Miami Heat vs Chicago Bulls Prediction, 11/21/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Miami Heat vs Chicago Bulls

Date: Friday, November 21, 2025

Location: United Center in Chicago, IL

TV: CHSN

The Miami Heat (9-6) are en route to United Center on Friday where they will attempt to beat the Chicago Bulls (8-6).

The Heat stepped onto the hardwood against the Warriors and notched a win by a score of 110-96 in their last contest. With respect to personal fouls, the Heat ended up walking away with 17 and the Warriors totaled 20 personal fouls. They buried 13 out of their 49 shots from three-point range. Golden State went 75.0% from the charity stripe by making 15 of 20 attempts. In addition, Golden State totaled 62 boards (20 offensive, 42 defensive) and added 3 blocked shots. Golden State recorded 24 dimes and had 8 steals in this game. When talking about defense, Miami let their opponent shoot 35.8% from the field on 34 out of 95 shooting. They also doled out 30 assists in the matchup while forcing the opposition into 23 turnovers and getting 10 steals. With regard to grabbing rebounds, they compiled a total of 52 with 14 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Heat converted 19 of their 26 shots for a rate of 73.1%. Miami finished the contest having earned a 40.6% field goal percentage (39 out of 96) and converted 13 of 35 3-point shots.

Norman Powell is one guy who was a factor for this contest. Powell finished shooting 71.4% from the floor and earned 3 assists. He saw the court for 28 mins and grabbed 6 boards. He accumulated 25 points on 10 out of 14 shooting.

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Miami steps onto the court with a win-loss mark of 9-6 for the campaign. They currently have an average of 123.6 pts per contest (3rd in the NBA) while hitting 48.3% from the field. The Heat are shooting 38.4% from downtown (209 of 544) and 79.7% from the charity stripe. As a team, Miami is pulling down 44.7 boards per game and is sitting with 454 assists for the season, which is 3rd in the NBA in terms of passing. They lose possession by turning the ball over 14.9 times per game and as a team they commit 21.4 fouls per contest.

Defensively, the Heat have forced 15.9 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 21.5 personal fouls. They currently rank 20th in the league in allowing assists to the opposition with 406 relinquished on the year. The Heat defensively are giving up a shooting percentage of 43.4% (636 of 1,466) and they surrender 50.5 boards per contest as a team. They are surrendering 31.8% on shots from beyond the perimeter while they are 21st in basketball in PPG allowed (119.8).

When they last stepped on the court, the Bulls got the victory with a final of 122-121 against the Trail Blazers. In regard to attacking the glass, Chicago permitted Portland to snag 64 overall (26 offensive). They wrapped up this game 28.6% from 3-point land by hitting 12 of 42 and finished the contest at 21 of 32 from the free throw line (65.6%). The Bulls allowed the Trail Blazers to knock down 44 of 107 tries from the field which had them sitting at 41.1% in the matchup. Overall, the Bulls shot 46 for 96 from the field which had them at 47.9%. In the matter of shooting from distance, Chicago buried 21 of their 49 attempts (42.9%). They were able to knock down 9 of the free throws for a rate of 64.3%. The Trail Blazers committed 16 personal fouls in this matchup which got the Bulls to the free throw line for 14 tries. They turned the ball over 16 times, while earning 10 steals for this game. The Bulls recorded 31 defensive boards and 7 offensive boards totaling 38 in this contest.

Nikola Vucevic ended up having an impact for the Bulls for the game. He buried 11 of 19 for the contest for a field goal rate of 57.9%, and totaled 8 rebounds. Vucevic earned 27 points in his 34 mins on the court and had 2 assists for this contest.

Chicago has a win-loss mark of 8-6 on the season. The Bulls have committed 21.8 personal fouls per contest and they go 80.2% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 30.2 times per game (3rd in the NBA) and they cough up possession 15.5 times per contest. Chicago has scored 1,704 pts on the year (121.7 per contest) and they grab 47.3 boards per game. When it comes to offensive execution, the Bulls are shooting 48.0% from the floor, which is ranked 11th in the league.

The Chicago defense concedes 35.4% from downtown (177 of 500) and opponents are making 78.3% of their free throw attempts. They have relinquished 26.9 dimes and 46.1 total boards per game, which is 18th and 25th in basketball. The Bulls on defense are ranked 24th in the league in points allowed per contest with 121.9. They are forcing 12.3 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 46.8% from the floor (16th in the NBA).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Chicago and under the total points

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