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Bulls again pull disappearing act in loss to Magic with no answers why

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Bulls guard Zach LaVine finished with 34, but only after a first-half disappearing act in which he scored just nine points and his team put up 33 for the second-consecutive game.

It had to be asked.

Billy Donovan had to answer it.

After yet another embarrassing performance in Friday’s 103-97 In-Season Tournament loss to the Magic, the Bulls coach was asked if he felt like his players were tuning him out or at least disconnecting from one another.

“I don’t sense anything like that,’’ Donovan said. “If they weren’t engaged, why fight like they do to get back into the game?