[外電]Barkley likes Bulls over Heat in East
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Barkley likes Bulls over Heat in East finals
April, 11, 2012 Apr 114:55PM CTBy ESPNChicago.com
Charles Barkley said LeBron James would have to play like MJ to beat the
Bulls.Charles Barkley believes the Eastern Conference finals will be an
entertaining and competitive series, but he's convinced there will be a new
team advancing to the NBA Finals this year.
"I thought the (Bulls' win over the New York Knicks on Tuesday) with Rip
Hamilton playing well was a great sign," Barkley said Wednesday on "The
Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN 1000. "I really think they're the best team in
the East.
"When they play Miami, it's going to be a knock-down, drag-out ..."
The Heat beat the Bulls in five games in last year's conference finals before
falling to the Dallas Mavericks. The Bulls and Heat split two games so far in
the regular season and play again at the United Center on Thursday.
"People talk about how they played the Bulls last year, if you go back and
look at those games, every one of those games was tied with two minutes to
go," Barkley said. "Every one of those games. And if Rip Hamilton can play
anything like he played last night, I think the Bulls have a really good
chance against the Heat. I do. I like that team.
"I think the Bulls are better."
Barkley believes if the Heat are going to do anything in the special in the
playoffs, it's going to require something special from LeBron James.
"I think that LeBron James has to play at a Michael Jordan-type level every
single night because that team has so many holes on it," Barkley said.
"Between their bench, lack of scoring inside ... I said this earlier in the
year, they're only going to go as far as LeBron James takes them.
"I like Dwyane (Wade). Dwyane is a terrific player. He got a lot of credit
for winning a championship (in 2006), but if you go back and look at their
series, the reason they won that series is because of Shaquille (O'Neal). He
got the one game where he shot 100 free throws. But Shaquille O'Neal and
Alonzo Mourning were the difference in that series. People assume he's the
closer, to be honest with you, but LeBron James is the best player in the
NBA. If he doesn't play at a crazy level and make those guys better, (Mario)
Chalmers, Joel Anthony, Haslem, if he doesn't get those guys off, they can't
win. I don't think (James) gets enough credit for that."
"Chris Bosh hasn't had a double-double in like two months," he added.
"They're clearly not a good rebounding team. Their bench isn't very good.
They have flaws."
And Barkley isn't worried about the sprained ankle that kept Derrick Rose out
of Tuesday's win.
"I saw him working out a little bit before the game last night, so it doesn't
look like it's serious," Barkley said. "The good thing for the Bulls is
they're probably going to have a cakewalk the first round of the playoffs.
He'll have time to get himself into game shape. Whoever they play in the
first round they'll beat them.
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