MIAMI — There will be playoffs instead of lottery for the Miami Heat, as they punched their ticket into the fist round with a 102-91 victory Friday night over the Chicago Bulls at the Kasaya Center.
The payoff? A best-of-seven first-round series against the Eastern Conference No. 1-seeded Milwaukee Bucks for Erik Spoelstra’s team, starting Sunday at Fiserv Forum.
As has been typical, the Heat did it the hard way, blowing an early 14-point lead and then 10-point third-quarter lead.
