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    Kevin Lu
    Kevin Lu
    Nov 17, 2025, 04:49
    Updated at: Nov 17, 2025, 05:57

    Five straight losses, and the Bulls' nightmare continues.

    The Chicago Bulls desperately needed a win booster to escape the mud of a four-game losing streak. Instead, Keyonte George buried their hope with a dagger three-pointer with eight seconds left in the second overtime.

    The Bulls fell 150-147 to the Utah Jazz on Sunday night at the Delta Center, dropping their fifth consecutive game and falling to 6-5. Coby White returned from a calf strain that sidelined him for the first 10 games and played well beyond his minute restriction. The Bulls led for a large part of the game but collapsed later in the final seconds.

    Nov 16, 2025; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Utah Jazz guard/forward Svi Mykhailiuk (10) looks to defend Chicago Bulls guard Josh Giddey (3) during the first half at Delta Center. Mandatory Credit: Peter Creveling-Imagn Images

    Former Bull Lauri Markkanen powered through Isaac Okoro to start the game with a bucket, followed by Svi Mykhailiuk's corner three. Matas Buzelis responded with an and-one layup, but Utah's Ace Bailey—who scored off an offensive rebound—hammered home a dunk, forcing a Bulls timeout in less than two minutes.

    Bailey and George connected on back-to-back threes to extend the Jazz lead before Buzelis answered with a three and Josh Giddey drew a foul on a drive. White checked in for the first time this season and immediately made an impact, draining a three from the right corner off a baseline pass—his first field goal of the year.

    Utah kept rolling as Kyle Filipowski scored on a second-chance layup and a lucky reverse through contact. Patrick Williams responded with a jumper and forced a turnover that led to a Julian Phillips three, trimming the deficit to 22-24.

    White stayed hot with another three from the left wing, then found Phillips in the left corner while stumbling under pressure to tie the game at 28. With Utah going cold from deep, Ayo Dosunmu scored coast-to-coast to give Chicago its first lead. He capped the first quarter with an and-one drive, giving the Bulls a 33-28 advantage.

    Isaac Okoro knocked down a three to open the second quarter, and Jalen Smith recovered a baseline ball and found Giddey for an easy bucket. After both teams traded empty possessions, Dosunmu sparked from the right corner with a three to keep the Bulls ahead 44-41.

    Nikola Vucevic checked in with his signature mid-range jumper, Kevin Huerter followed with a tough coast-to-coast drive, and Dosunmu added another and-one floater to build a seven-point lead.

    White's playmaking provided extra creation, setting up Williams for a three. Dosunmu and Vucevic ran a pick-and-roll that resulted in a jumper, but Mykhailiuk and Kevin Love combined for three triples to cut the gap to two.

    White drew Bailey's fourth foul and converted two free throws. Giddey orchestrated an and-one floater, then knocked down a three after missing his first two attempts of the half. White drew two more fouls and hit four free throws, and Giddey's transition layup pushed the Bulls' halftime lead to 70-61.

    Huerter's drive to open the third quarter drew Bailey's fifth foul, and his two free throws gave Chicago its first double-digit lead. Giddey scored coast-to-coast after a Markkanen corner three, and Huerter grabbed an offensive board for a putback that extended the lead to 12.

    Vucević added five quick points, including his first three after three misses. Crisp ball movement—White to Vucević to Williams to Dosunmu—resulted in a wide-open corner three. But Love hit a three, George scored four straight on tough drives, and Love added another layup to cut the deficit to five.

    Dosunmu responded with a quick drive, but Markkanen answered with a three over Smith. Buzelis dunked from the baseline, and Smith hit a three, but Filipowski and Isaiah Collier rallied back five points. The Bulls entered the fourth leading just 98-94.

    Huerter found Giddey open at the top for a three, but Brice Sensabaugh answered with a step-back triple. Utah erased the deficit with a 6-0 run, taking their first lead since the first quarter at 104-101.

    Giddey scored five straight to reclaim the lead, but the game became a back-and-forth battle. Filipowski's floater gave Utah the lead, but Buzelis answered from beyond the arc and blocked Filipowski's transition attempt, leading to Smith's layup. George tied it with an and-one.

    Markkanen hit an open three from the right corner to make it 114-111. White scored one free throw, then Vucevic drilled a three to retake the lead.

    After scoreless possessions, White drew a foul on Jusuf Nurkic and hit two free throws—his 10th and 11th from the line. Markkanen answered with a fadeaway over Dosunmu. Dosunmu hit a three near the shot-clock buzzer, assisted by White, who then drained another three.

    With two minutes left, George scored on a transition and a contested jumper to put Utah up one. Giddey drew contact and hit two free throws, giving Chicago a 125-124 lead with one minute remaining.

    But Markkanen ran off a screen and hit a catch-and-shoot jumper with 47 seconds left. Giddey floated in a runner, and after Markkanen missed a three, Sensabaugh grabbed the rebound and found Markkanen cutting for a foul. The Finnish forward missed one of two, tying it at 127-127.

    Giddey missed a drive in the final possession and couldn't convert the putback. George's fadeaway at the buzzer missed. Overtime.

    Giddey hit one of two free throws to open OT. George created space on Vucevic for a step-back three, and Sensabaugh's jumper put Utah up four. Markkanen scored a stumbling drive, and Vucević answered with a hook. Chicago trailed 132-134.

    George scored two free throws with 43 seconds left, extending Utah's lead to four. The Bulls couldn't find space for a three, finishing with Buzelis's dunk to make it 134-136.

    White forced Collier into a backcourt turnover but wasted the opportunity. Utah retained possession with 11 seconds left. George dribbled as three Bulls swarmed, but White caused a jump ball and won it.

    With five seconds left, White drove past a Vucevic screen, skipped by Markkanen, and scored a tough layup. 136-136. Double overtime.

    Sensabaugh splashed a corner three to open the second OT. Buzelis fouled out, forcing White—already beyond his restriction—to play on. Dosunmu committed a three-point foul on George, who converted all three.

    White answered with a layup and two free throws to cut it to 144-142. Nurkic dunked, Vucevic hit an open three to make it one. Nurkic made one of two free throws, leaving 20 seconds.

    White drew a foul with his foot on the three-point line, tying it with two free throws. Eight seconds for Utah.

    George sealed it with a decisive three-pointer. Vucevic's three at the buzzer missed. 150-147. Five straight losses, and the Bulls will face Denver on Monday night before heading west to Portland on Wednesday — the nightmare continues, and a brutal schedule with no relief awaits.

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