Despite falling to a 9-0 deficit to start the game, Chicago fought back to exchange leads in the second-half. Nikola Vucevic led the Bulls with 24 points and 17 rebounds.
The Bulls at least got the attention of the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks Sunday in a 93-86 opening round playoff defeat in which the Bulls recovered from a 16-point deficit to lead midway through the fourth quarter.
Talk about your paradigm shifts. Take that you sports media Cassandras of negativity.
"I know we didn't finish the season off particularly well and had some bad losses and didn't look particularly good out there," admitted center Nikola Vucevic, who led the Bulls with 24 points and 17 rebounds.