Heat 105, Bulls 93: LeBron James collected 24 points and seven rebounds and Dwyane Wade scored 22 as Miami knocked off visiting Chicago.

Mario Chalmers added 15 points and Chris Andersen had a season-high 15 off the bench for the Heat, who won their sixth straight.

Luol Deng had 19 points and Carlos Boozer recorded 16 and 20 boards as the Bulls dropped a game behind the Atlanta Hawks in the race for the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Miami took a nine-point lead into the fourth quarter and never let it slip lower than seven. Mike Miller’s 3-pointer with 1:16 left stretched it back out to 103-93 and put the game away.

James went 6-for-6 from the field and 3-for-3 from the line in the first half as Miami opened up a 15-point lead early in the second quarter. Nate Robinson struck fire for Chicago late in the half and had seven points during a 23-10 burst to end the second and cut it to 56-54 at the break.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Heat Fs Udonis Haslem (ankle) and Shane Battier (knee) both sat out. … Bulls G Richard Hamilton missed the game after drawing a one-game suspension from the league for elbowing Toronto G DeMar DeRozan in the face on Friday. … Chicago C Joakim Noah (foot) sat out his fourth straight game.