Jimmy Butler and Max Strus scored 31 points apiece and the Miami Heat gained the final Eastern Conference playoff spot with a 102-91 victory over the visiting Chicago Bulls on Friday night in a play-in game.
Butler scored 22 points in the second half and Strus had 23 in the first. Strus made six 3-pointers in the first half and seven overall for the Heat, which concluded the contest with a 15-1 surge.
DeMar DeRozan had 26 points and nine assists for Chicago, which went 3-0 against the Heat in the regular season. Alex Caruso scored 16 points, Zach LaVine had just 15 on 6-of-21 shooting, Coby White tallied 14 points and Nikola Vucevic registered 12 points and nine rebounds for the Bulls. White's 3-pointer gave the Bulls a 90-87 lead with 3:47 left before the Heat went on the dynamic game-ending run. First, Miami got baskets from Herro and Butler and two free throws by Adebayo to take a 93-90 edge with 1:41 to play.
Miami responded with seven straight points, culminated by Kevin Love's trey with 2:42 left to take a five-point lead.
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