Chicago Bulls: Player grades from rematch with Atlanta

By Luke Askew | Mar 3, 2019

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The Chicago Bulls took on the Atlanta Hawks this afternoon at the United Center in a highly anticipated rematch of Friday night’s slugfest. Here are player grades from the game.

It took four overtimes to decide the outcome of Friday night’s game between the Chicago Bulls and the Atlanta Hawks. Today, the outcome of the rematch was decided in regulation.

Final score: Hawks 123, Bulls 118

The Bulls were able to keep this one close thanks to some clutch shot making from unlikely sources. Overall, though, it looked like the Bulls didn’t want to play today. Their legs looked heavy and they didn’t look sharp. Basically, they looked like an 18-win team coming off a 4OT game.

Here are player grades from this afternoon’s home loss to Atlanta.

C+. <a href=. Forward. Chicago Bulls. LAURI MARKKANEN

B. <a href=. Guard. Chicago Bulls. KRIS DUNN

A. <a href=. Guard. Chicago Bulls. ANTONIO BLAKENEY

B+. Man, <a href=. Center. Chicago Bulls. ROBIN LOPEZ

D. Today wasn’t the best day for <a href=. Guard. Chicago Bulls. ZACH LAVINE

Next up, the Bulls will head to Indiana on Tuesday evening to take on the playoff-bound Pacers.

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