INDIANAPOLIS -- Andrew Luck sure didnt play like a rookie Sunday afternoon. He looked like a new, younger version of Peyton Manning. The Colts rookie threw two touchdown passes, took advantage of several key Minnesota penalties and marched Indianapolis 45 yards in 23 seconds to set up Adam Vinatieri for a 53-yard field goal with 8 seconds left, which gave Indianapolis a 23-20 victory over Minnesota in Lucks home debut. "Its just amazing that the guys able to go out there and do the things he does as a rookie," Colts coach Chuck Pagano said. "He certainly had to put the ball on them, and he did." Many of those wearing No. 18 jerseys in Sundays crowd had probably forgotten it took Manning a little longer to win his first game. He started 0-4, including two home losses, before finally beating Ryan Leaf and the San Diego Chargers on Oct. 4, 1998. Lucks older teammates couldnt be happier to get this early win, either, especially after last seasons 0-13 start spurred speculation about going winless for the regular season. The No. 1 draft pick made sure it didnt happen again. Indys new quarterback finished 20 of 31 for 224 yards on a solid, not spectacular day. He played the entire second half without three starters on the offensive line, yet managed to move the Colts into field-goal position twice. Luck actually did his most impressive work eluding pass rushers and throwing on the run. Time after time, he managed to escape trouble including twice on Indys winning drive, to complete passes. And when the Vikings made mistakes, he made them pay. He got a field goal out of a roughing the kicker penalty and a personal foul call, penalties that kept one second-half drive alive, and when the Vikings blew a coverage just before halftime, Luck hooked up with Reggie Wayne for a 30-yard score. The Vikings (1-1) were frustrated all afternoon. "We were rushing him. He moved around a lot. It (stinks), missing sacks," Jared Allen said. "He did a good job. If the guy is not as mobile, we probably have six sacks. Sure, Luck made a few miscues -- such as taking the 17-yard sack on third-and-5 with 3:00 to play. Or spiking the ball when the clock was already stopped just before Vinatieri came onto the field for his field goal. But, like Manning, Luck didnt let the miscues bother him. "I guess some people were under the impression that the clock was going to run, so I guess we looked a little foolish killing the clock when it was already stopped ," Luck said, laughing as he explained why he spiked the ball with 12 seconds to play. "Oh well." The Colts (1-1) have won three straight home games dating to last season and improved to 10-0 in home games against the Vikings. After settling for two field goals in the first 54 minutes, quarterback Christian Ponder rallied the Vikings late and got the big break he needed when defensive end Cory Redding batted his fourth-down pass up into the air. Kyle Rudolph got his hands on the ball, too, tipping it up again and toward teammate Stephen Burton, who hung onto the ball for a 7-yard TD. That made it 20-13 with 5:07 to play. Ponder was 27 of 35 for 245 yards with two TDs, but was sacked four times. Percy Harvin caught 12 passes for 104 yards. "We had opportunities. We just didnt capitalize on them," Adrian Peterson said after running 16 times for 60 yards and catching three passes for 20 yards. The Vikings were just getting started, though. Following the big third-down sack on Luck and a poor punt, Minnesota took over at the Indy 47 with 2:29 to play. The Vikings finally tied the score when Rudolph hung on for a 6-yard TD reception to tie the score with 31 seconds left. "You want to score and the defence has to go out there and hold in that situation," coach Leslie Frazier said. "Thats our league. In that situation where we were, we needed to get the ball in the end zone and we got to go out and play defence." But 31 seconds was too much time for Luck. He started the last Colts series by rolling to the left and hooking up Donnie Avery for 20 yards. Then he stepped up in the pocket and threw to the right, a 20-yard strike to Wayne. Then he got the Vikings to jump offside, moving the ball to the Minnesota 35, and after the spike, Vinatieri lived up to his nickname as the best clutch kicker in league history. "The kids got poise," Wayne said. "Hes got some winning in the blood." Notes: Avery tied his career high with nine receptions. He also had 111 yards. ... Colts centre Samson Satele left the game in the third quarter with an undisclosed knee injury. Right tackle Winston Justice and left guard Joe Reitz (knee) were inactive. ... 