Led by Mike Dunleavy’s 20 points, the Chicago Bulls came close to an N.B.A. playoff record in defeating the Milwaukee Bucks, 120-66, in Game 6 and clinching their first-round series Thursday night.
The Bulls, who will face the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round, finished 4 points shy of a playoff record for largest margin of victory. Minnesota beat St. Louis, 133-75, on March 19, 1956.
The game was all but over early, but it still included plenty of the intensity and bad blood that had characterized the first five games of the series, and Dunleavy was in the middle of much of the action.