<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-chicago-trade-rumors');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nikola Vucevic admits he sometimes wonders what he’s doing in Chicago as lossses, trade rumors pile up');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Dec-14-2025-Chicago-Illinois-USA-Chicago-Bulls-center-Nikola-Vucevic-9-drives-to-the-basket-against-New-Orleans-Pelicans-center-Derik-Queen-22-during-the-first-half-at-United-Center.-Mandatory-Cred.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nikola Vucevic admits he sometimes wonders what he’s doing in Chicago as lossses, trade rumors pile up</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-15T10:14:21-08:00">December 15th, 10:14am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-15T10:14:21-08:00">December 15th, 10:14am</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bulls</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>This year, Nikola Vucevic has been under a microscope. He is in the midst of his final contractual year with the Chicago Bulls, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-chicago-trade-nikola-vucevic-replacement">surrounded by trade rumors</a>.</p><p>Without question, Vucevic <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/14/chicago-bulls-nikola-vucevic-starting-job/" rel="noopener">is getting exhausted</a> by so much at one time, per Julia Poe of The Chicago Tribune. The Bulls are a losing team, Vucevic hasn’t been a defensive force, and is tired of all the trade rumors.</p><p>Nevertheless, Vucevic is wondering why he is in the Windy City.</p><p>“It’s not always easy, to be honest with you, when the team is struggling, when you are struggling, when things are not going your way,” he said. “It’s happened a couple times now and sometimes it’s hard. Those questions do creep into your mind and you think about it and you get caught into it, especially when things are not going well. I think it’s natural, it’s human nature, but you just have to find a way to limit it as much as possible.”</p><p>On Sunday, the Bulls lost to the New Orleans Pelicans 114-104. Vucevic finished with 12 points and eight rebounds. This year, Vucevic hasn’t held back in his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-reality-loss-nets">criticisms of the team’s performance</a>, even in victory.</p><p>At the same time, he tries his darnest not fixate on trade rumors.</p><p>“I’m not going to sit here and be like, ‘Nah, it’s not happened to me.’ It has,” Vucevic said. “You get frustrated, and you shut down. But you try to regroup and find a way to stay locked in because we all have a part in this.”</p><h2><b>A complete assessment of Nikola Vucevic’s time with the Bulls</b></h2><p>In 2021, the Bulls <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/orlando-magic/nba-trade-deadline-bulls-acquire-nikola-vucevic-from-magic-in-blockbuster-deal">acquired Vucevic in a trade</a> with the Orlando Magic. Two years later, he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-agrees-3-year-60-million-contract-extension">signed a three-year $60 million extension</a> with Chicago.</p><p>Vucevic, 35, has averaged 18.2 points per game over the course of six seasons in Chicago. This year, he is averaging 15.6 points and 9.4 rebounds per game.</p><p>However, his major weakness has been his defensive play. Something that doesn’t go unnoticed by head coach Billy Donovan.</p><p>“He has not been a great rim protector,” Donovan said. “He’s tried to play his verticals, but he’s not a shot blocker. He’s not a rim protector. It’s not who he is. In order for him to be productive in pick and roll, it’s a partnership between him and the guard.”</p><p>The Bulls will play the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nikola Vucevic admits he sometimes wonders what he’s doing in Chicago as lossses, trade rumors pile up

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-reality-loss-nets');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nikola Vucevic delivers harsh reality after shortnaded loss to lowly Nets');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Chicago-Bulls-center-Nikola-Vucevic-9-looks-to-shoot-the-ball-against-Indiana-Pacers-forward-Pascal-Siakam-43-during-the-first-half-at-Gainbridge-Fieldhouse.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nikola Vucevic delivers harsh reality after shortnaded loss to lowly Nets</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-04T07:35:43-08:00">December 4th, 7:35am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-04T07:35:43-08:00">December 4th, 7:35am</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bulls</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>At the start of the season, it seemed as if it was a new day for the Chicago Bulls. A <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/overreaction-trade-bulls-must-target-shocking-start">remarkable 6-1 start</a> got fans and observers riddled with excitement.</p><p>However, reality has set in for the Bulls, who are now 4-12 since the start of the season. On Wednesday, the Chicago Bulls lost their fifth consecutive game to the Brooklyn Nets, 113-103. Going into the game, the Nets had a 4-16 record.</p><p>Additionally, the Bulls <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-coby-white-kevin-huerter-nets">were left without several players due to injuries</a>. Nevertheless, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6861288/2025/12/04/bulls-losing-streak-nets-nba/" rel="noopener">that is no reason</a> why Chicago should lose, according to veteran center Nikola Vucevic, per Joel Lorenzi of The Athletic.</p><p>After the game, Vucevic acknowledged the reality of injuries, but they needs to fight through them.</p><p>“Just got to stick with it, continue to work, continue to believe in what we’re doing,” Vučević said. “Hopefully, when we get some guys back, it’ll help as well. Everybody’s going through injuries. It’s not an excuse.</p><p>“We have to figure it out ourselves. Nobody else is gonna do it for us.”</p><p>On the same day, Chicago lost its 18-year-old rookie Noa Essengue to season-ending shoulder surgery. He had only played one game on Nov. 22 against the Washington Wizards.</p><p>On Friday, the 9-12 Bulls will face the Indiana Pacers, and on Sunday, they will play the Golden State Warriors.</p><h2><b>Nikola Vucevic remains the adult in the room.</b></h2><p>Among all the players, Vucevic, 35, is the exemplar of maturation amongst a team of younger players. In other words, he has the outlook and mindset that match his age.</p><p>His ability to call a spade a spade was evident following the Bulls’ 121-120 win over the Wizards on Nov. 22. Even though they were victorious, Vucevic wasn’t satisfied that they closed it out in the second half and played poorly in the first against the worst team in the NBA.</p><p>Afterward, in the postgame interview, Vucevic <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-satisfied-win-wizards">was visibly annoyed</a> at Matas Buzelis and Jalen Smith for joking around with him. In his way of thinking, there is a right way to win.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nikola Vucevic delivers harsh reality after shortnaded loss to lowly Nets

