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DENVER – The Bulls were taking on water even before the Feb. 2, Zach LaVine three-team trade, losers of nine-of-12 games and sinking fast.
The feeling league-wide after LaVine was dealt? Women and children exit first.
Six weeks later, however, even those down in steerage are dry, and suddenly the run-and-gun Bulls are becoming a tough out from night to night, winners of 10 of their last 15 games after outlasting the Nuggets on Monday 129-119.
“They might be the best running team in the league right now,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone commented before the game.