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Paul Sullivan: Bulls are buffering their way through early inconsistency during a .500 start to the season

CHICAGO — The overhead scoreboard froze at the 7:10 mark of the first quarter Monday night at the United Center with the Chicago Bulls trailing the Toronto Raptors 13-6. The scoreboard malfunction lasted about four minutes, a fitting metaphor perhaps for the Bulls’ uneven start to the 2022-23 season. They’ve been buffering for long stretches, waiting to show signs of the consistency most ...
Raptors guard Fred VanVleet defends Bulls forward DeMar DeRozan during the second quarter Monday Nov. 7, 2022, at the United Center.

CHICAGO — The overhead scoreboard froze at the 7:10 mark of the first quarter Monday night at the United Center with the Chicago Bulls trailing the Toronto Raptors 13-6.

The scoreboard malfunction lasted about four minutes, a fitting metaphor perhaps for the Bulls’ uneven start to the 2022-23 season.

They’ve been buffering for long stretches, waiting to show signs of the consistency most expected from a team that brought back all of its core for another postseason run.

By the time the problem was fixed, the Bulls had tied the game at 21 and normalcy was

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