As the Chicago Bulls officially snapped their seven-game skid on Friday night, Nikola Vucevic was not on the floor. The big man spent a mere 22 minutes on the

Trey Murphy scored 20 points with 10 rebounds, rookie Jeremiah Fears added 20 points and the New Orleans Pelicans topped the Chicago Bulls 114-104 on Sunday night.

It wasn’t pretty for the Pelicans, and for long stretches, it certainly wasn’t graceful. But when you’re sitting at the bottom of the standings trying to relearn how to win, style points don’t matter nearly as much as the final score.

Nikola Vučević doesn’t always wear his frustration well. The center knows it. He’s a bit of a hothead. When he gets mad — at the referees, at teammates, at himself — he’s known to rip a towel in half or aim a middle finger at the bench.

A new report from The Athletic's Sam Amick names the Chicago Bulls as one team believed to be interested in the Kings' Domantas Sabonis.

The Bulls point to their clutch numbers — seven of their 14 losses occurred with a margin of five or fewer points in the final five minutes — as evidence of their ability to rectify their current position. White feels the Bulls often lose their grip for a minute or a quarter at a time but rarely allow themselves to be bodied out of a game.

Per Synergy, Buzelis has recorded three attempts ranging from “short” and 17 feet, effectively tracking his activity in the midrange. He’s attempted just three such shots in 23 games this season. Last season, he took 11 such shots, which paled in comparison to his 266 3-point attempts.

Josh Giddey had 26 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds, Zach Collins added 16 points and eight rebounds off the bench and the Chicago Bulls erased a 13-point second half deficit to beat the Charlotte Hornets 129-126 and snap a seven-game losing streak.

The Chicago Bulls snapped a seven-game losing streak Friday, rallying past the Charlotte Hornets 129-126. Center Nikola Vučević did not play for the final 18:58 of the win.

LaKeith Stanfield is set to portray Dennis Rodman in 48 Hours in Vegas, a film revisiting the Bulls legend’s wild NBA Finals trip.