20 left in the game Oklahoma City missed three consecutive 3-point attempts one each by Westbrook, James Harden and Daequan Cook and turned the ball over during the next two minutes. The Thunder cut the lead to four but could not get any closer.
QUOTABLE IV: "Russell's three might have been an opportunity for him to attack, his attack game was really working so he maybe should have done that instead, but the other threes were wide open. When you shoot 1-for-17 on 3-pointers it's not good."
-- Brooks.
HOT: In the first nine minutes of the game Dallas was 9-for-17 (52.9 percent) including 3-for-4 (75 percent) on 3-pointers and had scored 21 points...in the first half the Mavs were 21-for-40 (52.5 percent)...Marion had 12 points in the first 24 minutes on 6-for-8 shooting...The Dallas bench was a combined 7-for-18 (38.9 percent) for 20 points...Also in the first half the Thunder were hot at the line going 16-for-17 (94.1 percent)...Through three quarters Marion had scored 16 points on 8-for-11 shooting...OKC ended the game shooting 32-for-36 (88.9 percent) from the free throw line...
NOT: Oklahoma City got off to a terrible shooting start in the first nine minutes of the game they were just 2-for-12 (16.7 percent) and had scored only eight points...OKC finished the quarter with just 12 points, their worst first quarter of the season. The Thunder were just 4-for-17 (23.5 percent) and 0-for-5 on 3-pointers...At halftime OKC had just 36 points (a season low) on 10-for-34 shooting (29.4 percent)...Durant had 10 points on 2-for-10 shooting, including 0-for-4 on 3-pointers...Harden was 0-for-5...The Thunder bench was a combined 2-for-8 (25 percent) for five points...In the third quarter Dallas was just 6-for-21 (28.6 percent) but Oklahoma City wasn't much better, 7-for-21, (33.3 percent)...Through three quarters Durant had 15 points on just 4-for-18 (0-for-8 on 3-pointers)...Nowitzki had just eight points on 3-for-12...The Thunder hit their last 3-point attempt after missing their first 16 (5.9 percent).
INSIDE THE ARENA: A strong demand for tickets as some fans paid as much as $2,500 per seat. It was another "blue-out" as more than 18,000 blue tee-shirts were distributed to fans along with white rally towels. The pop group Hanson sang the National Anthem. The brothers are from Tulsa. NBA "Superfan" James Goldstein sat courtside along with PGA Tour star Scott Verplank. Verplank lives in the OKC suburb of Edmond.
GOOD MOVE: Mavs guard J.J. Barea driving into the lane passes underhand to center Brendan Haywood for a slam in the second quarter.
GOOD MOVE TOO: Dallas point guard Jason Kidd with a nice move coming off a pick and roll early in the third quarter gets into the lane for a wide open floater that goes in giving the Mavs a 20-point lead.
GOOD MOVE III: Mavs guard DeShawn Stevenson standing out near the three point line comes running in to grab an offensive rebound in the third quarter. He gets the ball out to Kidd who flips it back to Stevenson who has drifted back out beyond the arc and nails the three ball.
NOTABLE: Dallas has now won four straight road playoff games.
UP NEXT: Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals between the Mavericks and Thunder is set for Monday at 9 p.m. ET inside Oklahoma City Arena. The game can be seen on ESPN.

June 2011 Pacquiao - Marquez for the 3rd Time

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao will face Mexican rival Juan Manuel Marquez at a 145-pound catchweight if the proposed fight pushes through, Pacquiao's adviser, Michael Koncz, said.

Marquez, who already fought Pacquiao in two tight battles, reportedly asked the Filipino champion to go down to 143 pounds to make their third fight.

Koncz, however, said Pacquiao won’t fight Marquez at a weight any lower than 145 pounds.

"It's 145, and not 143. We've had general discussions with [Top Rank Promotions CEO] Bob Arum, but we haven't sat down, Manny and I, to make a decision," said Koncz in BoxingScene.com.

Pacquiao, who recently defended his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title against Shane Mosley, is currently fighting at 147 pounds.

