Getting a high seed, and therefore home court, is more important to Chicago right now than to any other top team in the NBA. The Bulls' away record so far this year is 15-13 and when playing on the road they are 0-5 vs. top contenders (C's, SA, OKC, Mia, Orl, and LA). Their home record is 2nd best in the league at 26-4 and they are 7-1 in Chicago against those same top teams. They are a young, and now healthy, team that can beat anybody in the NBA at home. The last 24 games for them should be a race to move past Miami and get at least the 2nd seed in the Eastern Conference and home court advantage until the EC Finals. Right now they and Miami are tied in the loss column with 17 and Miami has two more victories than the Bulls. Both teams have difficult upcoming schedules. Chicago has 13 road games (next three games @Atl, @Orl, @Mia) out of their 24 games left and has 14 games left against playoff teams. Miami, who has struggled all year against top teams, has 13 games of their final 22 games vs. playoffs teams including a real rough stretch with 11 of their next 12 against playoffs teams. This should be a good race to finish the season and I'm betting it will be the deciding factor on whether Chicago or Miami will make it to the Eastern Conference Finals against the Celtics.
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