Butler, Heat come up big in clutch again to beat Bulls, advance as No. 8 seed

The Miami Heat played in 54 clutch games this season (second most in the league), so it was only fitting that their season came down to one more on Friday night.

Miami won 60% of those games and had a +14.7 net rating in the clutch — that comfort in the big moments showed up, too.

The Heat closed the eight-seed play-in game on a 22-6 run – giving up just one point in the final three minutes — and pulled away from the Bulls down the stretch for a 102-91 win. Jimmy Butler — the player the Bulls decided six years ago was not worth a supermax contract — scored 13 of his 31 points in the fourth.

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