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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Joe Cowley

Bulls hit by reality as the season ends, and his name was Jimmy Butler

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler (22) shoots over Chicago Bulls guard Coby White (0) during the first half of an NBA basketball play-in tournament game, Friday, April 14, 2023, in Miami. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)

MIAMI — DeMar DeRozan was fresh out of the shower, sitting at his locker, knowing there was nowhere else to go, no more games to play this season. 

“This one hurt,” he said after a 102-91 loss to the Heat on Friday night in a play-in tournament elimination game in which the Bulls were outscored 15-1 in the final 3:47. “I’m not even going to lie. A [crappy] feeling right now. It sucks. It shouldn’t have ended like that. We gave ourselves an opportunity to win the game. We were up. We can’t make the mistakes we made in a game like this.

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