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Dwyane Wade is going home this weekend. Derrick Rose will be waiting.

Prepare for the final of the Eastern Conference full of stars.

will face the best team in the conference and league _ _ in the regular season, Chicago, against the second, Miami, for a spot in the NBA Finals. The best-of-seven games to set the crown of the East is scheduled to begin on Sunday night. Chicago

ranked 93-73 on Thursday by defeating the Atlanta Hawks and win their series in six games. Miami earned his ticket on Wednesday, scoring the last 16 points of the game to defeat Boston 97-87 to advance in five games.

"It will be fun," Rose said Thursday in Atlanta. "It's definitely going to be fun. They are a great team. They're playing very well as a team and I think we also played very well together. So going to be a battle."

Chicago won all three meetings between the two during the regular season, none more than four points. Including playoffs, Chicago was the best team in the NBA as a place for the season improved to 41-6. Miami is the second best visitor of the league, improved to 30-15 away from home this season.

And as almost always occurs in a series at this point in the postseason, will be full of intrigue.

Wade is from Chicago, and Bulls met with him twice last year in hopes of wooing to wear the uniform of the team he always idolized. The Bulls also had aspirations of hiring LeBron James and Chris Bosh during the free-agent bonanza July 2010, but both ended with Wade in Miami.

Added to this are the individual battles, particularly that of Rose and James.

rarely see face to face in the Eastern Conference finals, but the series is touted as a clash of most valuable players in the league. James won the award in 2009 and 2010 but Rose took the trophy this season. James was the only unanimous selection to the All-NBA team was revealed on Thursday, while Rose appeared in 118 of 119 votes.

"I'm waiting," said Carlos Boozer, the Bulls.

there is the quest to make history.

The Bulls have not come so far in the playoffs since 1998, the final season of Michael Jordan in Chicago and his last championship. James still seeking his first title, and although the Heat held loudly after eliminating Boston, James quickly offered a reminder Wednesday that Miami knows that yet has many challenges.

"We have much work to do," said James.