It wasn't easy and it certainly wasn't pretty, but the Bulls managed to take the first game against the Heat.
The Bulls, who have been missing a few key players in Rose, Deng and Hinrich, played a very physical game and beat the big bad Miami Heat 93-86 at American Airlines Arena.
Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau ruled out guard Kirk Hinrich for his fourth missed game due to a severely bruised calf and Luol Deng, who is back in Chicago after experiencing some complications from a spinal tap test for viral meningitis.
And while each Bull did their part to make up for those guys, the real winner was Nate Robinson.
Robinson left the game in the second quarter after cutting his lip colliding into Lebron James for a loose ball.
He ended up getting 10 stitches and eventually returned to the game scoring a game-high 27 points.
"It was just a hustle play, that went wrong," Robinson said. "But you have to play through it. I got 10 stitches, but you just have to continue to fight. You have to muster up enough energy and enough fight to go in there and play as hard as you can and produce for your teammates. They expect you to get stitched up and come back out there and continue to battle, and that's what I did"(ESPN Chicago).
In Nate we trust, am I right? Am I right?
Hey Boozer, what's your excuse?!
The Bulls will get a much needed rest Tuesday and gear up for Game 2 on Wednesday once more in Miami.
All we can do now is just BULL-ieve.
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