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CLEVELAND – One glance around the Eastern Conference these days and there’s not a whole lot that has this Bulls team flinching.
There shouldn’t be.
All the hype coming into the season was that with long-term injuries to both All-Stars Tyrese Haliburton and Jayson Tatum, Indiana and Boston, respectively, could struggle, leaving the landscape there for the taking.
As the Bulls are finding out the last two nights, however, easier said than done.
After watching perennial MVP candidate Giannis Antetokounmpo take their hearts late in Milwaukee on Friday, it was another star player flexing late on them, as Cleveland’s Donovan Mitchell scored 13 of his 29 points in the final stanza, helping the Cavaliers pull away 128-122 Saturday night.