Cody Westerlund

Bulls roll to a 119-89 win over the Wizards. Julian Phillips had a game-high 23 points and 9 rebounds as he started with Josh Giddey (wrist) out. Matas Buzelis added 20 points. The Bulls (38-43) have won 14 of their past 19 games. They'll host the Heat in a play-in opener.

Hawks beat the 76ers, making official what we expected — the Bulls can't earn the 8th seed. The Bulls will face the Heat in the 9-10 matchup in the play-in tournament. That game will be at the United Center if the Bulls finish off the Wizards here, as they lead by 15 at half.

Halftime: Bulls 58, Wizards 43 Vucevic: 11 pts, 7 rebs, 4 asts White: 10 pts, 5 rebs Phillips: 8 pts Horton-Tucker: 8 pts

Tre Jones (left midfoot sprain) remains in a walking boot, Billy Donovan says. There isn’t much update beyond that. The Bulls want him to be pain-free before progressing to the next steps in recovery, and he isn’t there yet.

Josh Giddey (wrist) is a game-time decision and Dalen Terry (calf) is out tonight, Billy Donovan says.

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Josh Giddey on the Bulls: "We’ll see where we end up after 82 games, but we’re confident we can go into a play-in game and beat anybody. So whoever we get, we’ll be ready for them. "We're feeling good as a team. This is the right time of year to get going."

Josh Giddey on how his right wrist feels: "As good as it can after 80 games." He shot 11-of-19 tonight, including 3-of-6 on 3-pointers.

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Billy Donovan called Josh Giddey's right wrist injury "a problem — it's a problem." Nonetheless, Giddey will play as the Bulls host the Heat tonight in a game with play-in seeding ramifications. "He's dealing with it, they're all dealing with stuff," Donovan says.

Bulls beat the Heat, 119-111, to take full control of the 9th spot in East. Josh Giddey had 28 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists. The Bulls are 37-43. If they win their last 2 games (against Wizards, 76ers), they'll match their 39-43 record of last year.

That was a wild sequence. Tyler Herro stole the ball from Coby White and had a wide-open layup to cut the Heat's deficit to 3, but he instead pulled up for a 3 and missed. Back the other way, Matas Buzelis hits a dagger 3 early in the shot clock when Bulls could've run it down.

Josh Giddey has 26 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists with 7:20 left in the 3rd quarter to help the Bulls stretch their lead to 76-65. He has 10 points in the first 5 minutes of the 3rd quarter. He's 10-of-14 on field goals for the game.

Halftime: Bulls 58, Heat 52 Giddey: 16 pts, 7 rebs, 5 asts Huerter: 10 pts, 5 asts Vucevic: 9 pts, 8 rebs Herro: 10 pts

Billy Donovan on Bulls-Heat playing with play-in ramifications at stake: "I've talked about this all the way back during media day. You want your younger players playing in meaningful games. This is a meaningful game. There's value and development in that."

Billy Donovan called Josh Giddey's right wrist injury "a problem — it's a problem." Nonetheless, Giddey will play as the Bulls host the Heat tonight in a game with play-in seeding ramifications. "He's dealing with it, they're all dealing with stuff," Donovan says.

Josh Giddey, Nikola Vucevic and Kevin Huerter are all back tonight, Billy Donovan says. And Coby White is obviously good to go after resting last night. Jalen Smith (ankle) is a game-time decision.