Bulls cool Down Heat, Rockies lose...again

Derrick Rose and the Bulls got the conference finals underway Sunday in Chicago with a 103-82 win over the self claimed, and super pretentious Heatles. If Lebron James is going to get his ring and try and justify him "taking his talents to South Beach", then he's going to have do a little more than 15 points. Yea, an alright defensive effort, with 6 rebounds, a steal, and 3 blocks. But that won't cut it because the Bulls know how to utilize every player on their team and not just the MVP Rose.

  It was surprising to see Ringo Star, uh, Chris Bosh, I mean, get 30 points, but your two "main" guys on your team are gonna have to do better than their game one performance. (Wade had a real quiet18 points). Watching the game, the Heat just look rattled. They didn't seem to play with confidence, they didn't really seem to trust each other, and that's not championship basketball.

   On the other side of the ball, D-Rose knew the magnitude of this game, took over in the second half, and trusted his teammates to play like the number one seed. Joakim Noah had 14 rebounds, Deng had 21 points, and Boozer finished with 14 points, 9 rebounds.  The Bulls looked more focused, and determined and that is why they came out that game with the series lead 1-0.  I'm not saying that this is going to be a quick series, but the Heat need to play better.

  Note to Jason Hammels, "Hey man sorry we can't get you any run support", sent from the entire Rockies team.  I don't know what it is, but the Rockies just cannot play in the cold.  But they are going to have to if they want to come out of these next two series either staying just behind the Giants, or try moving up to second place.  It is good to see Father Helton crushing the ball like its 2004 again hitting his sixth hoe run of the year.  Now it would just be nice to see the rest of the team trying to get going.  We'll see what they can muster up, because the Giants are coming to town, then its off to Philadelphia.

  Couple of birthday shout outs to give here, my boys Jason Lafferty and Nate Anchetta! Both had Birthdays this weekend, and I hope that they had a great weekend.  Happy Birthday boys, sorry the Rockies couldn't get more wins for ya.  See ya next time on the Horst Report, Shua out!