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Closing time for Bulls coach Billy Donovan will remain ever-changing

Ideally, Billy Donovan would love a closing five to end ballgames with.

This season, however, has been less than ideal.

Injuries, a trade deadline that brought in five new faces, and now only 14 regular-season games remaining, it’s a throw whatever you have to out there mentality for the Bulls coach.

Don’t expect that change with Zach LaVine sidelined, and a frontcourt made up of very versatile pieces.

“When you look at the last time we played Cleveland [last Saturday], we closed with Lauri [Markkanen],’’ Donovan said. “The Boston game [on Monday] we closed with [Daniel] Theis.