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'Humiliated' Shaq locks in on ref
/ Associated Press
Posted: 5 hours ago
CHICAGO (AP) - Eight points. Four rebounds. Five fouls. Seven turnovers.
Shaquille O'Neal couldn't believe it, either.
"I'm very, very humiliated," O'Neal said after practice on Friday.
With O'Neal enduring one of his worst playoff games, the Chicago Bulls beat Miami 109-90 on Thursday and cut the Heat's lead to 2-1 in this first-round series. And the Bulls now have a chance to tie it on Sunday afternoon.
"(The players) didn't like last night," Miami coach Pat Riley said. "It was embarrassing. But that's what you deal with. Once you understand what happened, you've got to get on with making those improvements."
What happened on Thursday was as obvious as a Shaq dunk - and the big man had only one in Game 3.
He fell into early foul trouble, spent most of the second quarter on the sideline. Even when he was in the game, O'Neal was a non-factor.
He had just one basket in the first three quarters, scored six meaningless points in the fourth, and barely avoided his career playoff scoring low. O'Neal had seven against Houston two years ago.
The Bulls drove right at O'Neal. On defense, the perimeter players collapsed on him, and they did a better job closing out on their man when O'Neal passed out of the double team.
/ Associated Press
Posted: 5 hours ago
CHICAGO (AP) - Eight points. Four rebounds. Five fouls. Seven turnovers.
Shaquille O'Neal couldn't believe it, either.
"I'm very, very humiliated," O'Neal said after practice on Friday.
With O'Neal enduring one of his worst playoff games, the Chicago Bulls beat Miami 109-90 on Thursday and cut the Heat's lead to 2-1 in this first-round series. And the Bulls now have a chance to tie it on Sunday afternoon.
"(The players) didn't like last night," Miami coach Pat Riley said. "It was embarrassing. But that's what you deal with. Once you understand what happened, you've got to get on with making those improvements."
What happened on Thursday was as obvious as a Shaq dunk - and the big man had only one in Game 3.
He fell into early foul trouble, spent most of the second quarter on the sideline. Even when he was in the game, O'Neal was a non-factor.
He had just one basket in the first three quarters, scored six meaningless points in the fourth, and barely avoided his career playoff scoring low. O'Neal had seven against Houston two years ago.
The Bulls drove right at O'Neal. On defense, the perimeter players collapsed on him, and they did a better job closing out on their man when O'Neal passed out of the double team.