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-trade-proposal-lands-domantas-sabonis-kings-nikola-vucevic-swap');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bulls trade proposal lands Domantas Sabonis from Kings in Nikola Vucevic swap');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bulls-trade-proposal-lands-Domantas-Sabonis-from-Kings-in-Nikola-Vucevic-swap.jpg"><figcaption>30/11/25</figcaption></figure><h1>Bulls trade proposal lands Domantas Sabonis from Kings in Nikola Vucevic swap</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-30T10:32:45-08:00">November 30th, 10:32am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-30T10:32:45-08:00">November 30th, 10:32am</time><address><a>Rohan Brahmbhatt</a>Rohan Brahmbhatt is an adventure-driven sports writer, passionate footballer, mountaineer, and photojournalist. Rohan blends firsthand experience with storytelling—capturing the intensity of sport and the thrill of exploration. Whether on the field, a mountain trail, or behind the lens, he brings authentic, high-energy narratives that connect readers to the heart of the action.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bulls</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago Bulls walked into the season with quiet confidence, a healthy roster, and perhaps the strongest continuity core in the Eastern Conference. At one point, they were 6-1, looking like a team ready to erase years of inconsistency and finally make a legitimate playoff push.</p><p>But reality, as it tends to do in the NBA, hit quickly. The Bulls now sit at 9-10, struggling defensively and offensively, and falling back into a familiar limbo: not bad enough to bottom out, yet not good enough to scare the elite.</p><p>The situation has reignited internal discussions about roster upgrades, and the loudest rumor now floating across the league is bold, messy, and fascinating: <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/nba-rumors-domantas-sabonis-joins-anthony-davis-speculative-bulls-trade-target">a potential trade targeting Sacramento Kings All-Star Domantas Sabonis</a>, who is currently sidelined with a partially torn meniscus.</p><p>According to reporting from Jake Fischer, multiple executives believe Chicago could <a href="https://fanspo.com/nba/trade-machine" rel="noopener">explore packaging</a> Nikola Vucevic, whose expiring $21.4 million contract has become a legitimate trade asset, in a deal to land Sabonis.</p><p>There’s even a belief that the Bulls could chase another big name in parallel: Anthony Davis, returning to his hometown. However, Sabonis is the most realistic and perhaps the most transformational target.</p><h2><b>Why Sabonis fits the Bulls’ identity and timeline</b></h2><p>Sabonis is only 29, an elite rebounder, playmaker, and interior scorer whose game isn’t dependent on athleticism. That matters, especially for a Bulls team trying to build something sustainable without rushing toward a rebuild.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-injury-status-pelicans">While Nikola Vucevic has been productive</a>, shooting over 40% from deep for the second straight season and continuing to space the floor, Sabonis offers something Vucevic never fully brought: offensive gravity as a facilitator.</p><p>Chicago’s biggest issues this season haven’t been shot creation, shooting talent, or star ability. The problem has been stagnation. When the offense slows, everything becomes isolation-dependent. Josh Giddey can rescue possessions, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-coby-white-milestone-north-carolina">and Coby White has leaped,</a> but nothing feels naturally connected.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">SABONIS GETS IT TO GO WITH 0.7 LEFT!</p><p>Puts the <a href="https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SacramentoKings</a> up 1 🚨 <a href="https://t.co/Ci49Dle1xy">pic.twitter.com/Ci49Dle1xy</a></p><p>— NBA (@NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1853642574092714084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Sabonis changes that.</p><p>Every team he has played for has improved ball movement the moment he steps onto the floor. He bends defenses as a hub, not merely a scorer. Chicago hasn’t had a big man with that skill set since Joakim Noah, and even then, Sabonis offers far more scoring versatility.</p><p>If the Bulls want to build a modern offense, one defined by flow rather than rescue-ball, Sabonis is the kind of player who can reshape a franchise’s identity.</p><h2><b>Would the Kings actually trade Sabonis?</b></h2><p>That’s the uncomfortable part.</p><p>The Kings didn’t acquire Sabonis to flip him; they acquired him to end their historic playoff drought, and he helped do that. Sacramento believed he was their foundational star, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-rumors-domantas-sabonis-doug-christie">the engine of Doug Christie’s offense</a>, and a long-term cultural anchor.</p><p>But the timeline has shifted.</p><p>The Kings are 5-15 to start the season, spiraling, and now Sabonis is injured. For a small-market franchise, injuries mixed with stagnation can quickly turn into existential urgency.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">SABONIS WITH THE POSTER ON ANTHONY DAVIS 😳 <a href="https://t.co/s6BxYc2VJI">pic.twitter.com/s6BxYc2VJI</a></p><p>— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/1850373694801039540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>If Sacramento believes the current roster ceiling has been reached,<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-rumors-will-domantas-sabonis-demand-trade-insider-latest-buzz"> trading Sabonis while his value remains high</a> could be a painful but logical pivot.</p><p>The Bulls offer the kind of package that appeals to teams at a crossroads: expiring contracts, flexibility, and the chance to retool without detonating everything. Vucevic’s deal is clean, tradable, and attractive for salary matching without anchoring the future.</p><p>Young pieces or picks could sweeten the offer.</p><p>The biggest complication? The emotional weight. Trading Sabonis would signal that Sacramento is abandoning the version of the franchise it has spent three years trying to sell.</p><h2><b>Is this the bold move the Bulls finally need?</b></h2><p>Chicago has lived in NBA purgatory long enough. They’ve been too committed to running it back, too patient, too reluctant to accept that core chemistry doesn’t always equal core competitiveness.</p><p>The front office’s messaging has emphasized belief, belief in development, belief in stability, and belief in continuity.</p><p>But belief has a shelf life, and right now, it’s expiring.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="und">NIKOLA VUČEVIĆ PUTS CHICAGO AHEAD.</p><p>BULLS WIN A TIGHT ONE AT HOME. <a href="https://t.co/3CSouhHQF6">pic.twitter.com/3CSouhHQF6</a></p><p>— NBA (@NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1985912477662564643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Sabonis isn’t a superstar on the level of Giannis or Jokic, but he’s a franchise pillar, someone who can elevate the players around him. His passing would open up better looks for Giddey, simplify reads for Coby White, and give Chicago’s offense a structure it has been missing for years.</p><p>The medical concerns are real; a partially torn meniscus isn’t a light injury, but Chicago is in a position where risk is no longer optional; it’s necessary.</p><p>If the Bulls are serious about taking the next step, not just competing but matter­ing, then making a deal like this isn’t reckless.</p><p>It’s overdue. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-news-domantas-sabonis-significant-time-partially-torn-meniscus-knee">A Sabonis trade would be polarizing, expensive, and uncertain,</a> but it would give Chicago something it hasn’t had in a decade:</p><p>A direction. The question now isn’t whether Sabonis is available.</p><p>It’s whether the Bulls finally have the conviction to stop waiting and start building.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bulls trade proposal lands Domantas Sabonis from Kings in Nikola Vucevic swap

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-billy-donovan-fully-agrees-nikola-vucevic-blasting-chicago-soft');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Billy Donovan fully agrees with Nikola Vucevic blasting Bulls as ‘soft’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Donovan_613d74.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Why Billy Donovan fully agrees with Nikola Vucevic blasting Bulls as ‘soft’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-25T06:28:49-08:00">November 25th, 6:28am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-25T06:28:49-08:00">November 25th, 6:28am</time><address><a>Rohan Brahmbhatt</a>Rohan Brahmbhatt is an adventure-driven sports writer, passionate footballer, mountaineer, and photojournalist. Rohan blends firsthand experience with storytelling—capturing the intensity of sport and the thrill of exploration. Whether on the field, a mountain trail, or behind the lens, he brings authentic, high-energy narratives that connect readers to the heart of the action.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bulls</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The message from<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-injury-status-pelicans"> Nikola Vucevic over the weekend was loud</a>, sharp, and impossible to ignore. The Chicago Bulls’ veteran center, sidelined Monday with a sore knee, did not hold back in calling the team “soft” after another frustrating loss, openly questioning their toughness and accountability.</p><p>Instead of pushing back or <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bulls/2025/11/24/bulls-hot-stove-this-time-new-orleans-get-burned" rel="noopener">downplaying the remarks</a>, head coach Billy Donovan doubled down, saying not only was Vucevic right, but that the Bulls needed to hear it.</p><p>“I have a good relationship with Vooch, and Vooch is a really smart player,” Donovan said. “He understands what winning looks like and the things you have to do regularly. … Everything he said was nothing that he was off base with. I felt that way, too.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tough one. <a href="https://t.co/clkmA22fr4">pic.twitter.com/clkmA22fr4</a></p><p>— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) <a href="https://twitter.com/chicagobulls/status/1993160685250134255?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>For Donovan, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-satisfied-win-wizards">Vucevic’s critique highlighted a deeper issue</a>: Chicago’s maturity gap and lack of consistent competitive edge. He noted the stark contrast in experience within the locker room, saying, “There’s a huge gap. Vooch has three kids. There’s guys on this team that are basically sophomores in college.”</p><p>The Bulls have shown flashes of resilience. They started the season well, but not enough to establish an identity that withstands pressure. Donovan stressed that the process matters as much as the result, that the team has fallen into the trap of feeling comfortable after wins despite bad habits, and discouraged after losses, even when improvements are visible.</p><p>“You can win games in this league and be going in the wrong direction, and you can lose games and feel really good like, ‘OK, we’re starting to do things the right way, we just didn’t get the result we needed,’” Donovan said. “That’s what Vooch’s point was, that that is not sustainable.”</p><p>Second-year forward Matas Buzelis echoed the sentiment, saying the veteran had “every right to be upset” and that the team had to respond.</p><p>Whether the wake-up call becomes a turning point or just another emotional flash will define the Bulls’ direction from here.