LEBRON vs JORDAN. RECAP of GAME 4. Lebron's Heat overcome MJ's 46 pts tie the series. Game 5 TOM!

0:00 First quarter
3:56 Second quarter
9:33 Third quarter
13:46 Fourth quarter
16:38 Last 2 minutes


Miami, FL --- The Miami Heat look to even the score with Jordan's Chicago Bulls in Game 4. Can they sustain their momentum from their Game 3 win?

James and Jordan showed up early to play in Game 4. They were both aggressive on offense, Jordan with 15, James with 11 with ample support from their co-stars, Wade and Pippen. It was tied after one.

The Bulls second unit outplayed the Heat's unit as the 2nd quarter started. They went on a 15-4 run to start the period and grabbed a double digit advantage. Despite Lebron coming back, the Bulls momentum continued, and they led by as much as 13. The Heat would score 10 straight to end the quarter and had the lead down to 5. But Jordan buried a buzzerbeating jumper over Lebron as the clock expred in the 2nd to keep the Bulls lead at 7.


The Bulls continued to show great defense in the 3rd as they get their lead back up to 11 halfway thru. The Bulls decided to give MJ an early rest to prepare for the end game and the Heat took advantage. Ignited by Lebron and Ray Allen off the bench, the Heat raced back in the game with a 16-4 run and retook the lead on a 3-pointer from Ray Allen with 1:04 to go. Bulls managed to score the last 4 pts of the period to regain the lead. But what looked like an easy W for the Bulls early on became anybody's ballgame as the Bulls lead is just 3 going into the 4th quarter.

At the start of the 4th, Dwyane Wade got into a zone, igniting a 7-0 run to start, including a huge And-1 dunk over 7-foot Bill Wennington. The Heat grabbed the lead early and it was getting clearer that all the momentum has now gone to Miami as the Bulls couldn't get anything going offensively. Still they had Michael Jordan and he kept the Bulls in the game. It was still just a 2-pt lead for the Heat with about 2 mins to go.

The key play came at around the 2:15 mark with the Heat clinging to a 2-pt lead. Mike Miller came down fromt he top of the key and got hacked by Dennis Rodman on the way. Dennis was called for a Flagrant 1. Miller sank the 2 FT's and on their kept possession, the Heat got 2 more on FT's from Bosh after he was again fouled. This lead to a 6-pt Miami lead with less than 2 mins to go. This was followed by a 3-pointer from Lebron that quite sealed the deal giving them a 9-pt lead.


Final score. 98-91. Miami ties the series 2-2.

Lebron led the Heat with 29 pts 7 rebs 3 assts 3 stls but it was Dwyane Wade who was Player of the game. He 27 pts, 13 pts in the crucial 4th quarter, to lead the Heat to ivctory. He also added 6 rebs 5 assts 3 stls. 5 Heat players were in double digits, rounded out by Bosh, Allen, and Andersen.

Jordan finished with 46 pts. But had little support. Pippen had 18, and no one else in the double digits.