Marquez, the reigning WBO and World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion, is seen by many fight experts as the next best opponent for Pacquiao in the absence of pound-for-pound great Floyd Mayweather Jr.

The Mexican first met Pacquiao in 2004 in a fight that ended in a controversial draw.

They fought again 4 years later, when Pacquiao eked out a split decision to take away Marquez’s WBC super featherweight title.

Arum is currently working to arrange a third fight between the two boxers.

Koncz said they will just wait for Arum to present options about the Marquez fight.

"I don't think that there is a rush to do it," said Koncz. "Let Manny get some rest and spend some time with his family after spending long, hard weeks in training camp. We don't have to come up with a decision this week."

Officially announced Pacquiao vs Marquez This November 2011

One day after Manny Pacquiao's victory over Sugar Shane Mosley, WBO welterweight champ will have a possible rematch versus Juan Manuel Marquez. An announcement from different websites today including Coolbuster and television news programs, Pacquiao vs Marquez rematch will take place in November 5, 2011 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.

Pacquiao vs. Marquez 3 will be the deciding match for this great rivalry. This rivalry could easily be one of the best rivalries in boxing history and is likened to the Barrera-Morales and Gatti-Ward rivalries.

This match is also the most awaited fight of the year for boxing fans around the world. This match could easily be the “Fight of the Year” because of the drama and history involved and also because of the talent of this two great fighters.

Miami wins Game 2, 85-75

LeBron James and the Heat pull away down the stretch to even the series with a Game 2 win. James scores 29 points, while Dwyane Wade has 24 and Udonis Haslem adds 13.

Watch the video recap here: http://www.nba.com/video/channels/playoffs/2011/05/18/0041000302_mia_chi_1h.nba

Heat-Bulls Preview

Posted May 17 2011 5:40PM

DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) There wasn't much else LeBron James could do other than shrug it all off and vow to perform better in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Game 1 certainly didn't go well for the Miami.

With James and Dwyane Wade struggling, and the Heat getting beaten badly on the boards, Chris Bosh's 30 points weren't enough to bail out the Heat in the opener. The top-seeded Chicago Bulls won 103-82, and now have a chance to grab a commanding lead when the series resumes Wednesday night at the United Center.

"We've been able to bounce back this year no matter if it's been the regular season or the postseason," James said. "Learn from mistakes in the previous game and then move on. We've done that. We're looking forward to the challenge, we're excited about tomorrow's opportunity to be here and try to steal homecourt."

If they don't get more from James and Wade, the Heat won't get that chance and a 2-0 deficit more daunting then it sounds. The Bulls never lost more than two in a row on their way to a league-leading 62 wins and their first conference finals appearance since the second championship three-peat 13 years ago. They swept three close games from the Heat during the regular season and are off to a good start in this series.

James and Wade came in on a surge, only to have the plug pulled against one of the league's stingiest defenses.

Coming off back-to-back games with 35 and 33 points against Boston in the semifinals, James scored just 15 in the opener while hitting 5 of 15 shots. He couldn't shake Luol Deng or active big men like Taj Gibson and Joakim Noah helping out.

Wade didn't have much luck, either, after averaging 30.2 points against the Celtics. He finished with 18 points - six in the second half - and the Bulls broke it open down the stretch on their way to a lopsided victory.

"I think we've got to play better," said Deng, who scored 21 points. "I really do. We played really well. If you look at the final score, we won by a lot, but it really wasn't that kind of game. It really wasn't. It was tied at the half. They had the lead at some point in the third quarter. So there's a lot of things we've got to get better at."

He saw too many fastbreaks in the early going, some sloppy ball handling. League MVP Derrick Rose committed three of his four turnovers in the opening minutes but had none in the second half, and in many ways, it was a textbook performance by a team that held opponents to a league-low 43-percent shooting.

Sure, Miami hit just over 47 percent of its shots, but other than Bosh (12 of 18), no one else really stepped up and Miami often looked out of sync.

There was too much isolation, not enough ball movement, patience. Then again, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau pointed out Miami's ball movement often comes out of isolation.

