CHICAGO -- The Heat had at least two things in its favor going into Saturday's game against the Bulls.

With Chicago having lost Friday night in Atlanta, Miami entered the United Center the more rested team. And with the Bulls missing forwards Tyrus Thomas and Joakim Noah, Miami seemed to be the deeper team.

It still didn't prove to be a winning combination for the Heat, which saw its longest losing streak of the season reach five games with a 95-91 loss to the Bulls.

A bleak week ended with the Heat (24-27) going winless on its three-game trip to Boston, Cleveland and Chicago. Miami has lost seven of eight and is in its worst drought since the end of the 2007-08 season, when it finished a franchise-worst 15-67.

Luol Deng had 25 points and Derrick Rose had 24 for Chicago (24-25), which ended a three-game losing streak and moved into seventh place in the Eastern Conference.

Jermaine O'Neal had 24 points and tied a season high with 16 rebounds to lead the Heat, which dropped to eighth in the East after it lost in Chicago for the seventh time in eight visits, including the 2007 playoffs.

``We've lost our way,'' Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of the tough times his team has endured. ``We will find it again. It might not seem like it when you're in a stretch like this. We all have to recommit.''

The Bulls were able to pull away by taking advantage of the Heat's deep offensive freeze. Miami made just one shot during the final three minutes and finished 34.8 percent from the field in the fourth quarter.

It was another tough homecoming for guard Dwyane Wade, who had 20 points and eight assists, but was 7 of 21 from the field and missed several shots down the stretch. The Bulls frustrated the Heat and got 21 points off 18 turnovers.

``One person can't stick him,'' Rose said of Wade. ``You have to stick him as a team. That's what we did.''

The Bulls did it with Noah idled by a foot injury through the All-Star break, and with Thomas sitting out because of a team-imposed suspension for detrimental conduct after Friday's loss.

``We knew this time was coming,'' Wade said. ``We had some disappointing losses earlier this season when we could have banked some wins for this time, for this [stretch]. But we didn't.''

Although he acknowledged a disconnect at times between the staff's approach and the players' ability to execute, Wade tried to maintain bigger-picture perspective. A snapshot of the Eastern Conference reveals Miami is in no worse shape in the standings than it was to start the trip.

``Everyone who comes in has to give 110 percent when they come in,'' Wade said. ``We are having too many lows. Everybody, when they're in there, has to carry their own weight.''