The Latest Breaking News from Billy Donovan

The Chicago Bulls fell apart under the fury of Donovan Mitchell in Monday’s 145-134 overtime loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Mitchell scored 71 points, eclipsing a Cavs scoring record held by LeBron James.

A lot went wrong for the Bulls in the second half of Monday’s loss, but the worst was a controversial missed free throw by Mitchell that he rebounded and scored on to send the game into overtime.

The veteran guard saw it with Chris Bosh in his Miami days and is now seeing Vucevic go through something similar with the Bulls. People on the outside are throwing an unfair narrative out there, not understanding what true sacrifice is about.

Ball’s injury has left the Bulls with a vacancy at point guard — especially late in games — but it doesn’t appear they will be looking to fill it from the outside anytime soon.

It would be nice if the Bulls would simply have a take-care-of-business attitude every night, but that just hasn’t been the case this season. According to DeMar DeRozan, if they can find a consistent urgency, they’ve proven they can beat anyone in the league. The issue remains they can also…

Just when the game was slipping and the Bulls were on course to lose a second straight game, Milwaukee’s Grayson Allen fired up the wrong guy. DeMar DeRozan once again played hero, bailing the Bulls out with 42 points in the win.

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 Rockets have the worst field-goal percentage in the league, shooting just 44.3%, but they shot 55.6% against the Bulls.

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.