"Miami's been a good ball-movement team all year," he said. "They have players that when the ball comes back to them, they can go one-on-one. That's what makes them so dangerous and tough to guard. Sometimes, your best ball movement comes off isolation because you have to commit two defenders to the player, and once the ball moves, now you're getting wide open shots or easier shots."

James said: "You got be patient. It's harder to attack on the front side of their defense because they load on the strong side. You've got to be able to get the ball from one side to another and then attack their defense. They got a lot of length and athleticism."

And they don't allow many second chances.

No team outrebounded opponents by a wider margin than the Bulls at 5.74 per game. They owned the Heat on the boards during the regular season and did it again in Game 1, to a 45-33 tune. They grabbed 19 offensive rebounds to just six for the Heat and outscored them 31-8 on second-chance points.

Miami could go with a bigger rotation and activate Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Erick Dampier, but they would be sacrificing athleticism.

"It's not about bigger bodies, it's about wanting the ball," Bosh said. "Collectively, as a team, we have to do good job of keeping bodies on those bigs. Containing the screen and roll with D-Rose and just going our job like we know we are capable of. We've done it all season, we just have to capitalize tomorrow."

NOTE: It's no surprise that Gibson got, oh, a few messages after his eyebrow-raising dunk on Wade in Game 1, one of two slams that had people buzzing about the young forward afterward. How many? "Too many," Gibson said. "I turned my phone off. I just wanted to move on."

Marian Rivera is FHM 100 sexiest women 2011

Marian Rivera is FHM 100 sexiest women 2011

The Kapuso star Marian Rivera is on the lead for FHM 100 sexiest women 2011 poll.
So far the I got here 2011 FHM sexiest women. As you can see Marian Rivera is on the no.1 spot. Followed by Angel Locsin while Katrina Halili is already no. 8.
I guess the survey or voting has already ended so I hope your favorite star is included. Well, congratulations for the 2011  FHM sexiest woman 2011 none other than  Marian Rivera

1. Marian Rivera
2. Angel Locsin
3. Cristine Reyes
4. Sam Pinto
5. Solenn Heussaff
6. Jennylyn Mercado
7. Ellen Adarna
8. Katrina Halili
9. Anne Curtis
10. Rhian Ramos

NBA Playoffs 2011: Mavericks Vs Thunder Game 1 Highlights

Dallas Mavericks leads the series [1-0] against Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the NBA Playoffs 2011 Western Conference Finals. Dirk Nowitzki led the Mavericks with a career-high 48 points with 6 rebounds. The final score was 121-112.

 

Derrick Rose of Chicago Bulls Amazing Player

Derrick Rose Of Chicago Bulls

Derrick Rose was chosen as the youngest Most Valuable Player in National Basketball Association history after leading the Chicago Bulls to the best record in the regular season while averaging 25 points per game.
Rose, at 22 years, 7 months, is five months younger than Hall of Famer Wes Unseld was when he won the honor in 1969 with the Baltimore Bullets.
Rose is the first Bulls player to win the award since Michael Jordan won for the fifth time in 1997-98.
“I want to thank my teammates and the coaching staff,” a tearful Rose said at a televised news conference. “You all push me every single day making sure that I play hard and play with passion.”
He saved his last thank you for his mother, Brenda, “the reason why I play the way that I play.”
LeBron James won the MVP award the past two seasons, playing with the Cleveland Cavaliers before signing with the Miami Heat. James was third in the voting this year, behind Rose and Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic.
Rose received 1,182 points and 113 first-place votes from the panel of sports writers and broadcasters combined with fan balloting, according to an NBA statement.
Howard had three first-place votes and 643 points. James had four first-place votes and 522 points, with Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers getting the remaining first-place ballot and 428 points. Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder was fifth with 190 points.

