Dwyane Wade and LeBron James scored all but 4 of Miami’s 26 points in the fourth quarter and combined for 17 points in a 19-4 run to finish the game.

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Playoffs | Heat 83, Bulls 80: Stars Lead Late Rally as Heat Advances

Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah is likely to face a fine after calling a fan a “faggot” during Game 3 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. The fan heckled Noah as he sat down on the bench after picking up his second foul. “I said some things that I…

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Chris Bosh continued to make atonement for any misgivings in a trying, acclimating season, finishing with a game-high 34 points as the Heat took a 2-1 series lead over the Bulls.

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Playoffs | Heat 96, Bulls 85: Back in Miami, Heat Is Halfway To the Finals

He looked so uncomfortable sitting on that stage, lowering his head and blushing as others gushed over him. But Derrick Rose has gotten better with all of this attention — and he has had no choice, because his electrifying play has raised his profile and that of the Chicago Bulls , who finished with the best record in the NBA after struggling for relevance since Michael Jordan walked away. Rose received the league’s most valuable player award in a hotel ballroom in suburban Chicago last week, but the ceremony was a celebration of not just a young man but also a plan, hatched several years before, by a single mother and her three oldest sons to form a protective wall around the baby of the bunch, the one they call “Pooh.” Read full article > >

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