Miami at Chicago

Once again, the Bulls showed how unreliable and untrustworthy they are, blowing a 14-point fourth-quarter lead to Indiana in a 113-110 road loss to the Pacers last night. Indiana is 12-36. Miami also played and lost on Wednesday night, falling to the Magic, 133-124, at home. Now both teams have to play without rest because this game was rescheduled from Jan. 8, when unplayable court conditions at the United Center forced a postponement. It is the first of three matchups against the Bulls in a four-day span for Miami. The Heat stomped the Bulls, 143-107, at Chicago on Nov. 21 in the first meeting between the two teams this season. Miami has won three of its past four away games. The Heat outscore the Bulls by two points a game and are the better defensive team. Chicago has been playing better defense lately. If you discount a 129-118 loss to the Lakers two games ago, the Bulls are giving up an average of 110.5 points per game in their last six games. That is nearly 10 points below their season defensive average. Take the Heat and the UNDER.