MIAMI (AP) \u2014 Bam Adebayo and Pelle Larsson each had 20 points, and the Miami Heat tied their third-biggest victory margin ever in a 134-91 rout of the Chicago Bulls on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
The Heat led by as many as 54; before Sunday, their biggest lead this season was 45 at Memphis on Oct. 24. It was Miami’s second-largest lead of the play-by-play era that dates to 1996; the Heat beat Memphis by 60 on March 29, 2024.<\/p>\n
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The 54-point hole was Chicago’s biggest since a 58-point deficit against Boston on Dec. 8, 2018. The Bulls’ biggest deficits this season were a pair of 41-point games \u2014 one against Minnesota on Dec. 29, the other also against Miami on Nov. 21.<\/p>\n
Kel’el Ware scored 17 points, Andrew Wiggins and Jaime Jaquez Jr. each scored 14 and Davion Mitchell returned from a shoulder injury to score 13 for Miami, which played without guard Norman Powell (personal reasons) and Tyler Herro (ribs). Powell was announced as an NBA All-Star selection shortly after tip-off on Sunday, getting that nod for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n
Coby White scored 16 points for Chicago, which got 12 from Nikola Vucevic and 10 from Ayo Dosunmu.<\/p>\n
Vlad Goldin got his first NBA points for Miami in the fourth quarter \u2014 a dunk, where he kicked out his legs as if to mimic the famed Jumpman logo for Michael Jordan’s line of Nike shoes and apparel.<\/p>\n
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The game completed a very rare instance of teams facing each other three consecutive times in the regular season, something the NBA hadn’t seen since 1972. This was scheduled as a two-game set in Miami; a game that was scheduled to be played in Chicago in January was rescheduled to Thursday, which set up the two-team, three-game, four-night set.<\/p>\n
Miami took two of the three games.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Bulls: Visit Milwaukee on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Heat: Host Atlanta on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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