Finishing Strong

Nine of the Heat's final 12 points were scored by LeBron James and that was difference as the Miami Heat used a 12-2 closing run to knock off the Chicago Bulls in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals, and take home court back to South Beach in this best of 7 series.

LeBron James has 29 points and 10 rebounds as the Heat won a hard fought fourth quarter 14-10 which untilmately won them the game. Dwayne Wade had 24 points and 9 rebounds. The combination of James and Wade had 53 points compared to their 33 in game 1. Chris Bosh, the third of the big 3 had 10 points with 8 rebounds. Udonis Haslem, playing his first real dosage of minutes after missing most of the season with a foot injury, had 13 points and 5 rebounds.

Derek Rose struggled from the field as he 7-23 for 21 points. Joakim Noah and Carlos Boozer could never really get it going offensively as they had only 16 points combined. A pivotal game 3 is slated for Sunday in Miami.