LaVine scores 39, Bulls beat Raptors 109-105 in play-in game
The Bulls will visit the Miami Heat on Friday night for the chance to earn the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference playoff bracket.
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The Bulls will visit the Miami Heat on Friday night for the chance to earn the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference playoff bracket.
The Bulls are getting set for their fourth matchup with the Raptors this season, of course this one with the season on the line.
The Bulls will truly have to take their postseason future one day at a time.
The Bulls will have to win two Play-In Tournament games, both on the road, beginning with a win-or-go-home game at the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday.
The Chicago Bulls regular season is over and done with, and the team is still alive. But to get into the playoffs, they'll have to win two Play-In Tournament games, both on the road, beginning with a win-or-go-home game at the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday.
The Bulls sat their top two scorers in DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine, but they are already locked in to the 10th seed in the East.
Jae Crowder and Wes Matthews combined to harass Bulls forward DeMar DeRozan throughout the game, with DeRozan finishing with eight points on 3-of-12 shooting.
Atlanta (40-39) opened a two-game lead over the Bulls (38-41), who clinched a play-in berth in the Eastern Conference by virtue of Orlando's loss to Cleveland earlier in the evening.
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Nikola Vucevic added 21 points and eight rebounds for the Bulls.
LaVine's dunk got the Bulls within seven with 56.7 seconds left in the third quarter. But Los Angeles quickly pulled away in the final period.
LeBron James scored 19 points off the bench in his return from a monthlong injury absence, but Zach LaVine scored 32 points to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 118-108 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.
Nikola Vucevic added 23 points and 15 rebounds for the Bulls, who have won six of their last eight games.
Philadelphia had won eight in a row before Monday night's double-overtime loss to the Bulls.
The Bulls teamed up with Advocate Children's Hospital to send Ben, a longtime neuro patient there, on a VIP trip to Philly.
What a trip for the Bulls to Philadelphia with a win as well as for 10-year-old Ben Kreuger. The Bulls teamed up with Advocate Children’s Hospital to send Ben, a longtime neuro patient there, on a VIP trip to Philly.
Nikola Vucevic added 21 points and 12 rebounds for the Bulls, who have won three games in a row and five of six.
The Bulls are 7-4 since Beverley joined the team and on Saturday he showed the capability of getting it done on both ends of the floor.
DeRozan shot 9 of 12 from the floor to help the Bulls sweep the season series from the Heat.
Zach LaVine finished with 39. Nikola Vucevic added 21 points and 11 rebounds.
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DeMar DeRozan led the Bulls with 33 points and hit a 3-pointer from the top of the arc with 11.6 seconds left to cut the Kings' lead to 114-113
Since picking up guard Pat Beverley, the Bulls are 5-3.
The Bulls trailed by four points midway through the fourth before going on a 13-0 run for a 115-106 lead with two minutes remaining.
Spencer Knight made 16 saves for the Blackhawks, who have dropped five of six.
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NIPSC customers gathered for the second time in under a week to protest against rising heating costs by the utility company.
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The Chicago Teachers Union did not give details about why she is taking leave, but said that it was "planned and anticipated".
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A Metra Heritage Corridor train was temporarily halted on Wednesday afternoon, after an Amtrak train on the same tracks hit a truck near Lemont.
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A woman was killed and a man was wounded when they were shot while in a car with a baby in the back seat in Auburn Gresham, just steps from St. Sabina Parish.
Arlington Heights fire officials said two people are safe, and one was rescued by a neighbor, after a garage fire Wednesday morning.
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Julius Burkes Jr, 47, accused of the deadly shooting of Momence bar owner Courtney Drysdale, waived his extradition to Illinois before a judge during a hearing on Wednesday morning.
A CTU spokesperson said that Davis Gates will be going on a "planned and anticipated" temporary medical leave.
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John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, the busiest trauma center in Illinois, is sounding an alarm, as doctors brace for an influx of patients because of federal funding cuts under the Trump administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
Spencer Knight made 16 saves for the Blackhawks, who have dropped five of six.
The Chicago Bulls are trading Coby White to the Charlotte Hornets, reports said Wednesday.
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A woman was killed and a man was wounded when they were shot Wednesday afternoon while in a car with a baby in the back seat in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood, just steps from St. Sabina Parish.
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