LeBron James chosen Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of Year

With LeBron James being from Northeast Ohio, and Dwyane Wade being a product of Chicago, the two placed a friendly wager on the outcome of this season’s World Series between the Cubs and Indians. Friday will mark McDermott’s eighth straight missed game. The Bulls rebounded from an upset loss at the expense of the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday night. “We competed. We guarded”. Speaking of grimy, Taj Gibson was a leader early and throughout, scoring 23 points with 11 rebounds and five assists, making his first nine field goals. The Bulls were lead by small forward Jimmy Butler with 26 points. The Bulls’ Rajon Rondo cleaned up the glass, pulling down 3 offensive rebounds and 8 defensive rebounds. With the series deadlocked at 3-1 with the Indians leading, it looked like Wade was going to have to purchase new Indians’ gear.

The starters all scored in double figures and carried an extremely heavy load yet again, tallying 98 of the 111 points.

But give Mirotic credit for perseverance, spurred in part by a talk from Wade during a timeout. Mirotic as defensive stopper takes its place alongside John Lucas III burying jumpers over James. In each of its three losses, the third quarter has proven to be costly as the Cavaliers watched a 60-59 halftime lead against the Bulls fade to end up trailing 88-80 by the end of the quarter.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I know”, James said in a video taken on the bus ride over to the arena and posted on “Uninterrupted”, the multimedia platform he cofounded.

“I think we know what we’re capable of if we play basketball the right way and do what we’re supposed to do”, Butler said. Great people bring greatness out of you.

The Bulls won the second quarter, 29-27, and if it wasn’t for a late-quarter trip to the line for Kevin Love (who had a frightful first half with a 1-for-7 shooting performance), the home team would’ve taken the lead into the break.

But, the Bulls basically everything from their starters on Friday night.