
The time of death for the Bulls’ season was 4:58 p.m. Sunday.
Guard Patrick Beverley can talk about playing the remaining 17 games ‘‘swaggy, always swaggy,’’ and forward DeMar DeRozan can point out, ‘‘As long as you’ve got time, you’ve got a chance.’’ But with only 17 regular-season games left, the Bulls moved a step closer to the offseason than they did to challenging for a spot in the play-in tournament.