The defending champion Miami Heat continue to roll in the regular season.

The Heat extended their season-high win streak to 9 after routing the banged up Chicago Bulls, 86-67.

The Bulls, who are still without their MVP Derrick Rose, struggled on offense and turned the ball over 26 times.

LeBron James had another big game for Miami with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists.

Miami improved to 38-14 on the season, 5 and a half games ahead of New York for the top seed in the East. – ANC Dateline Philippines, Feb. 22, 2013