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Paul Sullivan: Mission impossible? With season on the line, Chicago Bulls may have to rely on reserves to save the day.

The Chicago Bulls never have come back from a 3-1 deficit to win a best-of-seven playoff series, so the odds of them taking the next three games from the Milwaukee Bucks already were slim before Zach LaVine entered health and safety protocols for COVID-19 on Tuesday.

Chicago Tribune

Booing Bucks’ Grayson Allen has backfired and now Bulls on the brink

The Bulls seemed to have the defending champs on the ropes after the first two games of the playoff series, but things have drastically changed. In a series that has been separated by role players, Allen has been the face of Milwaukee’s dominance in that department ... boos and all.

Chicago Sun-Times

Still a ‘will and a way’ for Bulls, trailing 3-1, to beat Bucks? More like a won’t and a no way

These teams could run best-of-seven series back three times, five times, 10 times, and the squad with the better talent, size, experience, depth, discipline and togetherness would just keep winning.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Chicago Bulls lose at the United Center again — and now are down 3-1 in their playoff series to Milwaukee Bucks

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls delivered hope in Game 4 of their series with the Milwaukee Bucks. That was an improvement, at least, for fans at the United Center after the beatdown of Game 3.

Chicago Tribune

OK, fine: If the Bulls aren’t going to pick a fight with Milwaukee, I will

Here are some insults to get this thing started. But if the Bulls really want the Bucks to see them as rivals, it’s going to take a few more wins.

Chicago Sun-Times

Middleton’s Injury Creates Immediate Concern for the Bucks

Milwaukee’s All-Star guard will reportedly be re-evaluated in two weeks, creating a serious blow to the team’s title defense.

Sports Illustrated

LAYUP LINES: Don’t use the playoffs to knock Nikola Jokic’s MVP candidacy

Don't let the playoffs cloud your judgement about Nikola Jokic

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Bulls guard Alex Caruso doing more than paying ‘price of admission’

Not only is Caruso the head of the snake on defense, but he was the voice behind a Game 2 game plan from Bulls coach Billy Donovan that had the Bucks confused and second guessing most of the night.

Chicago Sun-Times

James Harden on Joel Embiid: That’s the MVP right there

Lauren Rosen: James Harden on Joel Embiid's game-winner: "That's the MVP of the league right there." Source: Twitter @LaurenMRosen What's the buzz on Twitter? Ky Carlin @ Ky_Carlin Joel Embiid has a message for Drake and the rest of the Raptors ...

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Bulls tie playoff series behind DeMar DeRozan’s 41 points

Thanks to a stifling defense and 41 points from DeMar DeRozan, the visiting Bulls beat the Bucks for the first time this season, and at the most important time. They now go back to Chicago for Game 3 on Friday, and a chance to take control against the defending champions.

Chicago Sun-Times

Stay close, pull it out late? That’s hardly a recipe for Bulls success against the Bucks

The Bulls’ only chance might be to get out fast and desperately try to hang on to a lead. Late in games is when champions snuff out upstarts’ sweet little dreams.

Chicago Sun-Times

Behind Deandre Ayton’s Desire to Dominate the NBA Playoffs

The Suns center wants to wash the bad taste of last year’s NBA Finals loss out of his mouth.

Sports Illustrated

Chicago Bulls need more from DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine and Nikola Vučević — who shot below 30% in Game 1 — to pull off an upset

The Chicago Bulls came inches from a Game 1 upset Sunday in their first-round playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Chicago Tribune

Dirk Nowitzki’s reign as Europe’s NBA all-time great may be short lived

The NBA named its All-Time European Teams last week. And three current players could easily surpass the German in the next decade

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Chicago Sun-Times

Bulls behind the times in NBA’s evolution

The league has evolved into a three-point shooter’s dream, but the Bulls don’t seem to have received the message.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Alex Caruso still not fully healthy

Bulls guard Alex Caruso won't be fully healthy for the first-round playoff series against the Bucks. Coach Billy Donovan said it, and it was apparent Sunday in Game 1. But the Bulls have little choice but to take the approach that Caruso will give ...

Chicago Sun-Times

Tale of the tape: Bulls didn’t measure up even with Giannis going scoreless in fourth quarter

Will there really be other opportunities for the Bulls in this series? Will the Bucks’ Antetokounmpo allow it?

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: Chicago Bulls prove they can hang with the Milwaukee Bucks, but a chance to take the series lead slips away

A sense of dread accompanied the Chicago Bulls up Interstate 94 for their first postseason game in five years.

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Billy Donovan thought Giannis Antetokounmpo should have fouled out of Game 1

KC Johnson: Billy Donovan thought Giannis went over Patrick Williams' back, which would've been Giannis Antetokounmpo 6th foul. Instead, Williams drew a foul. Source: Twitter @KCJHoop What's the buzz on Twitter? Eric Nehm @ eric_nehm Asked ...

Chicago Tribune

Chicago Bulls overcome an early 16-point deficit but lose 93-86 to the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 1 of the playoffs

MILWAUKEE — In the fourth quarter of any game, the Chicago Bulls are always comfortable with a single-digit deficit and the ball in DeMar DeRozan’s hands. That has been a tried-and-true formula throughout DeRozan’s first season in Chicago.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Bulls vs. Bucks: Lineups, injuries and broadcast info for Game 1

All you need to know ahead of Sunday's Bulls vs. Bucks matchup in Game 1.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: DeMar DeRozan carried the Bulls all season long. Can he do it again in the playoffs?

CHICAGO — Michael Jordan scored a playoff-record 63 points against the Celtics at Boston Garden in April 1986, a performance Larry Bird famously described as “God disguised as Michael Jordan.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Bulls-Bucks matchups, who has the edge and also a series prediction

Do the Bulls have a shock-the-world ending planned for the defending NBA champions? Maybe. But like Mike Tyson said, “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”

Chicago Sun-Times

No shot against the Bucks? We call Bull. It’s time to make the bully crumble

The Bulls have been comically terrible against the NBA’s championship contenders, one-upping themselves with each cringeworthy display of capitulation and deference. See? They have the champs right where they want them.

Sports Illustrated

NBA Playoffs: Ranking the Most Exciting First-Round Matchups

Which first-round playoff series will be the most entertaining?

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