The Bulls have dominated the recent series with the Heat, going 8-2 in the regular season. Coby White, who dished the assist on Vucevic's big trey in Portland after driving into the lane and drawing defenders, has scored 20-plus points in five of his past six regular-season games versus Miami.

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,

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.

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,

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.

Despite Nikola Jokic's brilliance, the Nuggets fell short in a 127–130 defeat vs. Bulls that snapped their seven-game winning streak.

The Chicago Bulls, holding a 7-6 record, recently split their last two games with a win against the Nuggets and a loss to the Jazz. They face the Portland Trail Blazers, who are 6-7 and coming off two losses,

Brad Underwood said David Mirković takes the Illinois coaches’ critiques and “screams and cusses in Serbian,” but it’s all part of responding “in a really good way.”

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

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.