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Billy Donovan fully agrees with Nikola Vucevic blasting Bulls as ‘soft’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-injury-status-pelicans');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nikola Vucevic uncertain injury status vs. Pelicans');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Nov-22-2025-Chicago-Illinois-USA-Chicago-Bulls-center-Nikola-Vucevic-9-celebrates-after-scoring-against-the-Washington-Wizards-during-the-second-half-at-United-Center.-Mandatory-Credit-Kamil-Krzaczynsk.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nikola Vucevic uncertain injury status vs. Pelicans</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-24T10:43:56-08:00">November 24th, 10:43am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-24T10:43:56-08:00">November 24th, 10:43am</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bulls</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Monday, the Chicago Bulls will be going for their 10th win of the season against the New Orleans Pelicans on the road. Meanwhile, their veteran center Nikola Vucevic <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/players/9d2f0869/nikola-vucevic">wants the team to play better</a> than they did against the Washington Wizards on Saturday.</p><p>Even though they won 121-120, they weren’t on the same page overall. They only played well in the second half against one of the worst teams in the NBA.</p><p>Now they are up against the 2-15 Pelicans. However, Vucevic’s status to play <a href="https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2025-11-24_12PM.pdf" rel="noopener">is up in the air</a>, per the NBA Injury Report. He is listed as questionable due to right knee soreness.</p><p>Among the other players listed as questionable are Patrick Williams (left wrist sprain) and Kevin Huerter (left pelvis). Additionally, Isaac Okoro (left lumbar radiculopathy), Delan Terry (left calf strain), and Zach Collins (left scaphoid injury) are out.</p><p>Last Saturday, Vucevic, 35, finished the game with 28 points and 12 rebounds against the Wizards. Currently, he is averaging 16.7 points and 9.4 rebounds per game.</p><p>Also, Vucevic is in the final year of his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-agrees-3-year-60-million-contract-extension">three-year, $60 million contract</a>. The Bulls are currently 9-7 and just completed playing five games in seven days.</p><p>Overall, they finished with a 3-2 record during that stretch.</p><h2><b>The health and well-being of the Bulls doesn’t look good</b></h2><p>At this moment, the Bulls roster is pretty hobbled. In addition to the players on the injured list, some of their other core talent is overcoming injury.</p><p>On Friday, Matas Buzelis <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-matas-buzelis-injury-scare-nba-cup-heat">sustained a brief injury scare</a> against the Miami Heat. In the third quarter, Buzelis was seen holding his ankle on the baseline. As he walked off, he put weight on it, but had to be helped off the court.</p><p>Later on, Buzelis made his way back onto the floor.</p><p>Coby White is on minute restrictions after coming back from a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-coby-white-will-miss-start-of-season-with-calf-injury">preseason calf injury</a>.</p><p>As a result, their roster is delicate and depleted.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nikola Vucevic uncertain injury status vs. Pelicans

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-satisfied-win-wizards');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Nikola Vucevic wasn’t satisfied with win over Wizards');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Why-Nikola-Vucevic-wasnt-satisfied-with-win-over-Wizards.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Why Nikola Vucevic wasn’t satisfied with win over Wizards</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-22T20:15:43-08:00">November 22nd, 8:15pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-22T20:15:43-08:00">November 22nd, 8:15pm</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bulls</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It was a festive Saturday night for the Chicago Bulls. On the one hand, they <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-horace-grant-bill-cartwright-john-paxton-ring-of-honor" rel="noopener">honored six legendary members of the organization</a> in their second annual Ring of Honor Ceremony. At the same time, they managed to eek by with a 121-120 victory over the lowly Washington Wizards. </p><p>Even though the general rule of thumb is a win being a win, that wasn’t enough for Bulls’ center Nikola Vucevic. He finished the game with a double-double of 28 points and 12 rebounds. However, in his post-game interview with K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Sports Network, he <a href="https://x.com/stephnoh/status/1992436564765593926?s=46&amp;t=T_IBUDDEVxY-F9B1U7XHFw" rel="noopener">wasn’t having it</a>, per Steph Noh of Sporting News.</p><p>When describing the Bulls’ performance, he called it “soft” through the first three quarters. In the fourth quarter, the Bulls came around to outscore the Wizards 29-22. Also, Matas Buzelis and Jalen Smith photobombed the interview with Vucevic, looking obviously annoyed. As Smith played around with him, he told him to stop and carried on with the interview. </p><p>“We didn’t do anything we talked about,” Vucevic said. “We played really soft, it was really bad. Obviously, we are happy we won, but we can’t keep doing this; it’s not sustainable. We have to be better.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Dying at this Nikola Vucevic postgame interview after the Bulls stole a win against the Wizards <a href="https://t.co/k4x73Tz8Mn">pic.twitter.com/k4x73Tz8Mn</a></p><p>— Steph Noh (@StephNoh) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephNoh/status/1992436564765593926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Bulls trailed for most of the game until the fourth quarter. Ultimately, the energy wasn’t there overall, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-bulls-receive-multiple-injury-updates-wizards-clash">a number of the players were injured</a>, and fatigue from playing five games in seven games started to set in.</p><p>Also, head coach Billy Donovan agreed with Vucevic in his post-game press conference that Chicago <a href="https://x.com/DravesZachary/status/1992439763916206220" rel="noopener">has to play consistently</a> from start to finish.