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The Bulls unlikely 2010-11 season came to a stunning end Thursday night, perhaps fittingly, as it began. The 83-80 loss to the Miami Heat, who now go onto the NBA Finals to play the Dallas Mavericks, was as unexpected as the Bulls regular season as the NBA’s best team.

But in the end, the Bulls were not the most talented …

Down 3-1 to the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals and coming off the heels of a heartbreaking overtime loss in Miami, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said prior to Game 5 at the United Center that very little would change in the team’s game plan, and, perhaps more importantly, their day by day mentality.

“Our team has approached everything the …

It was the day after Game 3 in Miami, the Joakim Noah apology day, a film session for the Bulls without a practice, a chance to recover physically and mentally after losing two straight to the Heat.

The NBA arranged the player interviews in a ballroom in the team’s hotel, and after everyone had finished, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau, …

It was both the cruelty and beauty of sport Tuesday in Miami when the Miami Heat beat the Bulls 101-93 in overtime in a classic playoff game, less for its artistry than its absolutely breathtaking tension and willful desire by both teams.

“I think you could tell that neither team wanted to lose,” said Dwyane Wade, who overcame a horrid …

As if losing two games in a row against a team it had defeated four consecutive times this season wasn’t bad enough, there have been other distractions that have surfaced since the Bulls’ arrival in Miami over the weekend.

First, a report by ESPN The Magazine claiming Derrick Rose said that there is a performance enhancing drug problem in the …

Sometimes the other guy is just better.

Which is not saying the Miami Heat is better than the Bulls and hardly that this Eastern Conference finals series is over with Miami having a 2-1 lead with Game 4 in Miami Tuesday.

But the Bulls have lost two straight after a brilliant opening game win, and while they were in Games …

I probably shouldn’t write this column for a few reasons. One is I cannot say just about all the words I’d like to in order to make my point, though that’s also probably the point of writing it in, anyway.

The day off between Games 3 and 4 in Miami Monday was a lot less interesting to most of the …

They used to call it the Archangel offense for the Bulls at times like this. You know, save us Michael.

It’s probably unfair and not what this Bulls team truly has been about all season in winning 62 games. But with Sunday’s Miami 96-85 victory to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference finals, the Bulls probably are looking …

With three days off in between games as the series shifts to Miami, Derrick Rose and the Bulls are more than eager to get back on the floor and reclaim homecourt advantage, which a win in one of the next two games would accomplish. And Rose believes they’ll be ready to do just that.

“I think that we’re well prepared …

It didn’t seem like the best time for the NBA Finals shuffle, if that’s what Carlos Boozer’s entry into rap music was at the United Center during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals.

I can’t say I noticed with a heck of a game going on. But those 1985 Chicago Bears made their statement and backed it up, and …