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Bulls drown late, blowing a 17-point, fourth-quarter lead in Atlanta

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ATLANTA – Zach LaVine was laid out on the training table, draped in towels and disbelief

“What the (bleep) just happened?” he said, half frustrated, half trying to lighten the moment with some sort of humor.

What he did remember was feeling like a tidal wave was building, and once it hit there was no getting out of its way.

That’s not far off.

LaVine gave the Bulls a seemingly insurmountable 17-point lead with a three-pointer at the 6:32 mark of the third quarter, and then he and his Bulls teammates spent the next three-and-a-half minutes drowning as Atlanta tied the game.