Brooklyn's decision should come as good news for Chicago, as the Bulls enter the regular season's final night in a three-way fight with in and Miami for the East's final two spots.
By virtue of that result and the Indiana Pacers' win over the Atlanta Hawks, the Bulls clinched the Eastern Conference's No. 8 seed and set up a first-round date with the Boston Celtics.
HEAT 110 bt WIZARDS 102 - Goran Dragic scored 28 points but Miami fell short of reaching the playoffs despite a win over Washington. But with Wednesday's regular season closing 112-73 victory over the Brooklyn Nets junior varsity, the Bulls are ready to start again, ready to shock the National Basketball Association world.
Would you consider this season a "success" now that the Bulls have returned to the playoffs a year after missing them? TIP-INS Nets: Lin was unsure if Miami should be upset with the Nets' decision to rest key players.
How long it will be his team is the question, Goodwin is one of six Nets without a guaranteed deal for next season.
With the four seed locked down, the Wizards elected to rest three of their starters for the final game of the season, a road game in Miami on Wednesday.
Just like that, the Heat went from playoff potential to the offseason.
Lavrov cautions United States on NKorea moves
The vice president earlier visited a military installation near the DMZ , Camp Bonifas, for a briefing with military leaders. Trump has stated that he wants to see China take a larger role in pressuring the North Korean regime.
JAZZ 101 bt SPURS 97 - Gordon Hayward scored 14 points and Rudy Gobert, George Hill and Shelvin Mack added 13 apiece to help Utah extend their home winning streak to a season-best nine games with a victory over San Antonio. Teague went directly to the locker room after being injured with 2:06 to play. "I understand the point of view that some of the press have, and maybe other teams".
Many positives can be dissected from the Miami Heat's turnaround season, but coach Erik Spoelstra was devastated Wednesday when his team barely missed the playoffs.
It wasn't a good enough excuse for the Miami Heat, who tied with the Bulls at 41-41, but lost the tiebreaker for the playoffs. This 2004 Heat team is regarded as one of the most fun in franchise history, and watching Wade come up big in his first appearance on the big stage just felt like the first fun moment of many great years to come.
When they were done beating the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night, the Pacers-Hawks game was piped into the American Airlines Arena. "We need to focus on ourselves as an organization and a team". To make matters worse they were beat by former Bull Spencer Dinwiddie, who many of you remember as playing well in Summer League and even at the beginning of the season. With a win tonight, they have an opportunity to complete the season sweep.
The moment Dwyane Wade tossed the basketball into the sky as the final moments ticked off against the Dallas Mavericks in Game 6 will forever be a monumental part of South Florida sports. "But we thought that we had the energy and momentum going in the right direction - that we would find a way". "I like any matchup we go up against".
"Our young guys are trying to prove themselves". At their best, the Heat played the game the right way - disciplined defense, crisp ball movement offensively and without concern for individual success. I think we all did our job to get us into the playoffs. "I think we're good". Boston deserves credit for their own mystery, a sort of instead of who-dun-it, a how-did-they-do-it with basically one elite scorer and roster of role players.
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