The dream is still alive. Miami took care of business at home with a 110-102 win over the Wizards, but needed a loss from either the Pacers (42-40) or Bulls (41-41) to get in. Both of those teams play at home. The Nets got back within 58-40 before a Mirotic three and Rondo drive called for a timeout with a 63-40 Bulls lead. They take on the Atlanta Hawks to close out the year. Luckily for the Heat, Washington is already locked into the No.4 seed and has nothing to play for. The Heat were able to overcome a slow start where they trailed by as many as 15 points early in the second term, eventually forcing the game into overtime where they were able to prevail.
"Win at all costs, no matter how it looks", said Butler, who leads the Bulls in scoring at 23.9 points per game.
The Heat became the first team in league history to finish.500 or above after being at least 12 games below parity.
"I'll be as interested as anybody to see how these talks progress as far as how teams go about resting their players".
Wall said he was "super, super sore" on Monday, and it's also possible the Wizards sit shooting guard Bradley Beal, their best pure scorer.
With Miami's playoff hopes resting on Brooklyn's ability to beat the Bulls Wednesday night, first-year Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson opted to sit Brook Lopez, Jeremy Lin and Trevor Booker in the hopes of evaluating his younger, less-proven players.
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Dwyane Wade had his eye on the postseason from the moment he signed with the Chicago Bulls. After all, the Heat have lost games they should have won - namely three against the Orlando Magic, two against the New York Knicks and two against the Philadelphia 76ers.
The Nets finished the season with a 20-62 record, which is the second-worst season since 2000. "We just found out we didn't make the playoffs".
"We think it's meant to be", he said. The Bulls hold the tiebreaker over both the Pacers and Heat. Miami still has plenty of injuries that are keeping it from being at 100 percent, so look for Washington do enough to keep this game interesting tonight. The Celtics are the sixth different franchise to grab the No. 1 seed in the East in the last six seasons - Chicago did in 2012, followed by Miami, Indiana, Atlanta, Cleveland and now Boston.
Washington Wizards guard Bojan Bogdanovic (44) drives to the basket past Miami Heat guard Goran Dragic during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, April 12, 2017, in Miami. "We got to have a really sharp walk-through kind of practice [Tuesday], get our guys mentally ready, get our proper rest and hopefully come out strong on Wednesday". "But it's not like we're going to have a bad year (even if we lose)".
Still, Spoelstra extracted every bit of talent and winning attitude out of his merry band of castoffs, misfits and journeymen, then meshed them all together to form an unlikely playoff contender.
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