Despite a five-point lead at halftime, Chicago got outscored by 14 in the second-half.
Bulls D-fence, D-fence... was missing a few slats Friday.
And so the San Antonio Spurs slid through, around, and it seemed like over and under on the way to a 131-122 Spurs victory over the Bulls.
The Bulls had the stars with DeMar DeRozan scoring 32 points and Zach LaVine 30. But in this war of stars with the Spurs promising point guard Dejounte Murray getting 29 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds, the force was not with the Bulls.