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Bulls suffer 111-81 blowout loss to Bucks, who take 2-1 series lead

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls returned to the United Center for their first playoff game in five years with home-court advantage and the momentum of a road win at their back. But they limped out of Game 3 with a 111-81 beatdown as the Milwaukee Bucks bounced back like a reigning NBA champion to take a 2-1 lead in the first-round series. Bulls fans poured into the United Center with frenetic ...
Bulls players Derrick Jones Jr., from left, Tristan Thompson, Zach LaVine, Nikola Vucevic and DeMar DeRozan sit dejectedly on the bench in the fourth quarter of a 111-81 loss to the Bucks in Game 3 of their first-round series Friday night at the United Center.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls returned to the United Center for their first playoff game in five years with home-court advantage and the momentum of a road win at their back.

But they limped out of Game 3 with a 111-81 beatdown as the Milwaukee Bucks bounced back like a

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