The Chicago Bulls lost their third straight game for just the third time this season, coughing up an early double-digit second-half lead to fall 130-124 to the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena. Chicago Bulls dropped their first game of the year to the Atlanta Hawks, bringing their season series to a 3-1 record.
More importantly, the loss drops Chicago to a 39-24 record, and from the second seed in the Eastern Conference to the third. The Bulls are now mere percentage points behind the Sixers, whom they’ll square off against on Monday... and, let’s be real, if they can’t beat the Hawks, they’re not beating the Sixers.