This season for the Bulls was to be about change, and not nickels and dimes. Transitional change with first round draft pick Lauri Markkanen and second year point guard Kris Dunn emerging. They have started that process nicely, even with Monday's 116-107 loss to the Houston Rockets with 19 points and eight assists from Dunn and 16 points and eight rebounds for Markkanen.
Bobby Portis with 22 points off the bench led the Bulls back from a first-month-of-the-season type Bulls 21-point deficit to a brief third quarter lead. Denzel Valentine had 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists.