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Sunday night’s 124-102 win over the Nets began the second half of the Bulls’ season.
Their first 41 games included the highs of the 5-0 and 6-1 starts that gave some hope this Bulls team could be different. Then just as quickly, the Bulls came back to reality and ended the first 50% of their schedule in a familiar place: slightly below .500 at 19-22 and in contention for an Eastern Conference play-in spot but little else.
Bulls coach Billy Donovan didn’t really see Game 42 as a milestone, but just another game during a grinding part of a grinding season.