The Streak is Over! Miami Heat Lose!

One of the biggest stories in the NBA has been the streaking Miami Heat. When they took the court to play the Chicago Bulls Wednesday night they knew they had a tough one on their hands. Little did they know that Wednesday night they would be too tough.



This game was all Chicago early and never really changed throughout the game.

The Bulls got out to a double digit lead more than seven minutes into the game. By halftime the lead was 55-46, but if the streak has taught us anything it is that no lead is safe against Miami as long as there is still time on the clock.

A 13-3 run to start the second half capped off by a Mario Chalmers three gave the Heat a 59-58 lead seven and a half minutes into the third period, but the leaf would be short lived. The two teams would trade it back forth for awhile.

As the game entered the fourth period the Bulls began to slowly open up a lead once again. When Taj Gibson hit a jumper at the 2:18 mark the lead was back up to nine--and it wasn't starting to look pretty rough for the Heat.

Chris Bosh hit a three with four seconds to go, but that only closed the gap to 101-97, the eventual final score.

The loss is actually a good thing. While it would be nice for fans to see their team set a new consecutive wins record, the team does not need to actually win another game during the regular season. With 11 games left to play and the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference 11.5 games back they can be the No. 1 seed even if they lose out.

Now I am sure the team is not going to do that, but I would not be surprised to see the Heat start to rest the Big Three a little more and limit their minutes over the final stretch of the season. The streak and the wins will mean nothing if they don't make a deep run in the post season--something they can't do if LeBron, Chris, or Dwayne get hurt and have to miss time.

[Even thought they lost Wednesday night Miami still had some killer highlights.]