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Tyler Herro #14 of the Miami Heat looks on against the Chicago Bulls during the second half of an NBA play-in tournament game at the United Center on April 16, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Justin Casterline, Getty Images/AFP

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Miami Heat v Chicago Bulls - Play-In Tournament

Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1744858617609Screenshot 2025-04-17 at 10.56.40 AM.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Tyler Herro #14 of the Miami Heat looks on against the Chicago Bulls during the second half of an NBA play-in tournament game at the United Center on April 16, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Justin Casterline, Getty Images/AFP</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>Tyler Herro scored 38 points as the Miami Heat cruised past the Chicago Bulls 109-90 to keep their NBA playoff hopes alive on Wednesday.</p><p>Miami point guard Herro led from the front in a wire-to-wire victory that eliminated Chicago from postseason contention and sends the Heat into a winner-take-all clash against the Atlanta Hawks on Friday.</p><p>The winner of Friday&#x27;s Miami-Atlanta game will advance to the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, where they will face No. 1 seed Cleveland.</p><p>&quot;We just came out in attack mode,&quot; Herro told ESPN after Wednesday&#x27;s win. &quot;We had a couple of days off since the last game -- myself, my teammates and the coaching staff put in a lot of work and it paid off.</p><p>&quot;We&#x27;ve got one more to go. The job is not done yet, just to get in the playoffs. So we&#x27;ve got a long way to go.</p><p>&quot;We have a bunch of guys who come in every day, put their hard hats on and they work. The season hasn&#x27;t exactly gone how we wanted it to, but we continue to get better. There&#x27;s a lot to look forward to.&quot;</p><p>Herro was backed by 20 points from Andrew Wiggins, while Bam Adebayo and Davion Mitchell scored 15 points apiece.</p><p>Australian international Josh Giddey led Chicago&#x27;s scorers with 25 points.</p><p>Wednesday&#x27;s win marked the third season in a row that Chicago have been eliminated from the play-in tournament by Miami.</p><p>Miami, who finished 10th in the Eastern Conference regular season standings, were always in control after making a fast start against a surprisingly lackluster Chicago line-up.</p><p>Herro did most of the early damage, scoring from his first eight attempts to pour in 16 points in a 39-28 first quarter that left Miami in control at Chicago&#x27;s United Center.</p><p>A dominant second quarter -- Miami outscoring Chicago 32-19 -- left the Heat leading 71-47 with the Bulls seemingly powerless to halt the flow of Heat scoring.</p><p>Although Chicago rallied in the third quarter, outscoring Miami 27-17, it was too little too late and the Heat closed out a comfortable win in the fourth.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/basketball/2025/4/16/nba-butler-batman-curry-shine-as-warriors-down-grizzlies-to-reach-playoffs-1503">NBA: Butler, &#x27;Batman&#x27; Curry shine as Warriors down Grizzlies to reach playoffs</a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/basketball/2025/4/16/nba-mavs-boss-defends-doncic-trade-insists-no-regrets-1532">NBA: Mavs boss defends Doncic trade, insists &#x27;no regrets&#x27;</a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/03/02/18/nba-lillard-scores-35-to-lead-blazers-over-timberwolves">NBA: Lillard scores 35 to lead Blazers over Timberwolves</a></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>Tyler Herro scored 38 points as the Miami Heat cruised past the Chicago Bulls 109-90 to keep their NBA playoff hopes alive on Wednesday.</p>

Tyler Herro scored 38 points as the Miami Heat cruised past the Chicago Bulls 109-90 to keep their NBA playoff hopes alive on Wednesday.

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Heat scorch Bulls to keep playoff dream alive

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Published April 17, 2025 11:00 AM PHT

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