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A seven-point deficit midway through the fourth wasnt enough to doom the Bulls, who finished the game on a 10-0 run in the final 1:59. And to think, the Bulls werent anywhere near full strength. Kirk Hinrich was out again with a calf injury. Luol Deng isnt even expected to rejoin the team until Tuesday, after dealing with an illness apparently so severe that a spinal tap -- and other tests since -- were needed to rule out things like meningitis. "So proud of my team man, this bed might be good luck after all," Deng wrote on Twitter after the game, with a photo of him in a hospital bed. Oh, and Derrick Rose remains sidelined, as hes been since April 2012. No problem. The Heat are 41-3 in their last 44 games -- with two of those losses to the Bulls, who are now 3-2 against Miami this season. "I think when youre facing adversity, you have to be mentally tough," Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. "But this is just one game. We have to play a lot better in our next one." LeBron James got his MVP trophy from Commissioner David Stern before the game, then struggled to a two-point first half before finishing with 24 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for Miami. Dwyane Wade added 14 for the Heat, who had no one else in double figures, finished shooting 40 per cent from the floor and were outrebounded 46-32. "Im not stunned," James said. "This is what the playoffs is all about. Were going against a really good team." Miami was outscored 35-24 in the fourth, something that drew the ire of Heat coach Erik Spoelstra afterward. "Theres no excuses," said Spoelstra, whose team had not played in more than a week. "Were not making any excuses for time off or anything else." If anyone could have made excuses, it was Robinson. He needed 10 stitches, five in his lip and five more inside his mouth, to close a nasty cut that came when he dove for a loose ball with James and struck his head on the court late in the first half. And then not only did he play the whole second half, he scored 24 points in those 24 minutes, including the last seven points that finished the job for Chicago. "He was born a scorer," Miami guard Mario Chalmers said. Joakim Noah scored 13 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Bulls, who got 12 from Taj Gibson aand 10 from Marco Belinelli.dddddddddddd Game 2 is Wednesday night in Miami. "Were not really a flashy team," Gibson said. "We like to go out and do our job." A pair of three-point plays by James -- one of them coming when he just broke through a tackle attempt by Butler and muscled the ball to the rim anyway -- gave Miami a 76-69 lead midway through the fourth quarter, the biggest deficit Chicago faced all night. The Bulls were undeterred. Coming off a Game 7 road win in Brooklyn two nights earlier just to get into a series with Miami, the Bulls just kept grinding. When Ray Allen made a 3-pointer to give Miami an 80-78 lead, Butler came back with one of his own to put the Bulls back on top. When the Heat went up by three after James made a free throw with 2:22 left, Belinelli connected for 3 -- on a second-effort possession -- to knot the game. Then when Robinson connected on a 20-footer with 1:18 left, the Bulls had the lead and plenty of swagger. Wade missed a 3-pointer on the next possession, Robinson drove the lane and scored with 45.5 seconds left, and suddenly the Bulls were up 90-86. James drove against Butler and tried a 12-footer that missed everything, the Bulls got the rebound, Robinson made a free throw to stretch the lead to five and the stunner was complete. Game 1 to the Bulls. "Its all about being tough," said Butler, who played all 48 minutes for the third straight game. "Were always going to be the underdogs and we take pride in that. Everybody can overlook us, but we feel like were good enough to hang with a lot of these teams." It was a night that started with a celebration, James getting his MVP award from the commissioner. "Thank you so much," James said. "And lets get ready to go." And with that, the game started. Problem was, no one was ready to go. The Heat missed their first seven shots -- maybe rust really was a factor. It was 37-all at the half and James wore twice as many pairs of sneakers in the opening two quarters (two) as he had field goals (one). He had two points at the break, the lowest of his 120-game post-season career, on just 1 for 6 shooting. He opened the second half with a 3-pointer, so the shoes were a quick fix. But the Bulls were in for the long haul, and after James made the consecutive three-point plays to open a seven-point lead, Chicago answered with seven straight points, knotting the game at 76-all when Belinelli made a 3-pointer with just under 5 minutes left. Momentum belonged to Chicago, and soon, so did the game. "Its just one game," Belinelli said. NOTES: James has played 885 regular-season and playoff games. Hes scored less than two points in a first half only twice, being shut out by Dallas on Oct. 31, 2007 and Dec. 20, 2010. He scored exactly two points on five other occasions before Monday. ... Wade dove into the second row of seats to save an errant ball, and grimaced after appearing to hit his sore right knee. "I wish somebody would have grabbed me. That would have been kind of nice, especially at home," Wade said. ... The Bulls had 17 second-chance points on only nine offensive rebounds. cheap jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '