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The Bulls were up by two over the Heat with a minute to play last night in Miami, when a DeMar DeRozan turnover turned into a game-tying fast break. Then, with fourteen seconds left, Nikola Zucevic missed a close-in hook shot. Ex-Bull Jimmy Butler snared the rebound and hit the game-winning jumper as time expired. Miami 118 Chicago 116. The Bulls don’t have a Buter (though they once did). They also don’t have a Giannis Antetokounmpo, whose thirty-two points led the Bucks to an overtime 133-129 win over Chicago on Monday. Until the Bulls acquire players of that caliber, they’re going to keep losing the close ones.