Playoff Games

Rose scored 24 points last night and left the court limping after hurting his left ankle on the closing play as the Bulls began their second-round playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks with a 103-95 home defeat. The Hawks, who ended a 15-game winless run in the second round of the playoffs, return to the United Center in Chicago tomorrow for Game 2 in the best-of- seven series.
Rose’s award comes two days after Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau was selected Coach of the Year after guiding Chicago to a 62-20 record and the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference.
Thibodeau, 53, became the seventh first-year coach to win the Red Auerbach Trophy and the fourth Bulls coach to claim the award. The most recent previous winner was Phil Jackson in 1996, when the Bulls won the NBA Finals for the fourth time in six years. The other Chicago winners were Johnny Kerr in 1967 and Dick Motta four years later.
Rose, the No. 1 pick in the 2008 draft and the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2008-09, is the first player since Dave Cowens in 1973 to become MVP after receiving no votes the previous year, the Chicago Tribune said.
He’s also the seventh MVP to average at least 25 points, 7.5 assists and four rebounds in a season, after Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Larry Bird, Jordan, Dwyane Wade and James. Rose averaged 7.7 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game this season.

Chicago takes Game 1, 103-82

Derrick Rose scores 28 as the Bulls wear down the Heat in the second half and cruise to a 103-82 win in Game 1.

Heat-Bulls notebook

Posted Monday May 16, 2011 12:08AM

FACTS: In the series opener, B stood for Bulls, 'Bounds and Bench. The Central Division champions played to their strengths, as they dominated the backboards (45-33), second-chance points (31-8) and bench production (28-15) by considerable margins. Guard Derrick Rose didn't put up large numbers -- 28 points, six assists -- yet his team trailed for all of 27 seconds in the second half.
The series will amount to a tug-of-war for tempo, and the series opener was more of a half-court affair, which was precisely how the Bulls planned it. Heat top guns Dwyane Wade and LeBron James were limited to 18 and 12 points, respectively, and with open-court chances at a premium, neither was able to impose his will on the game. In fact, it was easy to forget that they were on the court at times.
QUOTABLE I: "They've got great players on their team. You have to make sure they don't get open shots, contest all their shots, make sure they don't get to the lane. We did a good job to make sure they saw bodies when they went to the lane."
-- Rose
QUOTABLE II: "Losing in the effort areas and second-chance points, it really deflated us. Then we lost our concentration at the offensive end and the game got away from us."
-- Heat coach Erik Spoelstra
TURNING POINT: The Bulls turned up their ball and weak-side pressure in the third quarter, when they outscored the visitors by a 24-15 margin. Specifically, the contest turned in a two-minute, 14-second span in which they ran off 10 consecutive points to take a 67-58 advantage.
QUOTABLE III: "(The defensive effectiveness) started in the second quarter with our bench guys and their ball pressure and energy. That group got us going. Then in the second half, everybody's defense was a lot better."
-- Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau
GOOD MOVE: The Bulls collapsed on long-ball threat James Jones at the 3-point arc, and for all intents and purposes, they took the sixth man out of the game. He attempted only one 3-pointer in 24 minutes, as his contributions were limited to four points and a single rebound.
BAD MOVE: The Heat packed the middle to increase their rebound chances, but that made for wide open spaces at the perimeter. Rose and forward Luol Deng (21 points) combined for seven 3-pointers, and the closest person was in Winnetka on several of them.
STAT: Reserve forward Taj Gibson (nine points, seven rebounds) threw down a pair of high-voltage dunks, the last of which provided the exclamation point in the fourth quarter.
QUOTABLE IV: "Did you see the dunks that (Gibson) had? That inspired us. I wish was 22 (years old) again. I felt that, when he did it, we all did it, you know?"
-- Bulls forward Carlos Boozer.
HOT: Chris Bosh took a lot of, uh, heat in the regular season, but most will be forgotten if the forward plays with the assertiveness that he displayed in the opener. The veteran scored a game-high 30 points and grabbed nine rebounds in 37 minutes.
NOT: The James-Wade duo combined to shoot only 12-for-32 in the field.
QUOTABLE IV: "They did a good job pressuring us. We didn't move the ball much. We let it get too late in the shot clock and had to throw up some Hail Marys."
-- Wade
DUE NEXT: Game 2 will be played at the United Center on Wednesday evening (8:30, TNT).

