CHICAGO (AP) — Josh Giddey dominated with 28 factors, 16 rebounds and 11 assists and the Chicago Bulls beat the Miami Warmth 119-111 Wednesday night time in a recreation with heavy seeding implications.
Giddey prolonged a profession excessive together with his seventh triple-double because the ninth-place Bulls (37-43) moved a recreation forward of Miami within the Japanese Convention. Additionally they pulled inside a half-game of Atlanta for the eighth seed. The ninth-place group will get a house recreation in opposition to the tenth seed within the play-in match. The winner then visits the loser of the sport between the seventh and eighth seeds.
Kevin Huerter scored 22. Nikola Vucevic added 20 factors and 11 rebounds. Coby White scored 18 and Matas Buzelis completed with 17 factors, serving to Chicago win for the eighth time in 11 video games. Additionally they accomplished a three-game season sweep of the Warmth.
Miami had gained seven of 10 after dropping 10 in a row.
Tyler Herro scored 30. Bam Adebayo had 18 factors and Davion Mitchell scored 17.
Andrew Wiggins completed with 14 factors after lacking six video games due to a proper hamstring damage. He has performed in simply 16 of Miami’s 31 video games because the Warmth acquired him from Golden State in the Jimmy Butler commerce.
Takeaways
The Warmth got here up quick despite the fact that they’d their high trio of Wiggins, Adebayo and Herro accessible for the primary time since March 27.
The Bulls continued their run of robust performances.
Key second
The Bulls regrouped after letting a 14-point lead halfway via the third quarter slip to 5. Mitchell reduce it to 100-95 when he nailed a 3 for Miami. However the Bulls responded with a 10-2 run.
Key stat
Giddey’s seven triple-doubles rank second by a Bulls participant in a single season behind Michael Jordan’s 15 in 1988-89.
Up subsequent
The Warmth go to New Orleans on Friday whereas the Bulls host Washington of their remaining regular-season residence recreation.
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