The Latest Breaking News from Alex Caruso

The defensive-minded Caruso has liked what he’s seen late in the last two games. But the next step is getting his teammates to embrace the details from the tip, so they don’t have to play at a mad scramble.

It didn’t show up against Cleveland on Saturday, but LaVine’s offense through December was a good sign of possible things to come. Now his defense? That’s where questions remain going into 2023.

Caruso was still dealing with a right shoulder issue that kept him sidelined Wednesday, but Bulls coach Billy Donovan discussed what the guard does defensively that makes him so elite, and why it’s hard for teammates to copy.

The Bulls’ 112.7 defensive rating has them 17th in the league with a tough stretch of games on the horizon.

Drummond received a lot of attention with his Alex Caruso profile pic the last week, but he’d quietly like to have a little less time on his hands because of an increased workload.

Thanks to some poor New York free-throw shooting, the door was open for DeRozan to show off that cold-blooded clutch gene, and he delivered. His 22-footer with 0.1 left on the clock gave the Bulls a third straight win.

It felt like rock bottom after an embarrassing showing Sunday in Minnesota, but after some good old-fashioned teammate confrontation in the locker room that night, the Bulls might be building something good out of it.

Chicago got a much-needed win on Tuesday night against the Heat.

It was an interesting week for the Bulls as reports of dysfunction started spreading like wildfire. A halftime locker-room incident was confirmed, but it was also downplayed by the “Big Three” of Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan and Nikola Vucevic. Now it’s about picking up the pieces and getting back to…