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PORTLAND, Ore. — With the Chicago Bulls spiraling into another clutch game, Nikola Vučević trudged to the bench, knee deep in the ongoing collapse. From two rows behind the scorer’s table, a heckler in Portland Trail Blazers maroon verbally pricked Vučević’s hide, prompting Vučević to address him before taking a seat.

While the Chicago Bulls are relieved to sit two games above .500 once again, the celebration was tinged with a queasiness that comes from one too many close calls.

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Nikola Vucevic hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer and Chicago Bulls held off a furious comeback attempt by the Portland Trail Blazers for a 122-121 victory on Wednesday night.

The Dallas Mavericks are off to a terrible start to the 2025-26 campaign. With former top basketball executive Nico Harrison fired, Kyrie Irving (knee) out for several months, and an intriguing 2026 draft class,

The Bulls bench scored 66 points, not so distant from Sunday’s season-high 71. Chicago's backups outscored the Nuggets bench by 57 points.

Vucevic followed by missing a 6-foot jumper on the other end and the Blazers made the miss count — Avdija slithered into the paint and tossed a nifty pass to Donovan Clingan, who completed the play with a reverse layup. He was fouled and made the free throw, giving the Blazers a 119-116 lead with 47.3 seconds left.

This article was originally published on www.writingillini.com as Ayo Dosunmu sprinkling that Illinois basketball swagger on the Chicago Bulls.

As the Utah Jazz honored franchise legend Frank Layden at Delta Center Sunday night, they did so while welcoming an old foe to town in the Chicago Bulls. Although both squads don’t resemble those that battled in back-to-back NBA Finals in the late 1990s,

The Chicago Bulls just have the Denver Nuggets’ number. The Bulls swept the Nuggets in their two-game series last season. Chicago snapped a five-game losing streak by defeating Denver 130-127 in front of 19,