Whiteside has 16 points and 12 rebounds as Heat beat Bulls 106-98
Hassan Whiteside had 16 points (10 in the paint) and 12 rebounds, and the Miami Heat went on a 16-6 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Chicago Bulls 106-98.
The Bulls led 86-85 when Whiteside’s layup put the Heat ahead for good with 4:19 left. He scored 8 points as they pulled away to a 101-92 lead with 59 seconds left.
During clutch time, the Heat outscored the Bulls 13-4. Whiteside scored 6 of the Heat’s 13 on 2 for 3 shooting and 2 for 3 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Derrick Rose had 2 steals, one of them leading to Jimmy Butler III’s driving layup that put the Bulls ahead 82-81, and the Bulls scored 2 points off them.
Dwyane Wade scored 21 points (14 in the paint). The Heat had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Bulls, Butler had 25 points and 6 assists, and Pau Gasol added 21 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks.
The Heat shot 47.8% from the field and 28.6% from 3 to the Bulls’ 44.9% and 21.4%. The Bulls gave up 15 offensive rebounds, about 4 more than usual for the shots the Heat missed. The Heat outscored the Bulls 64-44 in the paint. The Bulls were outscored 19-8 in 6 minutes with Gasol, Rose, Mirotic, Butler and Holiday on the floor together. Whiteside fouled out for the Heat, and Nikola Mirotic for the Bulls.