Teams looking to secure the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference meet when the Chicago Bulls take on the Miami Heat in the 2024 NBA Play-In Tournament on Friday at 7 p.m. ET at the Kaseya Center in Miami. For this game, SportsLine consensus lists the Heat as 1.5-point favorites, while the over/under is 206 points (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our NBA odds page). 

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The model knows Miami point guard Tyler Herro has been on a tear of late. In Wednesday's play-in loss at Philadelphia, he scored 25 points, while adding nine assists and two rebounds. It was the 26th consecutive double-figure scoring game in a row for the fifth-year veteran. In nine career games against the Bulls, Herro is averaging 17 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 33 minutes.

The model also knows small forward DeMar DeRozan powers the Chicago offense. In 79 games, all starts, DeRozan has been dominant, averaging 24 points, 5.3 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 1.1 steals. In his last four regular-season games, he scored no fewer than 30 points, including a 39-point performance in a 127-105 win at Detroit on April 11. In four games against the Heat this season, he is averaging 22 points, four rebounds, 4.5 assists and one block.

The model has simulated Bulls vs. Heat 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning Over, and it also says one side of the spread hits in over 50% of simulations!

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