Floyd Mayweather Demands $100 Million to fight Manny Pacquiao

Floyd Mayweather Demands 100 Million US Dollars to fight Manny Pacquiao

Don King took over negotiating for Floyd Mayweather with Bob Arum, people are surprised that with Don King diong the negotiating that Arum is saying “Floyd demands 100 million dollars”? DON KING IS THE ONE NEGOTIATING. That’s right folks, in the latest talks between Floyd Mayweather’s and Manny Pacquiao’s camps as reported by GMA NEWS.TV (a Filipino news website) Don King, on “Money” Mayweather’s behalf, is insisting for a pay day of 0 million to fight Pacquiao. Talks for the super fight resurfaced recently when Mayweather agreed to have Don King talk to Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, on his behalf. Arum, who is in the Philippines with Pacquiao, noted that, “We (King) went through with the negotiations and nobody really knew about it, then some group came in saying they plan to have it in a particular country, and Mayweather asked for a figure that was so high it was practically an indication that he didn’t want to fight,” stated Arum. An upset Arum countered upon Mayweather’s request for 0 million by saying, “Pay him 0 million? Unless Manny fights for nothing, how can you do the fight?” Arum, who is 79, feels “that Manny is not asking for the moon, he (Mayweather) just can’t say no, he doesn’t want to fight, so, you price your way out of it.” Of course Arum will say this. He’s biased. This is the way someone who’s biased will look at this, and you also have to look at the way people negotiate. First the Olympic-style drug testing that Mayweather.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. wants to Fight Victor Ortiz as a tune-up fight

Floyd Mayweather Jr. with a record of (41 wins-0 loses) wants to fight with the WBC Welterweight Champion Victor Ortiz with the record of (29 wins-2 loses and 2-draws) this coming September 17, 2011 at the Cowboy Stadium the stadium where Pacquiao and Margarito's fight was held.
Ortiz is only 24 years of age boxer who defeated Andre Berto of Golden Boy's Promotion.

Jordan's Move by Derrick Rose Of Chicago Bulls

Jordan's move by Derrick Rose of Chicago Bulls wow!!! The new Hero has arrive to the Chicago Bulls team, the number 1 Guard of the BULLS. 

Born: Oct 4, 1988

Height: 6-3 / 1.91

Weight: 190 lbs. / 86.2 kg.

College: Memphis

Years Pro: 2

Bulls-Hawks notebook

Bulls-Hawks notebook

Wednesday May 11, 2011 12:34AM

THE FACTS: Derrick Rose scored 33 points and backup forward Taj Gibson scored 11 points in the fourth quarter to lead the host Chicago Bulls to a 95-83 victory over the Atlanta Hawks to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series. Jeff Teague led the Hawks with 21 points, but the Hawks shot just 29 percent in the fourth quarter, which started with the Bulls up by just one point.
THE FACTS II: The Bulls ran out to a 10-2 lead immediately, and led by 15 points in the first half, but the Hawks battled back to take the lead by one point in the third quarter. The Bulls then got serious on defense in the fourth quarter, limiting the Hawks to 15 points.
QUOTABLE: "Taj, he doesn't know how good he is right now."
-- Rose, talking about teammate Taj Gibson
THE STAT: The Hawks were 1-for-12 from 3-point range, and Jamal Crawford finished the game 1-for-9 overall and missed all four of his 3-point shots.
THE STAT II: The Bulls, needing someone other than Rose to score, got 11 points from Luol Deng and eight points from Keith Bogans in the first quarter.
TURNING POINT: The Bulls went on a 9-0 run early in the fourth quarter to build a 78-70 lead. The key play in the spurt was a three-point play by Gibson.
HOT: Gibson was 5-for-5 from the field for his 11 points. Bogans contributed 11 points, making three of five 3-pointers.
NOT: Joakim Noah contributed nothing offensively, missing his two shots in 27 minutes. Outside threat Kyle Korver played just four minutes and did not take a shot.
ROOKIE WATCH: Bulls center Omer Asik played almost 20 minutes filling in for Noah. He had four rebounds and was a key to the Bulls' defensive lineup.
GOOD MOVE: Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau went with his best defensive lineup through most of the fourth quarter, with Rose, Deng, Ronnie Brewer, Gibson and Asik on the floor.
BAD MOVE: Jason Collins started again at center for the Hawks, but played just 14 minutes and contributed little on either end of the floor.
NOTABLE: Although Gibson became the star of the game with his fourth-quarter performance, the Hawks' bench outscored the Bulls' bench 19-17, led by Zaza Pachulia's 13 points.
UP NEXT: Game 6 is Thursday (8 p.m. ET, ESPN) at Philips Arena in Atlanta.

