From the words of the six-time NBA World Champions Chicago Bulls, ‘’It’s game time!’’

This Tuesday, that can’t ever be more true. The NBA Basketball season starts this Halloween and the Chicago Bulls, although not the same team that dominated the NBA in the 90s, will be facing the present day NBA Basketball champions, the Miami Heat. This will most definitely be good.

The Chicago Bulls visit the Miami Heat on a night when Dwyane Wade, Shaquille O’Neal and the rest of the Miami boys receive their NBA Basketball Championship rings. (BOO!)

Dwyane Wade will have goosebumps Tuesday night. He’ll watch the retrospective video highlighting moments from the Miami Heat’s postseason run to an NBA title, then get his glimmering new championship ring and see the commemorative banner finally sway from the arena’s rafters.

Then, according to the time schedule set for the pregame festivities, Wade will have exactly five minutes to get ready what he considers the night’s primary event facing the Chicago Bulls in the first of 82 regular season games where they will start defending that championship.

‘’It’s going to be sweet and kind of a little bittersweet also,’’ Wade said. ‘’I think you should have these kind of ceremonies when you have nothing else to do. But when you’ve got to get prepared for a game, it kind of takes away from the moment. It’ll be great, but right away, we’re going to have to snap out of it.’’

Yep, they certainly have to, considering that they will have Chicago’s newest Bull to deal with, Ben Wallace.

Ben Wallace, acquired by the Chicago Bulls from the Detroit Pistons, will go head-to-head against Shaquille O’Neal for another set of 48 minutes. That 48 minutes will either expose Ben’s inability to do anything offensively OR show how Shaq has declined through all them wear and tear of NBA Basketball.

I’m expecting the latter. Let’s go Chicago Bulls! Kill the Miami Heat!

All Star Sportsbook has the odds on this NBA Basketball season opener between the Miami Heat and the Chicago Bulls.

Chicago Bulls +6.5

Miami Heat -6.5