Bulls stifle Heat in easy opening win

BULLIED! Chicago Bulls’ Taj Gibson dunks over Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade during the first half in Game 1 of their NBA Eastern Conference Finals playoff basketball game in Chicago on Sunday.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Chicago’s defence stifled LeBron  James and Dwyane Wade to set-up an easy 103-82 victory over the  Miami Heat in the opening game of their Eastern Conference  Finals series on Sunday.

Chicago’s Derrick Rose, the league’s Most Valuable Player  (MVP), scored 28 points but it was the Bulls’ defence that  really stood up, limiting Wade to 18 points and James to 15.

The third member of Miami’s ‘Big Three’, Chris Bosh,