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Miami Heat Reveal Updated Starting Lineup For Tonight Vs. Chicago Bulls

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Apr 7, 2025; Miami, Florida, USA; Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro (14) passes the basketball as Philadelphia 76ers center Adem Bona (30) defends during the first quarter at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images
Apr 7, 2025; Miami, Florida, USA; Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro (14) passes the basketball as Philadelphia 76ers center Adem Bona (30) defends during the first quarter at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images | Sam Navarro-Imagn Images

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Chicago Bulls

With Andrew Wiggins back, the Miami Heat have a different starting lineup against the Chicago Bulls than the previous game.

They are: Andrew Wiggins, Tyler Herro, Alec Burks, Kel'el Ware and Bam Adebayo.

Here's the game preview:

Game time: 8 p.m., United Center, Chicago

Betting line: Heat -3, Covers.com

VITALS: : The Heat and Bulls meet for the third and final regular season matchup this season. The Bulls won both matchups, (133-124 on Feb. 4, 114-109 on March 8). The Heat won three of four matchups against the Bulls last season. The Heat are 64-67 all-time versus the Bucks during the regular season, including 37-29 in home games and 27-38 in road games.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Tyler Herro

G Alec Burks

C Kel'el Ware

F Pelle Larsson

F Bam Adebayo

BULLS

G Coby White

G Josh Giddey

C Nikola Vucevic

F Patrick Williams

F Matas Buzelis

INJURY REPORT

HEAT

Bam Adebayo: Available - Back

Tyler Herro: Available - Thigh

Alec Burks: Available - Back

Haywood Highsmith: Probable - Achilles

Nikola Jovic: Out - Hand

Kevin Love: Out - Personal Reasons

Isaiah Stevens: Questionable - Foot

Dru Smith: Out - Achilles

BULLS

Josh Giddey: Questionable - Forearm

Nikola Vucevic: Probable - Hip

Jalen Smith: Questionable - Ankle

Kevin Huerter: Questionable - Neck

Tre Jones: Out - Foot

Lonzo Ball: Out - Wrist

Ayo Dosunmu: Out - Shoulder

QUOTABLE

Heat forward Kyle Anderson: "I think we've just been doing a better job at taking other people's punch and, you know we gotta understand that they're gonna go on runs, that's how basketball is and just get back to what we were doing that made us successful and can't get bored with doing the right stuff over and over again."

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Shandel Richardson
SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here