HEAT 115? BULLS 79
MIAMI ? It was the biggest post-season win in Miami Heat history, and the biggest post-season loss in Chicago Bulls history.
And it might have been actually worse than that sounds.
Ray Allen scored 21 points in only 19 minutes, LeBron James finished with 19 points and nine assists, and the Heat led by as many as 46 points on the way to a 115-78 victory on Wednesday night in Game 2 of their series, now knotted at one game apiece.
Sure, the Heat have lost home-court advantage in these Eastern Conference semifinals. But an absolute domination of the Bulls made the reigning NBA champions look like the clear-cut team to beat in this title race once again.
"We?re still in the hole," said Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, whose team will need to win at least one game in Chicago if it?s going to prevail in this series.
But given how one-sided Wednesday was, that wouldn?t seem like too tall a challenge.
Joakim Noah and Taj Gibson were ejected in the fourth quarter for Chicago, and the league will almost certainly review some of the things said and done in a game that was close for the first 20 minutes before turning into an embarrassment for the Bulls and an embarrassment of riches for the Heat. The Bulls were called for six player technicals, the most by any team in a playoff game since Boston had that many against Indiana in 2005.
"I don?t know how many techs we got. ... I would call that not keeping your cool, not being very Zen," Noah said.
The Heat had three technicals assessed, a season-high for them.
Game 3 is Friday in Chicago.
James wore a T-shirt that said "Up To Me" before the game, and it appeared the message had some literal meaning. After being held to two first-half points in Game 1, he went 6 for 6 in the opening quarter of Game 2, as Miami took a 25-20 lead.
"I wanted to be aggressive," James said.
WARRIORS 100? SPURS 91
SAN ANTONIO ? Klay Thompson scored 34 points, Stephen Curry added 22 and the Golden State Warriors withstood another furious rally by the San Antonio Spurs for a 100-91 victory Wednesday night to even their series at one game apiece and snap a 30-game skid in the Alamo City.
Thompson, who scored 29 points in the first half, added 14 rebounds for Golden State, which had not won in San Antonio since Feb. 14, 1997. Harrison Barnes had 13 points, Carl Landry added 10 and Andrew Bogut had six points and 11 rebounds.
Tim Duncan scored 23 points and Tony Parker added 20 for San Antonio. Manu Ginobili had 12 points and Kawhi Leonard had 11 points and 12 rebounds for San Antonio.
The Warriors host Game 3 on Friday night.
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