The Bulls, this season in total, have scored 2946 points, and given up 2945. Despite that literally-neutral point differential, sees their overall record at a much lower 11-15.
Part of this is statistical noise, and these totals are undoubtedly still fluctuating this deep into the season considering the 144 the put up against the Luka-less Mavs last week. I also think - but won’t bother yet to research - that a lot of these close games are after ‘comebacks’ that are caused by the opponent screwing around and the Bulls using up a lot of energy where there’s little left for the final 5 minutes.