The Bulls Saturday closed out the year 2016 trying to look up after going down in a 116-96 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Bulls dropped to 16-18 with their eighth loss in the last 11 games. The Bucks moved ahead in the standings at 16-16.
The Bulls were led by Jimmy Butler with 26 points and eight assists. Doug McDermott had 13, Robin Lopez had 12 points and 10 rebounds, Taj Gibson 11 and Nikola Mirotic had 10 points. For the Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo had a spectacular 35 points,, nine rebounds, seven assists and seven blocks.