Core values, as Bulls ‘Big Three’ has timely win over the Cavaliers

CLEVELAND – The Bulls locker room knows one absolute when it comes to executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas: Expect the unexpected.

He showed that at the deadline in 2021, and it was on full display last summer when Karnisovas flipped the roster like it was houses.

That’s why Nikola Vucevic’s motto was “control what you can control.’’

On Saturday, it was trying to stay in control of the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference, while holding off the Cleveland Cavaliers 98-94. No easy task as the Bulls led the game by 19 points in the first half, and seemed to have the home team in handcuffs most of the night.

With 4:51 left in the game, however, that control seemed to…