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PORTLAND – It would have been easy for the Bulls players to take one glance at the skeleton crew of a starting lineup tossed out onto the Moda Center floor by Portland on Friday, and ease up on the gas pedal.
That’s been an all-too familiar modus operandi this season anyway, so why change now?
Why?
Because there’s more than just a play-in push on the line.
“This is really about us,’’ coach Billy Donovan said.