The Heat returned the favor in Game 2

The Heat returned the favor in Game 2 cheap fashion wholesale. Miami allowed just two points on one of 12 Bulls shooting in the final 7:09 and contained MVP Derrick Rose, who didn't make a field goal in the fourth quarter.

"We tried different bodies on him all night. Mario (Chalmers), myself, Mike (Miller) all had him," Wade said. "We made it tough for him when we got the ball."

The teams share similar defensive styles. They both want to keep opponents from scoring inside the paint, and they don't want shooters having good looks at the basket from the three-point line.

They also preach help defense because players such as Wade, James and Rose are just too difficult to contain one-on-one for 40-plus minutes.

The Bulls' big men are more versatile and are able to switch who they are guarding with little trouble. The Heat's big men aren't as versatile, so they don't switch as much wholesale dress. That's not an issue because Wade and James, and some of Miami's other perimeter players, are long and fast enough to recover and defend their man.

The one favorable Heat trend that has emerged is their ability to score inside the paint. The Heat have outscored the Bulls 96-72 there while shooting 66.7% compared to 42.9%. f

"If anything they closed down the lane," Rose said of the Game 2 defense.

Back in the laboratories — coaches' offices — Spoelstra and Thibodeau are scheming, trying to find ways to stop the other team from scoring cheap wholesale dress.