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The Bulls–Heat rivalry is an NBA rivalry between the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat. It began once the Heat became contenders during the 1990s, a decade dominated by the Bulls. They were eliminated three times by Chicago, who went on to win the title each time. The rivalry came back in the post-Michael Jordan era due to the Heat and the Bulls becoming favorites in the Eastern Conference. The Bulls, led by Derrick Rose, Luol Deng and Joakim Noah, battled the Heat's 'Big 3' LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh for dominance. These contests were fierce and hard fought battles featuring many fouls and ejections. ==Beginning: 1992–97== The first meeting occurred in the first round of the 1992 NBA Playoffs. The Bulls, led by Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, and coached by Phil Jackson, were the defending champions and had accumulated a 67–15 record, the Central Division title, and the top seed in the East. The Heat, with Glen Rice, Steve Smith, and Rony Seikaly, reached the NBA Playoffs for the first time in franchise history with a 38–44 record, which made them the 8th seed. The Bulls swept Miami in three games en route to their second straight NBA title. The second time the teams met, in the 1996 NBA Playoffs, the Bulls, now with Jordan, Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Luc Longley, and Ron Harper, had compiled the best NBA regular-season record of 72–10 and were hungry to regain the NBA title after a 2-year hiatus. Miami, now coached by Pat Riley with Alonzo Mourning, Tim Hardaway, Chris Gatling, and Walt Williams, managed to clinch the 8th seed with a 42–40 record. One of Chicago's 10 losses during the seasons included a 113–104 loss to the Heat in Miami on February 23, highlighted by a 39-point performance by Rex Chapman on nine three pointers in a game where Miami only featured 8 players due to injuries. The playoffs would be a different story however, as the Bulls were too much for the younger Heat as they swept Miami 3–0 for the second straight time on the way to their fourth championship. Michael Jordan once again dominated Miami, averaging 30 points a game during the series. The Heat took the following season to hone their plan of attack on Chicago. Utilizing the aggressive tactics he used while coaching New York, Riley conditioned a tough Miami team designed to break the Bulls. After dropping the first 2 regular season match-ups to Chicago, Riley's plan took effect. The Heat beat Chicago 83–80 and 102–92 in the last 2 regular season games. The Heat returned to the playoffs in high fashion with their first Atlantic Division title, revamped with new additions Dan Majerle, P.J. Brown, Jamal Mashburn, and Voshon Lenard and a franchise-best 61–21 record and the 2nd seed behind the 69–13 Bulls. However, when they met in the Eastern Conference Finals, Miami fell behind 3–0 to the Bulls before winning their first playoff game in the match-up in Game 4 87–80, heeding Mourning's guarantee of a victory. One of the incidents of the series was when Pippen got elbowed in the head by Mourning. Jordan took it personally and gave Chicago the spark they needed to blow Miami out in Game 5 100–87. Mourning did not make his first field goal of the game until the next-to-last possession. Overall both Hardaway and Mourning's point production fell against the Bulls, who went on to defend their title against the Jazz in the 1997 NBA Finals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bulls–Heat rivalry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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