Philadelphia hosts Chicago on home slide
- On Friday, the Chicago Bulls defeated the Washington Wizards with a score of 119-89 at the United Center.
- The Bulls needed to win one of their final two games to secure a spot in the play-in tournament.
- Julian Phillips had a career-best 23 points, and Matas Buzelis scored 20 for Chicago, contributing to the victory.
- Nikola Vucevic scored 15 points, grabbed 12 rebounds, and dished 8 assists, and he jokingly told Coby White, "Maybe you should have made more shots."
- As the ninth seed, the Bulls will host the tenth-seeded Miami Heat in a play-in game on Wednesday.
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Chicago Bulls clinch No. 9 seed in East — and will host Miami Heat in first round of play-in tournament Wednesday
The Chicago Bulls are locked in to the No. 9 seed in the Eastern Conference after Friday’s 119-89 win over the Washington Wizards at the United Center. The Bulls needed only one win in their final two regular-season games to ensure they would finish ninth or better in the East. A rout of the 17-win Wizards — led by a career-high 23-point performance from Julian Phillips — was plenty to clinch that position and earn home-court advantage for the f…

Julian Phillips scores a career-high 23 points and Bulls rout Wizards 119-89
CHICAGO (AP) — Julian Phillips scored a career-high 23 points on 7-of-9 shooting, Nikola Vucevic finished with 15 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists and the Chicago Bulls beat the Washington Wizards 119-89 on Friday night.


Heat highest-scoring win ever does nothing to prevent No. 10 fate; will open play-in Wednesday in Chicago
NEW ORLEANS — The reality of a regular season that soured months ago hit home Friday night for the Miami Heat: They’re No. 10. Despite a 153-104 victory Friday night over the injury-ravaged New Orleans Pelicans at Smoothie King Center — the highest-scoring game in the franchise’s 37 seasons — the Heat were locked into the No. 10 and final Eastern Conference play-in seed when the Atlanta Hawks and Chicago Bulls, like the Heat, won their Friday ni…
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