Thanks to a victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday evening, the Bulls snapped their three-game losing streak and got back into the win column.
For their fifth game since this past Monday (and the second game of a back-to-back set), the Bulls traveled to Memphis to take on a Memphis Grizzlies team hanging around in that second tier of Western Conference playoff teams.
The Bulls would be without Dwyane Wade (scheduled rest) and Nikola Mirotic (strep throat) on Sunday night for the MLK game, but would have Jimmy Butler back for his second game after losing 10 pounds due to a flu bug throughout the previous week.