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Player grades: Bulls struggle late, playoff hopes end in loss vs. Heat

Miami's late run was too much for Chicago as their season comes to an end.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Miami Heat grab the last playoff spot in East with victory over Chicago Bulls

Miami Heat grabbed the No. 8 seeding in the Eastern Conference on Friday with a 102-91 play-in victory over Chicago Bulls, which booked them a ticket to the NBA playoffs, where they will take on top seeds Milwaukee Bucks in the first round.

The Times of India

Four Takeaways From the NBA’s Last Two Play-in Games

The Heat and Timberwolves moved on to the postseason, while the Bulls and Thunder were sent packing. Here’s what we learned from the final games before the playoffs.

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NBA Playoffs 2023: Schedule, Matchups, Game Times and Predictions

Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s playoff schedule, complete with picks from SI’s NBA experts.

Sports Illustrated

Greg Cote: Change may be ahead for Heat, but for now celebrate Max Strus leading Miami into playoffs

MIAMI — Max Strus? Max Strus!

Miami Herald

Bulls’ title drought officially hits 25 years. Who else doesn’t feel like celebrating?

The Bulls will wake up Saturday so far from championship No. 7 that there’s no telling where it might be on the vast horizon.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Chicago Tribune

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Jimmy Butler, Max Strus push Heat into playoffs in harrowing 102-91 comeback against Bulls

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.

Tribune News Service

Bulls hit by reality as the season ends, and his name was Jimmy Butler

Despite keeping Butler under wraps through the first three quarters in Friday’s play-in elimination game, the visiting team watched the former Bull come back to haunt them, with Butler scoring 13 fourth-quarter points.

Chicago Sun-Times

DeMar DeRozan says Nikola Vucevic ‘deserves so much more credit’

DeRozan shows love for the 'anchor' of the Bulls.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Bulls vs. Heat play-in preview: How to watch, TV channel, start time

The winner of tonight's game will secure the No. 8 seed in the playoffs.

USA Today Sports Media Group

3 keys to the Hawks’ first-round series vs. Celtics

The Hawks punched their ticket to the playoffs. They’ll head to Boston to face the Celtics in the first round of the postseason, and they know they have a tough task ahead of them.

Tribune News Service

Chicago theaters embrace intimacy choreographers, another City Council race decided and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

The next step in Zach LaVine’s Bulls legacy? Beat Jimmy Butler

LaVine is coming off his first real signature moment as a Bull, scoring 30-second-half points in the play-in game against Toronto. But if he truly wants to stay on that path, it means beating Butler and the Heat Friday in Miami ... for starters.

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Daily Mirror

Charles Barkley loses "billion dollar" NBA bet with Shaquille O'Neal

Shaquille O'Neal could be one billion dollars richer after his bet with Charles Barkley landed, with the 1993 MVP tipping the Miami Heat to comfortably beat the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday

Sports Illustrated

The One NBA Team Proving the Play-In Tournament Is Working

SGA and the Thunder are making the most of their opportunity, while it may be time for the Raptors to make some major changes.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

David Murphy: Joel Embiid and the Sixers have the talent, but they need championship toughness

PHILADELPHIA — Doc Rivers had just gotten done extolling the toughness of his team when he said the only three words that really matter.

Miami Herald

Greg Cote: Heat season looks spent. Done. Now we see if a team on the brink has any fight left.

MIAMI — The best coaches are part-psychologist when the time demands. They understand that attributes like self-confidence and motivation start in the brain. That how you practice is important, but how you think is more so.

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Here’s the Entire Schedule for the First Round Matchups of the 2023 NBA Playoffs

The NBA postseason is finally here.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Atlanta Hawks officially Boston Celtics’ first-round opponent for 2023 NBA Playoffs

After defeating the Miami Heat in the 7/8 seed play-in game on Tuesday night, the Atlanta Hawks have secured the right to face the Boston Celtics

Sports Illustrated

Trae Young Trolls Charles Barkley’s ‘Billion Dollar’ Hawks-Heat Bet With Shaq

The Atlanta guard rubbed it in after his team won their play-in game and secured their spot in the playoffs.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Trae Young destroyed the Heat and then rightfully called Jimmy Butler out for guaranteeing a win against the Hawks

Trae Young and the Hawks got the last laugh on this one.

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | The Lakers Took Care of Business. The Heat didn’t.

Los Angeles might actually be able to win a playoff series.

Sports Illustrated

Jimmy Butler Doesn’t Hold Back When Assessing Heat’s Effort vs. Hawks

Miami is on the brink of elimination, and Butler knows the team’s play must be better on Friday.

Sports Illustrated

It Wasn’t Pretty, but Lakers Overcome Anthony Davis’s Brutal Mistake to Lock in NBA Playoff Spot

Anthony Davis, LeBron and the Lakers are playing on. So is Atlanta. Minnesota and Miami, however, are down to one last chance to advance Friday.

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