The Miami Heat picked up right where they left off last NBA season, beating their opponent.
In the opening game against the Chicago Bulls, Miami’s Shane Battier went 4 for 4 from the 3-point line, as the Heat beat the Derrick Rose and the Bulls 107-95 on Tuesday night.
“You never know what to expect when you’re trying to keep the main thing the main thing, and that’s the game,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “But you can’t deny the emotions and what a special moment it was for everybody in the organization because we know how difficult that was and how harrowing that was last season. So it was great to actually get the win after that to cap off a very good night for the Miami Heat.”
Heat’s all-star LeBron James had 17 points, eight assists and six rebounds. Miami went down 9-2 early, then outscored the Bulls 52-24 in the rest of the first half.
Bulls players Rose finished with 12 points and Carlos Boozer had 31 points and seven rebounds in their loss.
“We’re not trying to pull close. There were a lot of corrections that we have to make,” Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. “It always comes back to the same thing — our defense and our rebounding. And if we could have taken better care of the ball early on, we would have been in position to win down the stretch.”
