CHICAGO: In the aftermath of the Miami Heat having their 27-game win streak snapped by the Chicago Bulls, the defending champions began putting their run in perspective and focusing on an NBA title repeat.
Britain’s Luol Deng scored 28 points, grabbed seven rebounds and passed off five assists to spark the Bulls over Miami 101-97 on Wednesday, ending the second-longest win streak in NBA history and major North American team sport.
“It has been one of the best that this league has ever seen,” Heat superstar playmaker LeBron James said. “We haven’t had a chance to really have a moment to know what we just did. We had a moment, just very fortunate, very humbling and blessed to be part of this team and be part of a streak like that.”
The Heat fell six games shy of the NBA’s all-time longest win streak, the 33 consecutive victories by the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers. The spurt lifted the Heat to the best record in the NBA at 56-15, one win from clinching a home-court edge throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs and ahead of Oklahoma City and San Antonio in the fight for a home-court edge all the way through the NBA Finals. REUTERS
