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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
Sport
Julia Poe

Bulls let late lead slip away in 102-91 loss to Heat, ending their season 1 win shy of playoff berth

MIAMI — The Chicago Bulls season crumbled to a close Friday night with a 102-91 loss to the Miami Heat in the second game of the NBA play-in tournament.

Despite trailing by as many as 14 points in the first half, the Bulls tied the game at 56 with 7 minutes, 40 seconds left in third quarter after a 12-2 surge.

But Jimmy Butler came alive to shut his former team down in the fourth quarter. He made back-to-back layups to carve the Bulls’ lead to two points with less than seven minutes remaining and scored 13 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter to advance the Heat to the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.

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