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Commonsense would dictate that it was just another night in the NBA regular season.
The Bulls left Coby White (left ankle), Patrick Williams (left foot) and Lonzo Ball (injury management) back in Chicago on Thursday, while the Spurs opted to rest star-in-the-making Victor Wembanyama with lower back soreness.
Not exactly a fair trade off considering the San Antonio second-year center is the early-season leader for Defensive Player of the Year, but not out of the norm.
The conspiracy theorist would say there was something more going on in the eventual 139-124 Bulls win at the Frost Bank Center in which Ayo Dosunmu recorded his first career triple-double (27 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds) and Nikola Vucevic put up 39 points.