</p><p>“To Vooch’s point, it’s not sustainable to play half”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bulls coach Billy Donovan agrees with Nikola Vucevic’s “soft” comment about the team after they eked out a 121-120 win over the Wizards.</p><p>“To Vooch’s point it’s not sustainable to play half” <a href="https://t.co/JaEM4SIpve">pic.twitter.com/JaEM4SIpve</a></p><p>— Zachary Draves (@DravesZachary) <a href="https://twitter.com/DravesZachary/status/1992439763916206220?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>The Bulls come alive in the second half</b>.</h2><p>There have already been a few instances where the Bulls came out on top because of their second-half performance. The best example was their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-josh-giddey-drops-mic-goat-take-historic-24-point-comeback" rel="noopener">24-point comeback win</a> over the Philadelphia 76ers on Nov. 4, A game in which it was Vucevic who <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-fans-erupt-after-nikola-vucevic-sinks-76ers-on-bonkers-3-pointer" rel="noopener">hit the game-winning three-pointer</a> to give the Bulls their first lead with 3.2 seconds left. </p><p>Ultimately, they won 113-111. Plus, Chicago <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-how-improbable-win-over-nuggets" rel="noopener">came together in the second half</a> against the Denver Nuggets to win 130-127 last Monday. That included outscoring Denver 40-29 in the third quarter. </p><p>The Bulls have completed their run of playing five games in seven days. Altogether, they finished 3-2 during this stretch and are now 9-7 overall. </p><p>On Monday, the Bulls will travel to New Orleans to take on the Pelicans.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Nikola Vucevic wasn’t satisfied with win over Wizards

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-resilience-game-winning-shot');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nikola Vucevic drops unique “resilience” take after game-winning shot saved the Bulls');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Chicago-Bulls-center-Nikola-Vucevic-9-celebrates-with-teammates-after-the-game-winning-buzzer-beater-three-point-basket-against-the-Portland-Trail-Blazers-at-Moda-Center.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nikola Vucevic drops unique “resilience” take after game-winning shot saved the Bulls</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-20T07:47:04-08:00">November 20th, 7:47am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-20T07:47:04-08:00">November 20th, 7:47am</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bulls</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Wednesday, the Chicago Bulls seemed primed to lose their sixth game in a row to the Portland Trail Blazers. However, their 35-year-old veteran big man Nikola Vucevic came to the rescue when he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-saves-chicago-walk-off-3-blazers">hit a game-winning buzzer</a> beater to give the Bulls a 122-121 win.</p><p>Afterward, Vucevic talked about how he felt the ball left his hand after receiving it from Coby White, per Bulls on CHSN.</p><p>“Coby made a great play and I just felt confident in my shot” Vucevic said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Coby made a great play and I just felt confident in my shot."</p><p>Nikola Vucevic joins <a href="https://twitter.com/KCJHoop?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KCJHoop</a> for an instant reaction after his second game-winning three of the season 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/hr67xmymi8">pic.twitter.com/hr67xmymi8</a></p><p>— Bulls on CHSN (@CHSN_Bulls) <a href="https://twitter.com/CHSN_Bulls/status/1991384080475115531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>This was the second game winning shot Vucevic has made this season. On Nov. 4, Vucevic <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-fans-erupt-after-nikola-vucevic-sinks-76ers-on-bonkers-3-pointer">hit a three-pointer with 3.2 seconds left</a> that completed the Bulls’ 24-point comeback win over the Philadelphia 76ers 113-111.</p><p>The victory over the Trail Blazers puts the Bulls at 8-6. On Friday, they will head back home to take on the Miami Heat and follow up against the Washington Wizards on Saturday.</p><p>So far, Vucevic is averaging 16.9 points and 9.9 rebounds per game. Additionally, he is averaging 3.9 assists per game.</p><p>Also, Vucevic is playing out the final year of his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-agrees-3-year-60-million-contract-extension">three-year $60 million contract</a> he signed with Chicago in 2023. In the summer of 2026, he is slated to become an unrestrcited free agent.</p><p>Altogether, Vucevic has played 14 seasons in the NBA, five of which have been with the Bulls.</p><h2><b>Nikola Vucevic has risen to the occassion for the Bulls from beyond the arc.</b></h2><p>In addition to the shots against Portland and Philadelphia, Vucevic recently came through for Chicago against the Denver Nuggets.</p><p>In the final minute of the game, Vuceivc hit a big three pointer that helped lead Chicago down the path to a 130-127 victory. The common thread with all these is that he hit the game winning basket from the three-point line.</p><p>Overall, Vucevic has a career three-point percentage of 34.8%. He is averaging 1.6 three-pointers per game over the last five games. three-pointer</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nikola Vucevic drops unique “resilience” take after game-winning shot saved the Bulls

