Bulls 83, Bucks 81

Luol Deng registered 24 points and had a career-high 20 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls (who were down by 18 at one point) bounced back to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 83-81 on Tuesday night. The enthusiastic Deng told the press “I’m happy that I’m healthy. Happy to be out there playing. … I missed playing. I’m happy I’m out there with my teammates and not out on the side watching them.” Although the Bulls played poorly in the first half, they were able to secure a victory late in the game. The Bucks had a chance to win the game after Joakim Noah missed two free throws, but Ersan Llyasova missed a 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds remaining. The Bulls were thrilled to pull off the victory. In the fourth quarter, Derrick Rose scored 10 points to help lift his team past Milwaukee. With 1:28 left of the game, Rose’s dunk bumped the Bulls’ lead to 82-75, but the guard coughed up a cost ly turnover in the final minute. He threw an errant pass and Brandon Jennings capitalized off it, which made it 82-81 with 22 seconds left of the game. After that Noah controlled the ball and quickly got fouled, but he missed both free throws with 13.7 seconds remaining. The Bucks were within two but fortunately for the Bulls they couldn’t get the game winning basket.

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