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Donovan Mitchell scorches Bulls for 71 points in Cavaliers’ OT victory

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.

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Nikola Vucevic slander has to stop, Bulls’ Goran Dragic says

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.

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Lonzo Ball has made some progress in his knee rehab, but process is slow going

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.

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Bulls are becoming a frustrating study in drama and theatrics

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…

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Bulls fight their way back to make it deer hunting season in overtime

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.

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What Bulls guard Alex Caruso does is often imitated, never duplicated

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.

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Defense plagues Bulls in 133-118 loss to lowly Rockets

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

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Margins of victory highlight Bulls’ continued issues on defense

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

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Bulls’ Andre Drummond talks fun with his profile pic, and playing time

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.

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Bulls’ DeMar DeRozan plays hero again, makes Knicks pay

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.

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Bulls’ Ayo Dosunmu played hero, but still going through growing pains

It was the first buzzer-beater for Dosunmu at the NBA level in Wednesday’s win over Atlanta, and came a night after he played just five minutes in Miami.

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Thanks to guard Ayo Dosunmu playing hero, Bulls have two consecutive wins

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.

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Chicago native, onetime Bull Dwyane Wade nominated for Hall of Fame

Wade headlined a list of first-time nominees by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Wednesday that also included Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker and Pau Gasol. Bulls coach Billy Donovan and former Heat guard Goran Dragic reflected on Wade.

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Source: Cause of Bulls’ locker-room dispute was Zach LaVine’s defense

Bulls coach Billy Donovan confirmed Tuesday that there was a halftime incident in Minnesota in the locker room. But he didn’t want any of his players singled out, so he did his best to defend LaVine’s slumping defense,

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The Strange Season of the Bulls

Just before last season, I penned a feature story on the NBA team I found to be the most interesting: the Chicago Bulls. I wrote about the blaring saxophones and jazz music that used to serenade the fans that poured out of a packed United Center—usually following Bulls victories—during the…

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Billy Donovan says Bulls need to ‘compete’ on the defensive end

Chicago gave up 150 points on Sunday to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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Bulls leave Twin Cities with no pride in 150-126 loss to Timberwolves

The 150 points were a franchise record for the Timberwolves and the sixth-most points the Bulls had allowed in their history (the fourth-most in regulation).

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Bulls guard Lonzo Ball has begun shooting, but he’s still not running pain-free

Coach Billy Donovan said Ball tried to run on an antigravity machine designed to take weight off the legs and still had to back off when he experienced pain.

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Time for the architects of this Bulls mess to step forward and talk

Bulls coach Billy Donovan proved to be a standup guy on Friday, answering questions that were out of his pay grade. But the fans and media didn’t need to hear from the construction foreman as much as the architects.

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Lifeless Bulls fall to Knicks in rematch

At least there was some fight in the overtime loss to Tom Thibodeau and New York on Wednesday. In the second half of the sequel Friday? Nothing even close to that.

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Bulls coach Billy Donovan still searching for a solid starting group

It might have been the 28th regular-season game for the Bulls on Friday, but everything remained on the table for the coaching staff, as they continue to tinker with different groupings and how they work together.

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Bulls need to find a true point guard — and fast

There are some obvious flaws in this Bulls roster — outside shooting, toughness and size in the frontcourt — but with growing concerns with Lonzo Ball’s left knee rehab, the front office needs to get a proven point guard or continue to fall short with this point-guard-by-committee mentality.

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Bulls hit with adversity and yet again kneel to it, losing to Knicks

It was a second-straight overtime and a second-straight loss, as the Bulls continue to battle with cleaning up the details and winning clutch games.

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Former Bulls great Derrick Rose returns to the UC fresh off demotion

It wasn’t an easy decision for Knicks coach - and former Bulls coach - Tom Thibodeau to bump Rose out of the rotation less than two weeks ago, but it’s proven to be the right move so far.

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Bulls coach Billy Donovan still trying to get a real look at new lineup

Following an embarrassing loss in Phoenix, Donovan and the coaching staff wanted to switch the starting lineup around. That lasted just one game before the injuries again hit this roster. That could change against New York on Wednesday, when Donovan could roll it out again.

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