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-saves-chicago-walk-off-3-blazers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nikola Vucevic saves Bulls with walk-off 3 vs. Blazers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bulls-center-Nikola-Vucevic-9-looks-on-during-the-first-half-against-the-Portland-Trail-Blazers.jpg"><figcaption>Soobum Im-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nikola Vucevic saves Bulls with walk-off 3 vs. Blazers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-19T21:59:11-08:00">November 19th, 9:59pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-19T22:12:55-08:00">November 19th, 10:12pm</time><address><a>Paolo Mariano</a>Paolo Mariano is a freelance writer, editor, and producer based in Manila, Philippines. He is a journalism graduate from the University of Santo Tomas and the father of a young girl whose personality swings from Simone Biles to Dillon Brooks. A beacon of objectivity, he believes Penny Hardaway is the true NBA GOAT.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bulls</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Nikola Vucevic came up big in the clutch for the second straight game as he drained a walk-off three-pointer to lift the Chicago Bulls past the Portland Trail Blazers, 122-121, at Moda Center on Wednesday.</p><p>With 7.2 seconds left in the game, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-coby-white-bulls-vs-blazers-injury">Coby White drove to the lane</a> to try to score. But he found Vucevic open from beyond the arc and dished him the ball. The veteran center calmly <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1991379769825587643" rel="noopener">swished the game-winner</a> as time expired.</p><p>The Bulls improved to 8-6, while the Trail Blazers fell to 6-9.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">NIKOLA VUCEVIC WINS IT FOR THE BULLS WITH THIS THREE AT THE BUZZER 🎯<a href="https://t.co/ZAw5nQxJdd">pic.twitter.com/ZAw5nQxJdd</a> <a href="https://t.co/60gXW6tM0d">https://t.co/60gXW6tM0d</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1991379769825587643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p> </p><p>He finished with 27 points on 11-of-19 shooting and eight rebounds to lead Chicago. He also sank a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-kevin-huerter-nikola-jokic-road-win">dagger three-pointer in their win over the Denver Nuggets</a>, 130-127, on Monday.</p><p>The Bulls almost blew a huge lead in the fourth quarter after allowing the Trail Blazers to come back. Thankfully, Vucevic salvaged the victory.</p><p>White added 25 points, seven assists, and two steals off the bench, while Josh Giddy contributed nine points, five rebounds, and 13 assists.</p><p>The 35-year-old Vucevic has been the subject of trade rumors over the past few years. They became louder in the offseason as he was being linked to the Golden State Warriors. Nothing, however, happened, and the two-time All-Star remained in the Windy City.</p><p>Despite the trade rumors, Vucevic has maintained his professionalism, repeatedly saying that he’s focused on his responsibility to help the Bulls. He is averaging 16.6 points, 9.9 rebounds, and 3.6 rebounds this campaign.</p><p>Chicago has only been to the playoffs twice in the last 10 seasons, including three straight absences.</p><p>The Bulls will return to action on Friday versus the Miami Heat.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nikola Vucevic saves Bulls with walk-off 3 vs. Blazers

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He is a journalism graduate from the University of Santo Tomas and the father of a young girl whose personality swings from Simone Biles to Dillon Brooks. A beacon of objectivity, he believes Penny Hardaway is the true NBA GOAT.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bulls</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago Bulls took care of business on the road as they beat the Denver Nuggets, 130-127, at Ball Arena on Monday. The game went down to the wire, but the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-coby-white-ruled-out-nuggets-clash-jazz-loss">Bulls displayed composure to complete the upset</a> in one of the league’s toughest venues.</p><p>Chicago claimed only its second win on the road and improved to 7-6, while Denver suffered its first loss at home and fell to 10-3.</p><p>The Nuggets mounted a rally from 13 points down in the fourth quarter to recapture the lead, 117-116, with only 2:19 left. After exchanging baskets, Kevin Huerter <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1990635313799061772" rel="noopener">drained a three-pointer</a> to give the Bulls a one-point advantage, 121-120, with only 1:25 remaining.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">KEVIN HUERTER WITH THE HUGE THREE FOR THE LEAD 🎯<a href="https://t.co/nZmfcfB2N7">pic.twitter.com/nZmfcfB2N7</a></p><p>— Bulls Nation (@BullsNationCP) <a href="https://twitter.com/BullsNationCP/status/1990635077965881673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>After another exchange of baskets, Nikola Vucevic <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1990636785320243636" rel="noopener">nailed a three-pointer</a> with just 32.8 ticks left, giving the Bulls a four-point lead, 126-124, and making it a two-possession game. It proved to be the dagger as Chicago held on for the victory.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Nikola Vucevic stretches the Bulls’ lead with 32.8 remaining 🔥<a href="https://t.co/Fji7tnCPfL">pic.twitter.com/Fji7tnCPfL</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1990636785320243636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Bulls survived <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/nba-news-nuggets-nikola-jokic-55-points-interrupted-fan-running-court">another monster performance from Nikola Jokic</a>, who finished with 36 points, 18 rebounds, and 13 assists. He scored 11 points in the final quarter to keep the Nuggets afloat.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Despite the loss, Nikola Jokic BALLED OUT against the Bulls 🔥</p><p>🃏 36 points<br>🃏 18 rebounds<br>🃏 13 assists</p><p>🃏 13-of-26 FG<br>🃏 9-of-12 FT <a href="https://t.co/PrvuU5rPG0">pic.twitter.com/PrvuU5rPG0</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1990637862832738812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Huerter had 20 points, including four three-pointers. Vucevic only scored eight points on 3-of-13 field goals but made the one that mattered the most. He added nine rebounds and six assists.</p><p>Josh Giddey led the Bulls with 21 points, 14 rebounds, and six assists.</p><p>Jokic got support from Jamal Murray, who had 34 points, including five three-pointers, 11 rebounds, and four assists. Aaron Gordon added 24 points and 10 rebounds.</p><p>The Bulls snapped a five-game losing streak and bounced back from a tough double overtime loss to the Utah Jazz, 150-147, on Sunday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bulls’ Nikola Vucevic, Kevin Huerter overcome monster Nikola Jokic performance for road win

