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NEW YORK – The Bulls were in pursuit of history on Sunday.
A win in the rematch against the Knicks, and this group would have been standing within reach of immortality. Only the 1996-97 Michael Jordan-led Bulls started a season off better in team history, sprinting out to a 12-0 start that year.
The chase has ended, and with a thud.
Thanks to a night in which New York shots a ridiculous 48% from three-point range (20-of-42), the Garden got to watch the home team slap the Bulls (5-1) from the unbeaten ranks, beating them 128-116
That left the Oklahoma City Thunder as the only unbeaten team left in the infant stages of this NBA season and was also a reminder to Billy Donovan’s group that they can’t take a night off from the details.