Vucevic leads with 26, but DeRozan shoots 3 for 14 as Bulls lose to Bucks
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 35 points and 11 rebounds for the Bucks.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo had 35 points and 11 rebounds for the Bucks.
Nikola Vucevic added 21 points, Zach LaVine added 19 points, and Coby White had 16 for Chicago.
Nikola Vucevic scored 26 points for the Bulls, who used a pair of gritty comebacks to make it a contest.
The Bulls' Patrick Williams and Alex Caruso, who played after injuring his right elbow in a loss at Denver on Saturday, each had 10 points.
Coby White added 18 points, and Nikola Vucevic had 13 points and 13 rebounds.
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Nikola Vucevic had 21 points and a season-high 20 rebounds.
Zach LaVine had 23 points and DeRozan scored 20 for the Bulls, who have split four games to start the season.
DeMar DeRozan scored 33 points. Coby White added 17, and the Bulls came out on top in a game filled with wild swings.
DeMar DeRozan led the Bulls with 20 points.
LaVine was also confident about entering a season fully healthy after playing in three of the Bulls' five preseason games.
It shouldn't take long for this year's Bulls to gel, mainly because guard Zach LaVine and the rest of the presumed starters have each been with the team for at least two seasons.
That means the presumed starter will become a restricted free agent at the end of the season.
Head coach Billy Donovan wouldn't commit to White starting the team's second preseason game on Thursday.
It'll be Billy Donovan's fourth season with the Bulls and the team hasn't won a playoff series since 2015.
The Bulls are back, well, not in Chicago because Billy Donovan and company are in Nashville for five days. The team decided to get away for training camp before they begin the preseason on Sunday in Milwaukee.
There will also be a three-way competition for the starting point guard spot as Lonzo Ball continues his rehab process.
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Bulls Fest is back for its second year.
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Information trickling out of Iran suggests a far deadlier crackdown on protesters than previously reported.
Police are warning residents after a string of business burglaries in Chicago's Edgewater, Uptown and West Ridge neighborhoods.
Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the committee's chairman, said the panel will move next week on holding them in contempt.
The Supreme Court heard two cases involving laws from Idaho and West Virginia that ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports.
The group of journalists who won a preliminary injunction over federal agents' use of force have filed to have the same judge hear the state's new lawsuit against the Trump administration.
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The state of Illinois and city of Chicago are suing the Trump administration and Department of Homeland Security for unlawful use of force and dangerous tactics in immigration raids.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
As this holiday season nears its end, Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias issued a warning Tuesday about text scams.
A new report shines a light on electricity shortages that Illinois could face in less than 10 years.
January is Radon Action Month, and the Cook County Department of Public Health is urging residents to test their homes for radon.
Severe flu season is sending many people to hospital emergency rooms across the country, including in the Chicago area.
Unionized health care workers this week took aim at Northwestern Medicine, saying the health care system needs to hire more people before expanding the emergency room at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that its recommendations for childhood vaccines will not be affected by a change in federal guidelines.
The first pediatric flu death for this year's flu season has been reported, Illinois health officials said, as flu cases across the state continue to rise.
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The Piggery, a popular barbecue restaurant and bar in the northwest corner of Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, announced Thursday that it is going out of business.
The Lincolnwood Town Center mall in the north Chicago suburb of Lincolnwood has been sold to a developer, the village announced Wednesday.
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Scott Adams, the cartoonist who created the "Dilbert" comic strip, has died at the age of 68, his first ex-wife revealed on Tuesday.
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Isiah Whitlock Jr. is perhaps best known for his role as state Sen. R. Clayton "Clay" Davis on HBO's "The Wire."
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A mild day Tuesday with highs in the upper 40s before dropping temperatures overnight and a chance of late snow showers.
An activist group tracking the number of deaths of protesters says at least 2,000 people have been killed by the Iranian regime. Natalie Brand reports.
Bill and Hillary Clinton refused to appear before the House Oversight Committee to testify as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, setting up a legal confrontation as the Republican-led panel threatens to hold them in contempt of Congress.
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on Tuesday over whether laws from Idaho and West Virginia that ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports violate the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection and the landmark law known as Title IX.
A man was charged in the deadly stabbing on a CTA Blue Line train early Saturday morning.
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