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-victor-wembanyama-3-pointers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nikola Vucevic gets brutally honest on Victor Wembanyama dotting back-to-back clutch 3-pointers in his eye');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Chicago-Bulls-center-Nikola-Vucevic-9-passes-the-ball-against-San-Antonio-Spurs-guard-Stephon-Castle-5-during-the-second-half-at-the-United-Center.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nikola Vucevic gets brutally honest on Victor Wembanyama dotting back-to-back clutch 3-pointers in his eye</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-11T08:05:46-08:00">November 11th, 8:05am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-11T14:21:48-08:00">November 11th, 2:21pm</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bulls</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Monday, the Chicago Bulls seemed on the cusp of victory against the San Antonio Spurs, until the one and only Victor Wembanyama <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-admission-spurs-great-start">put a dagger in the hearts</a> of the Bulls and their fans with back-to-back three-pointers in the final seconds.</p><p>As a result, the Spurs defeated the Bulls 121-117. Also, the guy Wemby made three-pointers on was Chicago’s veteran big man Nikola Vucevic.</p><p>After the game, Vucevic <a href="https://x.com/KCJHoop/status/1988092861360079192" rel="noopener">put into words</a> what it was like to try to contain Wemby, per K.C. Johnson of Chicago Sports Network.</p><p>“He’s, what, 7-5? There’s not much you can do,” he said. “I’m not sure how much he even sees me.”</p><p>In the end, Vucevic finished the game with 11 points, eight rebounds, and six assists. Meanwhile, Wemby came away with 38 points, 12 rebounds, and five assists.</p><p>Vucevic is 6-foot-10 and Wemby is 7-foot-4.</p><p>The Bulls have now lost three consecutive games after starting the season at 6-1. Currently, they are 6-4 and are heading to Detroit to take on the Pistons on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Spurs are now 8-2.</p><p>So far, Vucevic is averaging 17.1 points and 10.3 rebounds per game. All the while, he is in the final year of his<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-agrees-3-year-60-million-contract-extension"> three-year $60 million deal</a> he signed with the Bulls in 2023. After this year, Vucevic is slated to become an unrestricted free agent.</p><h2><b>Nikola Vucevic remains one of the Bulls’ consistent performers</b></h2><p>Despite the defeat, Vucevic had another good showing, doing a little bit of everything. So far this year, he <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask?q=nikola+vu%C4%8Devi%C4%87+double+doubles" rel="noopener">has notched</a> five double-doubles, per StatMuse.</p><p>While he may not be the generational talent that Wemby is, he is, without question, a reliable presence on the floor. Since 2021, Vucevic has averaged 18 points, 10 rebounds, and three assists per game.</p><p>However, he hasn’t always been up to par on defense. Still, Vucevic is reliable in the paint and on the boards.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nikola Vucevic gets brutally honest on Victor Wembanyama dotting back-to-back clutch 3-pointers in his eye

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-why-stacey-king-screaming-elizabeth-after-nikola-vucevics-game-winner');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Stacey King was screaming ‘Elizabeth’ after Nikola Vucevic’s Bulls game-winner');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Vucevic-celebrates.jpg"><figcaption>Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Why Stacey King was screaming ‘Elizabeth’ after Nikola Vucevic’s Bulls game-winner</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-05T09:54:52-08:00">November 5th, 9:54am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-05T09:58:57-08:00">November 5th, 9:58am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University alum from Atlanta who graduated with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bulls</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Recently, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-josh-giddey-drops-mic-goat-take-historic-24-point-comeback">Chicago Bulls improved</a> to 6-1 on the young 2025-26 NBA season with a thrilling home win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night. While they were trailing at one point by as 24 points but hung in there and ultimately ended up pulling the game out of the fire at the end thanks to a game winner <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-warning-chicago-comeback-76ers">from Nikola Vucevic.</a></p><p>One thing that had people on social media buzzing was commentator and former Bulls player Stacey King’s call of the final shot, frequently referencing “Elizabeth” in his monologue.</p><p>After the game, King took to X to<a href="https://x.com/Stacey21King/status/1985953825010704742" rel="noopener"> express his enthusiasm</a>, as well as show a clip from Sanford and Son, where the reference originated.</p><p>“I had another one tonight Elizabeth!! What a freaking game! Down 24 didn’t fold and outworked the Sixers in 2nd half. I tried to tell y’all this is a different team than in the past! Great team chemistry, different guy every night and arguably the deepest team in the NBA this year!! Time to embrace this team Bulls Nation!! 6-1 tops in the Eastern Conference!!” wrote King.</p><p>While many would disagree with the “deepest team in the NBA” claim, the Bulls have undeniably been the biggest surprise of the early NBA season, and have their fans excited for the first time in a while.</p><h2><b>Are the Bulls legit?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bulls-guard-Josh-Giddey.jpg"><figcaption>Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Amid the Bulls’ hot start, many have pointed to the borderline unbelievable luck that Chicago has had with their opponents missing open and wide open three-point attempts, which was attributed in large part to their success.</p><p>While that has certainly played a big role, the Bulls have also seen some All-Star level play from Josh Giddey, and continued ascension from Matas Buzelis in his second year in the NBA. That, combined with a crew of role players who can do multiple things on the floor, has led the Bulls to perform well above expectations so far this year.</p><p>The Bulls will next take the floor on Friday evening on the road against the Milwaukee Bucks.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Stacey King was screaming ‘Elizabeth’ after Nikola Vucevic’s Bulls game-winner

