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Not ready to pick up the pieces yet? Mourning the Bears? Well buck up, Chicago. In a weekend filled with frustration and heartache, there is good news: The Bulls won two in a row on the road to move eight games over .500 and one game out of the top spot in the East. To repeat: The Bulls won two in a row on the road to move eight games over .500 and one game out of the top spot in the East. Now dry your tears and move on.

Once considered the red-headed stepchild of the NBA, the Clippers are back with a vengeance. Well, maybe more of a tepid . With a 110-98 win over the Bulls at the StaplesCenter last night, the Clippers pulled to .500 for the season.

Look out, Rex Grossman. There’s a new gunslinger in town.

Well that does it, Bulls fans. The season is officially over. With a resounding 96-85 win over the Dallas Mavericks before an unusually drunk and loud capacity crowd at the United Center, general manager John Paxson has cancelled the rest of the season.

Bulls coach Scott Skiles is a sorcerer. That's the only way to explain the disappearing-reappearing act he pulled the last two games with big men Ben Wallace and P.J. Brown.

Sixteen offensive rebounds. That's how the Indiana Pacers beat the Bulls last night at Conseco Fieldhouse, 98-91. Bulls coach Scott Skiles opted to play his smallest lineup in the history of pro basketball, essentially putting midgets on the floor against Indiana's giant front line.

Saturday night's game against the Utah Jazz marked the halfway point of the Chicago Bulls season, and if the 95-85 loss is any indication, both the team and its fans are in for some good sack time. Because ladies and gentlemen, your Chicago Bulls are pooped.