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Heat tame Bulls for 9th straight
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February 23, 2013, Saturday
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THE Miami Heat tightened their grip on the Eastern Conference by routing the Chicago Bulls 86-67 on Thursday.
With the National Basketball Association's trade deadline passing without any change among top contenders, LeBron James missed just four shots while compiling 26 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists as Miami won its season-high ninth straight and stretched its conference lead to 5 1/2 games.
"We're putting together some good basketball right now," James told reporters. "If we don't turn the ball over, we get good shots at the rim, we have a good chance to win."
Miami (38-14) grabbed a 45-35 halftime lead in Chicago and cruised against a Chicago team struggling to find offense without 2011 MVP Derrick Rose, who is hoping to return from a knee injury that has kept him on the sidelines this season.
After his brother had criticized Chicago (31-23) ahead of the game for not making moves before the trade deadline, Rose said in a statement he and the Bulls were on the same page. "I have always felt that the Bulls organization's goals have been the same as mine and that is to bring another championship to this city," he said.
In the day's only other game, the San Antonio Spurs crushed the Los Angeles Clippers 116-90 at Staples Center.
With the National Basketball Association's trade deadline passing without any change among top contenders, LeBron James missed just four shots while compiling 26 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists as Miami won its season-high ninth straight and stretched its conference lead to 5 1/2 games.
"We're putting together some good basketball right now," James told reporters. "If we don't turn the ball over, we get good shots at the rim, we have a good chance to win."
Miami (38-14) grabbed a 45-35 halftime lead in Chicago and cruised against a Chicago team struggling to find offense without 2011 MVP Derrick Rose, who is hoping to return from a knee injury that has kept him on the sidelines this season.
After his brother had criticized Chicago (31-23) ahead of the game for not making moves before the trade deadline, Rose said in a statement he and the Bulls were on the same page. "I have always felt that the Bulls organization's goals have been the same as mine and that is to bring another championship to this city," he said.
In the day's only other game, the San Antonio Spurs crushed the Los Angeles Clippers 116-90 at Staples Center.
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