The Miami Heat Obliterate The Bulls By 37 Points, Two Chicago Players Ejected In A Total Meltdown
TNTThe Miami Heat reclaimed juggernaut status Wednesday night, destroying the Chicago Bulls in a 115-78 win in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The Heat went up by 14 at halftime after a late second-quarter spurt. In the second half, Chicago's offense went dry and Miami poured on the points in transition.
It's the worst playoff loss in franchise history for Chicago.
They racked up six technical fouls in total, and melted down with two ejections in the fourth quarter.
It's a disheartening loss for the Bulls, who looked to have a stylistic advantage after that ugly, physical Game 1 win. Game 3 Friday night in Chicago will be huge.
After the floodgates opened in the second half, two Bulls players got ejected in quick succession. Joakim Noah got tossed for berating a ref while he was sitting on the bench (and later admitted that did it intentionally), and Taj Gibson got ejected himself while Ray Allen was shooting the technical free throw for Noah's ejection.
He appeared to shout some unpleasant profanities at the 1:35 mark of this video from CBS Sports: