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April 30, 2012, Monday
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CHICAGO and Miami opened the National Basketball Association postseason with comfortable wins on Saturday but the Bulls paid a steep price for their victory when Derrick Rose was ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury.
There were smiles all around in Miami as the Heat, led by 32 points from LeBron James, scorched the New York Knicks 100-67 in the opening game of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference series.
But few were smiling in Chicago after watching Rose crumple to the floor in pain late in the Bulls' 103-91 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
Meanwhile, the favored Oklahoma City Thunder needed Kevin Durant's last-second shot to defeat the reigning champions Dallas Mavericks 99-98 in the West, and the sixth-seeded Orlando Magic opened their Eastern series with an 81-77 upset of the third-seeded Indiana Pacers.
Two hours after the game ended, the Bulls said the All-Star guard's season was over because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
Rose missed 27 games this season because of various injuries and there had been concerns about his fitness coming into the playoffs.
He eased some of that concern as he scored a game-high 23 points while adding nine rebounds and nine assists but the health of the league's most valuable player was again at the forefront of conversation when he landed awkwardly on his left leg and crashed to the ground late in the game.
Medical staff rushed onto the court and examined Rose for several minutes before he was helped to the locker room.
Later, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau was questioned on why Rose was even in the game with two minutes to play and Chicago holding a double-digit lead.
"I do not work backward like you guys," Thibodeau told reporters. "The score was going the other way. He's got to play.
"Derrick has to work on finishing, on closing. Our team did not handle that part great. That's what I was thinking."
Rose's injury took away from a bright start to the post-season for the top-seeded Bulls, who also received a 19-point contribution from Richard Hamilton while Luol Deng chipped in with 17 and Joakim Noah added 12 points and 13 rebounds.
Elton Brand led the eighth-seeded 76ers with 19 points.
There were smiles all around in Miami as the Heat, led by 32 points from LeBron James, scorched the New York Knicks 100-67 in the opening game of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference series.
But few were smiling in Chicago after watching Rose crumple to the floor in pain late in the Bulls' 103-91 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
Meanwhile, the favored Oklahoma City Thunder needed Kevin Durant's last-second shot to defeat the reigning champions Dallas Mavericks 99-98 in the West, and the sixth-seeded Orlando Magic opened their Eastern series with an 81-77 upset of the third-seeded Indiana Pacers.
Two hours after the game ended, the Bulls said the All-Star guard's season was over because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
Rose missed 27 games this season because of various injuries and there had been concerns about his fitness coming into the playoffs.
He eased some of that concern as he scored a game-high 23 points while adding nine rebounds and nine assists but the health of the league's most valuable player was again at the forefront of conversation when he landed awkwardly on his left leg and crashed to the ground late in the game.
Medical staff rushed onto the court and examined Rose for several minutes before he was helped to the locker room.
Later, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau was questioned on why Rose was even in the game with two minutes to play and Chicago holding a double-digit lead.
"I do not work backward like you guys," Thibodeau told reporters. "The score was going the other way. He's got to play.
"Derrick has to work on finishing, on closing. Our team did not handle that part great. That's what I was thinking."
Rose's injury took away from a bright start to the post-season for the top-seeded Bulls, who also received a 19-point contribution from Richard Hamilton while Luol Deng chipped in with 17 and Joakim Noah added 12 points and 13 rebounds.
Elton Brand led the eighth-seeded 76ers with 19 points.
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