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NBA Basketball News :: NBA : Bulls clinch top spot in Eastern Conference with win over Cavs

Posted on 2011-04-09 by Gooner

For the first time since the final year of the Michael Jordan era, the road through the Eastern Conference playoffs will again go through Chicago.

Carlos Boozer had 24 points and 11 rebounds, and the Bulls clinched the top seed in the East with a 93-82 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night.

The Bulls, who barely made the playoffs last season and were eliminated by the Cavaliers in the first round, have made major strides under first-year coach Tom Thibodeau, who had been a longtime assistant with Boston.

Chicago, which has won six straight and 18 of 20, will have home-court advantage through the first three rounds of the playoffs. The Bulls hadn't finished with the best record in the East since 1997-98, the most recent of their six NBA championships with Jordan.

Despite clinching the East, Thibodeau doesn't plan on resting his key players. The Bulls, who have three games remaining, trail San Antonio by one game for the best record in the league.

Sourced From : ESPN NBA Game HQ Report

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