Dan Majerle

Michael Jordan tied the game at 80-80 on a jumper with 2:02 to go, preceding Majerle's heroics. Miami's Tim Hardaway received the inbounds pass and penetrated the lane to draw defenders before kicking the ball out to the left wing to Majerle, who hit the jumper from 24 feet. Alonzo Mourning scored 20 points, Hardaway added 16 points and P.J. Brown had 11 and 14 rebounds for Miami, which improved to 10-2 on the road and beat Chicago for the second time in the last seven meetings. "This was a huge game for us," Mourning said. "It proved if you worked hard, good things are going to happen to you. We just outworked the world champions tonight, that's why we won." Majerle finished with 13 points for the Heat, who maintained their two-game lead over the New York Knicks in the Atlantic Division. Jordan made 16-of-30 shots from the field and scored 37 points. Scottie Pippen was held to 14 and Toni Kukoc had 11 for Chicago, which had a five-game winning streak snapped and dropped to 17-2. "We just can't stand around and watch Michael play," added Steve Kerr of his mesmerizing teammate. "That's what we did tonight. The bench didn't do anything and when we get into a game like this, there is a chance we'll lose. There was no flow to our game." Dennis Rodman grabbed 18 rebounds for the Central Division-leading Bulls, who lost just two home games all last season. Mourning made one free throw to give Miami a 76-69 lead midway through the fourth quarter before the Bulls began chipping away. Jordan hit a 19-footer and sank a pair of free throws to ignite a 9-1 run. Kukoc added a three-pointer and Jordan's 15-footer allowed Chicago to overtake Miami at 78-77 with 3:27 to go. The Bulls, who entered the game averaging a league-best 104.3 points, were held to 42 percent shooting (33-of-79) from the field and outscored 32-18 in the paint. Pippen and Kukoc were a combined 9-of-25 from the field. Isaac Austin scored 10 points for Miami, which won despite shooting 37 percent (29-of-79). The game included just 19 turnovers.