The Bulls Saturday pushed the New Orleans Pelicans to overtime before losing 96-90.
The Bulls battled relentlessly to overcome poor shooting, but the Pelicans Anthony Davis with 27 points and 16 rebounds and DeMarcus Cousins with 25 points and 11 rebounds.
The Bulls were led by Justin Holiday with 18 points and Denzel Valentine off the bench with 16 points. Lauri Markkanen and Robin Lopez each had 14 points and Jerian Grant had 13 points, nine assists and eight rebounds. The Bulls were thwarted by poor shooting, 11 of 42 on threes and 35.4 percent overall. Markkanen was two of 11 on threes and Kris Dunn was two of nine overall.