Bulls And Heat Final Injury Reports And Starting Lineups
On Friday night, the Miami Heat will host the Chicago Bulls for the play-in tournament.
For the game, the two teams have finalized their injury reports and starting lineups.
The Bulls have ruled out Lonzo Ball, and no one else is on their injury report.
Meanwhile, the Heat will be without Nikola Jovic.
Kyle Lowry and Gabe Vincent have both been upgraded to available.
NBA's official injury report
The starting lineups for both teams have been relayed by Underdog NBA.
Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Bulls will start Beverley, Caruso, LaVine, DeRozan, Vucevic on Friday."
Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Heat will start Vincent, Herro, Strus, Butler, Adebayo on Friday."
The Bulls (40-42) finished the regular season as the tenth seed in the Eastern Conference but were able to beat the Toronto Raptors (in Canada) on Wednesday evening 109-105 to advance to the final play-in tournament game.
Last year, the franchise made the NBA Playoffs for the first time since the 2017 season.
As for the Heat, they have been to the playoffs in each of the previous three seasons and lost in Game 7 of the 2022 Eastern Conference Finals.
They went 44-38 during the regular season and finished as the seventh seed.
However, the Heat lost 116-105 to the Atlanta Hawks in their first play-in tournament game on Tuesday night at home.
During the regular season, the Bulls went 18-23 in 41 games on the road away from the United Center, while the Heat were 27-14 in the 41 games they hosted at home in Miami, Florida.
