CHECKMATE

  I knew better.  Yet, I still brought into the notion that the Bulls, offensively challenged
as they were, could out will the Heat and advance to the NBA Finals.  The best thing
you can do in life is to admit when you're wrong.  So here it is.  I was wrong.
The Heat are the better team.  Period.  It's not the refs, it's not a network conspiracy.
Don't be meatballs Bulls fan.  I hate the Heat as much as you do but the eyes never lie.
There was Lebron, using his length to deny Derrick Rose's jumper at the end of regulation.
There was Dwayne Wade, draining a tough fade away over Ronnie Brewer with the game
on the line.  In moments like these, it's easy to see the divide between where the Heat
are and where the Bulls are.  P Diddy said it was all bout the Benjamins.  This series....
it's been all about the closers.  MIAMI'S closers.  So here's what I envision.
I envision Miami exhaling and giving up game five.  Come game six, I see Miami
locked and loaded for the kill.  And if they're not in kill mode, they've proven that they're
good enough to take the game away from the Bulls whenever they feel like it.  If you think
I'm overstating, you haven't been watching games two, three, and four.  So Bulls
fans, I ask this of you.  Don't delude yourself into thinking that the Bulls have
a miracle comeback in their back pocket.  What I want of the Bulls is to be
valiant in defeat.  What I want is for the Bulls organization to finally take an
honest look at what've they created.  As constructed, the Bulls simply aren't
good enough to compete on the level of a big boy team like the Heat.  What
stings most is the realization that the Bulls may have wasted their once to
stop Miami's championship destiny.  This was the time.  But even with
three exceptionally talented mercs and a team of castoffs, Miami stands
one win away from their promised land.  You can only wonder what
Miami will be like when they're given the chance to get even stronger.
Parish the thought.