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Billy Donovan critics couldn’t wait to pounce.
They seldom do.
Several of the personnel substitutions in the season-ending play-in loss to the Miami Heat not only backfired, but seemingly played a part in the visiting team’s fourth-quarter meltdown.
Not exactly the lasting impression on the 2022-23 season that the Bulls coach wanted to take into an early summer vacation.
There was removing the spark plug that was Andre Drummond with eight minutes left, and then pulling out Coby White for Patrick Beverely with just over two minutes left.