Heat postponed, Bulls game rescheduled for Jan. 29, games scheduled that night now Jan. 31

The slippery pitch that forced the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls to postpone their game last Thursday sent both into a rough patch in their schedule.

The league announced that the postponed game has been rescheduled for Jan. 29. Additionally, the Chicago-Miami game, previously scheduled for Jan. 30, has been rescheduled to Jan. 31.

Announcement

This basically means that both the Bulls and Heat will now have to play four games in five days and face each other three times in that time.

All this happened due to condensation on the pitch which made it dangerous to play the match scheduled by the teams for January 8th. The combination of a Blackhawks game the night before (so there was ice under the floor) with an unusually hot and humid day in Chicago led to condensation forming on the field. Although there were great efforts to clean and dry the field, the water returned due to the conditions.

It wasn’t safe, and ultimately both coaches, along with league representatives and referees, chose to postpone the game rather than risk the players’ health.