Tonight the Bulls travel South of the Border to Mexico City to meet up with the Orlando Magic at Arena Ciudad de Mexico. This is the first time Chicago has ever played in Mexico, while Orlando visited once before in 2012, and will be staying in town to take on the Utah Jazz Saturday to close out the NBA’s 2018 Mexico City Games sponsored by Nike.
Both teams are going to have to adjust to playing in Mexico City’s mile-high altitude. The Bulls started fast against Sacramento on Monday, stampeding to a 56-45 lead after two quarters. However Chicago ran out of gas in the second half, getting outscored 63-33 to wind up on the short end of a 108-89 loss, the team’s third in four games under new head coach Jim Boylen.