The Chicago Bulls have a big one on Wednesday night at home as the Miami Heat are in town. The Bulls and the Heat are currently tied in the standings, and the two teams will likely meet in the NBA play-in tournament next week.

Coby White spent the first five years of his NBA career trying to shake the “streaky” label. This season, the Chicago Bulls guard finally might have achieved that objective.

Chicago Bulls star guard Coby White will sit out Tuesday's road game against the Cleveland Cavaliers for rest purposes.

The Chicago Bulls delivered a decisive blow Wednesday in a 119-111 win over the Miami Heat, extending a one-game advantage for the No. 9 seed ahead of the final weekend of the regular season. Matas Buzelis hit a pair of key baskets — a driving floater and a transition 3-pointer — in clutch time to clinch the win,

Giddey extended a career high with his seventh triple-double as the ninth-place Bulls (37-43) moved a game ahead of Miami in the Eastern Conference. They also pulled within a half-game of Atlanta for the eighth seed.

Josh Giddey had his seventh triple-double, and the Bulls can clinch finishing ninth in the East and above Miami by beating the Wizards at home Friday or the 76ers on the road Sunday in the regular-season finale.

The Bulls have been on a tear lately, fueled by breakout performances and making a strong late-season push in the East.

Josh Giddey finished with 28 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists for his seventh triple-double of the season and Nikola Vucevic had 20 points and 11 boards to boost the host Chicago Bulls to a 119-111 win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday.