Coup’s Takeaways: HEAT Dominate Bulls In Battle For The No. 1 Seed — nba.com

1. The HEAT have played the Bulls three times this season. There have been injuries in all of them. Players in health and safety protocols. There’s not enough to make a truly accurate assessment of this matchup. But from the information we have on hand, including Monday’s 112-99 Miami victory, there’s really no other verdict to draw, temporary though it may be, that the HEAT have definitively been the better team. They’ve been sharper, they’ve played harder, they’ve been smarter, they’ve posed more problem and had more solutions. And certainly, like most anyone else, you aren’t getting far against Miami’s defense shooting 7-of-29 from three.

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