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

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Bulls guard Ayo Dosunmu reacts after making a buzzer beater to defeat the Atlanta Hawks.

NEW YORK — On several occasions last season, Ayo Dosunmu was asked about his relationship with Bulls coach Billy Donovan, and replied, “I want to be coached hard.’’

Well, wish granted.

How’s this for some good old-fashioned hard coaching?

Because of the Lonzo Ball injury, Dosunmu was a starter at the beginning of this season, then lost his job and was demoted to the bench. His playing time as a reserve started to dry up over the last 10 days.