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After a heart-breaking Eastern Conference Finals series defeat the the Heat, the Bulls are anxiously awaiting their chance at revenge against Miami when the NBA resumes play in three or four years from its impending labor stoppage this summer.

In each of the Bulls' last three losses to Miami, LeBron James has taken control down the stretch, hitting big shots to ice a late victory. That's not going to happen tonight, according to Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau, who has ordered injured 12th man Brian Scalabrine to handcuff himself to the Heat superstar before Game 5 at the United Center.

"We all thought the guy made a deal with the devil when he signed with the Heat," said TNT analyst and NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley. "But now it turns out he actually is the devil. That's just turrible."

During the first game of the Eastern Conference finals between the Bulls and Heat, a visibly shaken Derrick Rose spent much of the game assuming he was being haunted by a ghost on court, until coach Tom Thibodeau informed the league MVP that it was just Miami point guard Mike Bibby.

After his pair of thunderous dunks during the Bulls' 103-82 thrashing of the Heat Sunday night "Taj Gibson dunk" is currently the world's leading search term, surpassing "sex" and other hot phrases.

NASCAR made an announcement this morning that it no longer had "no choice" in how the drivers dealt with their off-track feuds. Instead, officials announced they would provide an instrument for channeling their negative energy by having the most recent feuding drivers participate in the next UFC 131 pay-per-view event.

"This is a great team," said Bucktown resident and fan, Martin Held, as he torched a car on Madison and Damen. "But I'm not taking any chances. I decided to get my rioting in now just in case the Hawks series is the last one we win this season."