2024 Play-In Tournament (East): #8 Miami Heat vs #9 Chicago Bulls

Post #1 » by **bisme37** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:09 am

Friday April 19, 7pm ET, ESPN

(Butler and Rozier are officially out for the Heat. Caruso questionable for Bulls.)

jkvonny · Post #2 » by **jkvonny** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:18 am

Is Butler injured?

Call me crazy, but I may lean the Bulls here. :-?

xxSnEaKyPxx · Post #3 » by **xxSnEaKyPxx** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:37 am

I’m here for the Coby White show.

Love his game.

vxmike · Post #4 » by **vxmike** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:38 am

Butler is out. The Bulls might actually luck into #8. They will get absolutely slaughtered by Boston!

Bloodbather · Post #5 » by **Bloodbather** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:45 am

If Jimmy's out for the first round, might as well get eliminated here. Hope it serves as a lesson to everyone, especially Jimmy himself, to take the regular season more seriously and actually try to get a high seed next time. We could've avoided a single game elimination game and rode out Jimmy's injury if we got a more favorable matchup.

Chuck Everett · Post #6 » by **Chuck Everett** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:50 am

I expect Miami to win, however, I think it will be a dogfight.

UcanUwill · Post #7 » by **UcanUwill** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:55 am

Pulling for Bulls, that fanbase deserves something decent, very mediocre team and their management is dumb not to tank, but hey, they refuse to do it, so might as well reward them for it, basketball gods...

NoStatsGuy · Post #8 » by **NoStatsGuy** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:50 am

it would be hilarious to see the heat lose after all that yapping.

but im gonna root for them and jimmy to be healthy, i want my getback

Mone 24 · Post #9 » by **Mone 24** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:51 am

Chicago has needed an outstanding game by Coby White to win against the Hawks, I don't think he's able to replicate a similar performance. For this reason I'm going with the Heat, even if the Butler's injury is the end of the season for his team.

UcanUwill · Post #10 » by **UcanUwill** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:00 am

bisme37 wrote:Friday April 19, 7pm ET, ESPN

Love these graphics, wish my photoshop skills were this good. Working with PS was a big part of my previous job, but I never learned to be this good, not even close.

Mone 24 · Post #11 » by **Mone 24** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:15 am

I've just read that Caruso will not play this game.
Ok, that's very tough for the Bulls.

AussieCeltic · Post #12 » by **AussieCeltic** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:20 am

Season series was tied at 2-2 with both winning once at home and away.

Bulls beat them 3-0 last regular season series aswell so the Heat are a decent matchup for them.

If no Butler, I’m saying Bulls by 8.

With Butler, I’m thinking under 3 points either team.

Larry_Russell · Post #13 » by **Larry_Russell** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:12 am

With or without Jimmy I had Bulls here.

Sticking with them.

knicksNOTslick · Post #14 » by **knicksNOTslick** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:14 am

Rooting for the Bulls because it seems like all the casual fans and the media overrate the Heat with all their culture talk and how they can just always turn it on in the playoffs. Doesn't always work.

Rafer24 · Post #15 » by **Rafer24** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:16 am

If Butler is out, Chicago will take it.

Johnny Tomala · Post #16 » by **Johnny Tomala** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:36 am

Heat.

Dez · Post #17 » by **Dez** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:45 am

Mone 24 wrote:Chicago has needed an outstanding game by Coby White to win against the Hawks, I don't think he's able to replicate a similar performance. For this reason I'm going with the Heat, even if the Butler's injury is the end of the season for his team.

Lol no they didn't.

Sakkreth · Post #18 » by **Sakkreth** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:29 am

Didn't know Butler is out. Would change my vote to Chicago if I could.

DaGawd · Post #19 » by **DaGawd** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:46 am

bulls in 1

cgf · Post #20 » by **cgf** » Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:55 am

Rooting for these scrappy Bulls. They can dominate the glass, match the Heat's effort, and with DDR, Coby, & Ayo, they can get buckets. Miami is going to have to outshoot the Bulls from behind the arc significantly to win this without Jimmy...even with AC out.

Who wins and becomes the 8 seed?