Responding to incompatibility criticisms on the field was a must for the Bulls’ Big Three, and the good news comes from Miami. Nikola Vucevic leads the revolt of the stars, after the 150 points scored in Minnesota, with a 4/4 at the start of the game that sees Chicago fly (21-31). A 17-4 partial allows the Heat to take the lead again in the second quarter, Coby White limits the damage to the interval (57-52).
The DeRozan-LaVine-Vucevic trio opens the second half with another break 5-22, the Bulls come back in double figures, Williams and Dragic offer the effective contribution of the bench (77-88). The final is in the hands of Vucevic, who scores two triples which 4′ from the siren remove the suspense on the outcome of the game for an irrecoverable +19 Chicago. End of the four-game losing streak, then, and end of the Heat’s four-game winning streak.
Miami – Chicago 103-113. Boxscore: 27p+12r Adebayo, 19 Herro, 18 Highsmith, 14 Oladipo, 13 Robinson per gli Heat (16-16); 29p+12r Vucevic, 24 DeRozan, 21 LaVine, 14 White per i Bulls (11-18).
