On April 20, Beijing time, the Heat played at home against the Bulls, and the Heat successfully defeated the Bulls 112-91 at the end of the game. Losing to the 76ers in the first quarter of the play-offs is still a huge blow to the Heat, not only because the Heat did not directly qualify for the playoffs, but more importantly, because Butler was injured in the game, so even if the Heat can make the playoffs, it is still unknown when Butler will return, and Rozier has no way to play in this game, so at this time the Bulls undoubtedly have a greater chance of winning, but the Bulls can't be careless, after all, the Heat's discipline is here, so it is not easy for the Bulls to win。
In the first quarter of the game, the two teams played fiercely, and the score was very close, but in the next game, the Heat strengthened the defense, and the Bulls' offense came to a standstill, on the other hand, on the Heat side, Harks scored 6 points in a row, Jovic scored easily under the basket, and the Heat also led to 8 points. After the timeout, the Bulls frequently hit iron, Adebayo and Highsmith continued to help the Heat extend the lead, and then Vucevic finally hit the inside to score to stop the bleeding, but then Love hit a three-pointer, Herro scored a free throw, and the Heat slowly led to 17 points. The Heat still held the Bulls in the final stages, and the Heat led by 17 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter of the game, when Robinson and others continued to help the team expand their lead, DeRozan scored hard to support, but then Herro and others frequently hit iron, and the Bulls quickly approached the score with a wave of 9-0, but unfortunately the Bulls offense also began to hit iron, and after Herro hit three points, the Heat led to 14 points, and DeRozan helped the Bulls chase points at the end of the stage, and the Heat led by 10 points at the end of the half.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Vucevic helped the Bulls chase the score, but then Herro and Martin began to hit three points, and the Heat also successfully stabilized the situation, but when the Heat was about to open the score, Dosum scored 5 points in a row to help the Bulls bite the score, and the next game The two teams attacked each other, and the Heat led the Bulls by 12 points. At the end of the game, the Bulls' offensive collapse and frequent mistakes, the Heat's side of Herro and others blossomed more, and the Heat led by 22 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Bulls' performance was still bad, after Herro hit a three-point shot, the Heat was already leading to 24 points, and the next game Bulls completely collapsed, Adebayo and others continued to help the Heat expand their lead, and the next game gradually lost suspense, and finally the Heat beat the Bulls by 21 points.
Originally, the Bulls were the more favored side in this game, after all, Butler, Rozier's absence had a big impact on the Heat, on the other hand, DeRozan and White played a good performance in the first play-off game on the Bulls' side, so the Bulls were undoubtedly optimistic at this time, but in this game, White's offensive state was sluggish, DeRozan was struggling to support in the game, but unfortunately the Bulls still collapsed in the end, and in this game, although the Lakers veteran Caruso was able to play, but in this game Caruso attacked and pulled his hips, and finally Caruso got 6 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists in 2 of 8, DeRozan got 22 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, and White got 13 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists in 5 of 16。
On the other hand, the Heat is more flowering in this game, although Herro was not in good offensive condition at the beginning, but as the game progressed, Herro still slowly found his offensive state, Harks and others also had a hot state in the game, and more importantly, Lefu broke out in this game, and it was Lefou's explosive performance in the game that directly helped the Heat open the score, at the end of the game, Herro got 24 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists, Harkes got 21 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Adebayo got 13 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, and Lefu got 16 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist。