Thursday night’s Miami Heat-Chicago Bulls game has been postponed ‘due to moisture on the floor rendering the court unplayable,’ the NBA said in a statement.
The announcement that the game at Chicago’s United Center was off came nearly two hours after the contest was supposed to tip off.
Per the NBA, ‘the date for the rescheduled game will be announced at a later time.’
The Jan. 8 game was scheduled to start a little after 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. local). CHSN’s K.C. Johnson had reported at 8:49 p.m. ET that players had returned to the locker room and at 9:46 p.m. ET, Johnson reported that players had come back out to ‘mingle/talk and now are headed back to locker room.’
The Bulls said tickets for Thursday’s game ‘will be valid for the rescheduled game.’
‘We apologize for any inconvenience,’ the Bulls said.
Johnson reported the decision to postpone ‘was reached by the NBA in consultation with the officiating crew and both head coaches.’
‘We always want to try to go. But players were complaining about it on both sides,’ Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said, per Johnson. ‘Staff went out there and pretty much immediately we felt that it wasn’t playable.’
This story has been updated with new information.