MOSLEY BECAME COWARD AFTER HE WAS HIT BY PACQUIAO

MOSLEY BECAME COWARD AFTER HE WAS HIT BY PACQUIAO

"He has exceptional power, power that I’ve never been hit like this before"

Said Mosley, to describe Pacquiao's punches after he was hit

By Pacquiao's combination of punch which cause his knock out at the 3rd round of their fight yesterday.

Manny Pacquiao able to defend his WBO Welterweight Division Champion title against

Sugar Shane Mosley with the 12 round decision fight.

This was the 14th straight victory of Manny Pacquiao.

Even though team Pacquiao was unsuccessful of their desire of knocking out Sugar Shane Mosley, but this congressman originally from the province of Sarangani, Philippines still successful to hold his position as a great boxer in Boxing Sport. 

Pacquiao’s LEFT HOOK which causes Mosley to knock down during the 3^rd round of the fight. This one punch causes Mosley to become coward on the next round until the fight finished.

Boston won against the Miami Heat in Game 3

Boston pulls away for 97-81 win

Rajon Rondo dislocates his elbow but returns to help spark the Celtics to the Game 3 win

pacquiao won against mosley

Pacquiao wins unanimous decision over Mosley

Manny Pacquiao won a lopsided 12-round decision over Sugar Shane Mosley on Saturday night, retaining his WBO welterweight title with his 14th consecutive victory.
Pacquiao (54-3-2) didn’t get the knockout he wanted, but the Filipino Congressman retained his position the most dominant and exciting fighter in the sport, methodically beating Mosley (46-7-1) at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao knocked Mosley down with a left hook in the third round, a punch that seemed to sap Mosley’s willingness to engage. Pacquiao ran after Mosley the rest of the fight, but the former champion who has never been stopped in 18 years in the ring managed to finish the 12th round on his feet.

Judge Glenn Trowbridge scored the bout 119-108, Dave Moretti had it 120-108 and Duane Ford scored it 120-107.

 

Dallas Mavs win the game 3 against LA Lakers

Watch the Recap Video of the game 3 of Semi-final round between Dallas Mavs vs LA Lakers.

Dallas wins Game 3, 98-92

Dirk Nowitzki scores 32 points and Jason Terry adds 23 off the bench to lead the Mavericks to a 98-92 win over the Lakers in Dallas

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Preview of pacquiao vs mosley boxing match..

Pacquiao vs Mosley

The most awaited fight will happen this 7th day of May year 2011, the match between eight division champ Manny Pacquiao against three division title holder Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand will be the most-anticipated fight of 2011.

Tale of the Tape

PACQUIAO - MOSLEY

5'6 1/2" HEIGHT 5'9"
67" REACH 74"
16" NECK 16 1/2"
38" CHEST 39"
(normal)
40 1/2" CHEST 42"
(expanded)
13" BICEP 14"
12" FOREARM 11 1/2"
8" WRIST 6 1/2"
10" FIST 11 1/2"
20" THIGH 22"
28" WAIST 31"
30 AGE 38

According to Pacquiao's coach Freddie Roach, he is determined enough that the Pacman can knock out Sugar Shane Mosley dead in its track. “I want Manny to knock him out and I think we can,” quoted Freddie Roach last Wednesday. “But Manny is compassionate person at time. Like he wouldn’t hurt Margarito” Despite being merciful in the last fight with Margarito being badly bruised and hurt like hell, Pacquiao could have done damage if he didn’t stop on pounding the bigger foe.