Battle in the East

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Today we had a rematch of the Eastern Conference Finals of 2011 as the #1 Chicago Bulls and #2 Miami Heat went head to head in South Beach.  The match-up was a ball out between the two teams and showed why these 2 teams are the top two teams in the Eastern Conference.  Derrick Rose had an awesome game for the Bulls and showed why he was last year's league MVP even though his Bulls fell short to Lebron James and company.  Miami led Chicago through the 4 quarters and escaped with a victory with a close 97-93 being the final score.  Battle of the superstars ended with Rose leading the Bulls with 34 points 6 rebounds and 6 assists while Lebron led the Heat with 35 points 11 rebounds and 5 assist.  Bosh was the 3rd leading scorer in the game with 24 points and Wade ended the game with 15 points in his second game back from being out with a sprain ankle.  The Heat and Bulls will definitely be going head to head throughout the season and giving NBA fans great games to watch and it wouldn't surprise me if we see these two going at it again in the Eastern Conference.

Who's Really the Winner?

In case you haven't noticed and you've been living under the rock, the New York Knicks are beyond struggling so far this season.  The Knicks went into this season being one of the favorites in the Eastern Conference and they have failed to live up to that expectation.  Then on the other hand you have the Denver Nuggets who were thought to be doomed and would be a while before they bounced backed are having an amazing season thus far and playing really great basketball.  So this has me thinking...

Who really was the winner out of the Carmelo Anthony trade?

Heat Hold Off Against Struggling Knicks

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One things for certain the Heatles, especially Lebron James, have been very impressive thus far this season, with and without one of the big 3 Dwyane Wade.  But last night was one of the nights of the with as Wade returned to the lineup after being out for the last 6 games with an ankle injury.  Wade came back ready to play as him and Lebron combined for 10 dunks last night against the New York Knicks.  The games was very close throughout the game, even with the knicks star Carmelo Anthony being out, with the Heat leading majority of the way and the Heat holding off to win 99-89.  Anthony's absence came a couple nights after only scoring 1 point against the Bobcats on Tuesday.  The Knicks have been strongly criticized for their constant disappointment as they went into the season as one of the front runners in the Eastern Conference and are currently #10 in the East with a record of 7-12.  Anthony stated earlier this week that he felt that the problem with the Knicks was that he needed to take less shots and get his team more involved which led to his career low scoring of 1 point on Tuesday.  On the other hand the Heat are rising to the occasion who are currently #2 in the East behind the Chicago Bulls, in which these two will face off Sunday on ABC, and currently have a record of 14-5.  In last night's victory Lebron continued with his domination ending the game with 31 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assist, and Wade was right behind him with 28 points.  Bosh ended the game with only 13 points and 9 rebounds.  Walker led the way for the Knicks with 21 points and Stoudemire ended with only 12 points.

Hawks were Boshed

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With Miami Heat 2 superstars, Lebron James and Dwyane Wade, sitting on the sidelines last night it was looking like the Atlanta Hawks were going to breeze their way into a victory, and it was looking that way until Chris Bosh hit a 3 pointer leaving 0.06 seconds left in the game that tied the game in sending the game into overtime.  With Mario Chalmers stepping up in a major way and make 2 big back to back layups to begin the overtime it was looking like the Heat were going to win the game, but just like the entire game the Heat and Hawks continue to battle back and forth and the Hawks ended up falling in the 3rd overtime.  People have continuously joked saying that Miami didn't have a big 3 but maybe a big 2 or 2 1/2, but Bosh showed last night why he was a major attribute to the Heat and is a part of the Big 3.  Bosh ended the game with 33 points 14 rebounds in the 116-109 victory over the Hawks.  Mario Chalmers added 29 points and 8 assist to the victory and the Heat held the Hawks to 0 points in the 3rd overtime.  The game was a major statement game for the Heat who were able to win the game with James and Wade in which a lot of people believed wasn't possible and that the Heat bench wasn't that good.  This season the Heat made some major moves bringing in Shane Battier who also had a good defensive game for the Heat last night and was able to shut down Joe Johnson of the Hawks.  Johnson ended the game with 20 points and 2 rebounds but the story of the night for the Hawks was their 11th man off the bench Ivan Johnson, if no one knew who Ivan Johnson was before they do after last night.  The game last night was a great win by the Heat and also a learning experience for the Hawks who were able to beat the Heat on Monday in Miami.

O'Brien named Penn State Head Coach

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With the major scandal that occurred this football season at Penn State including firing head coach Joe Paterno, Penn State is in the news this week not dealing with the scandal for a brief second.  It was reported yesterday that New England Patriots' Offensive Coordinator Bill O'Brien will be named Penn State's head coach.  A lot of individual was probably unaware of who O'Brien was until late in the regular season of the NFL when he was shown having an intense argument with Patriots' franchise player Tom Brady on the sideline during a game.      The New England are now preparing for the NFL playoffs and O'Brien will continue as the offensive coordinator of the Patriots until the end of the season.  The Patriots has a bye through the first round of the playoffs due to securing the number 1 seed in their division.  O'Brien has never served as a head coach in college or the NFL, Penn State will be his first head coach position.

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