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-warning-chicago-comeback-76ers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nikola Vucevic sends cautious warning to Bulls about 24-point comeback vs. 76ers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Nov-4-2025-Chicago-Illinois-USA-Chicago-Bulls-center-Nikola-Vucevic-9-walks-off-the-court-after-an-NBA-game-against-the-Philadelphia-76ers-at-United-Center.-Mandatory-Credit-Kamil-Krzaczynski-Imagn-I.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nikola Vucevic sends cautious warning to Bulls about 24-point comeback vs. 76ers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-05T08:39:18-08:00">November 5th, 8:39am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-05T08:53:12-08:00">November 5th, 8:53am</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bulls</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Tuesday, the Chicago Bulls <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-editorials/bulls-ayo-dosunmu-loss-win-76ers">pulled out all the stops</a> and came back from 24 points down to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers. What sealed the deal was a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-fans-erupt-after-nikola-vucevic-sinks-76ers-on-bonkers-3-pointer">three-pointer by Nikola Vucevic</a> with 3.2 seconds left, which<a href="https://x.com/WfromDeBall/status/1985919751802241511" rel="noopener"> </a>gave the Bulls the 113-111 win.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The shot that ended The Process <a href="https://t.co/AwrbL7VPxz">pic.twitter.com/AwrbL7VPxz</a></p><p>— 𝔻𝕖𝔹𝕒𝕝𝕝 (@WfromDeBall) <a href="https://twitter.com/WfromDeBall/status/1985919751802241511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Afterward, Vucevic was obviously joyful in triumph, but also provided<a href="https://x.com/CodyWesterlund/status/1985924303934672912" rel="noopener"> some much-needed context</a>, per Cody Westerlund of 670 The Score.</p><p>“It shows the resilience we have, the belief we have, the togetherness we have,” Vucevic said.</p><p>“It’s also important we understand that this is not how you become a good team, by getting down 20 and then waking up and starting to play finally.”</p><p>Bulls head coach Billy Donovan expressed those same sentiments. Essentially, he was saying that they shouldn’t have found themselves 24 points down to begin with. In the future, he expects them to clean up in certain areas.</p><p>“We’ve got to put our bodies in place,” he said. “We’ve got to be more physical.”</p><p>He also emphasized, “We’ve got to put our bodies. We’ve got to rebound collectively. Got to rebound collectively. We got to share the ball and we got to run.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bulls Coach Billy Donovan saying that despite Nikola Vucevics game winning, the Bulls need to play better all around </p><p>“We got to put our body in place. We got to be more physical. We got to collectively rebound. We got to share the ball and we got to run.” <a href="https://t.co/9W0zkU8BZO">pic.twitter.com/9W0zkU8BZO</a></p><p>— Zachary Draves (@DravesZachary) <a href="https://twitter.com/DravesZachary/status/1986103207945228481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>As a result, Chicago is off to a 6-1 start. Currently, they are in first place in the Eastern Conference standings. A far cry from a team that finished 39-43 last year and fell short of the playoffs.</p><h2><b>What’s the secret behind the Bulls’ early success?</b></h2><p>Overall, the Bulls are a young team under slight pressure, given their position in the lower tier of the NBA. Essentially, they can rely on the best in each other and just go out and play.</p><p>In the process, they have seen some excellent early performances from players such as Josh Giddey and Matas Buzelis.</p><p>Giddey is averaging 23.1 points, 10.0 rebounds, and 9.1 assists thus far. On Tuesday, he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-josh-giddey-pulls-off-eye-popping-feat-last-done-by-1988-89-michael-jordan">had a triple-double</a> of 29 points, 15 rebounds, and 12 assists. Meanwhile, Buzelis is averaging 14.9 points and 4.6 rebounds per game.</p><p>He finished with 10 points and five rebounds against the 76ers. Both have collectively led the backcourt at the outset <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-billy-donovan-coby-white-injury-timeline">without Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu</a>.</p><p>Plus, their bench has stepped up immeasurably with Kevin Huerter, Jalen Smith, and Patrick Williams coming in to provide superb relief.</p><p>It’s still a long season ahead, but so far, it couldn’t be better.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nikola Vucevic sends cautious warning to Bulls about 24-point comeback vs. 76ers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-fans-erupt-after-nikola-vucevic-sinks-76ers-on-bonkers-3-pointer');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bulls fans erupt after Nikola Vucevic sinks 76ers on bonkers 3-pointer');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bulls-center-Nikola-Vucevic-celebrates.jpg"><figcaption>© Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bulls fans erupt after Nikola Vucevic sinks 76ers on bonkers 3-pointer</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-04T19:55:15-08:00">November 4th, 7:55pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-04T19:56:14-08:00">November 4th, 7:56pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bulls</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Tuesday night, it looked like the Chicago Bulls were headed for their second loss of the new season. They were a step behind the Philadelphia 76ers for most of the night, after all. But they were hanging tough, with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/how-josh-giddey-shifted-bulls-trajectory-by-going-from-shooting-liability-to-3-point-marksman">Josh Giddey continuing his breakout campaign</a>, and they finished off an incredible comeback from 24 points down to take a 113-111 win thanks to an incredible three-pointer from Nikola Vucevic with time winding down.</p><p>All night long, the Bulls were hanging on against the 76ers. Come the fourth quarter, it was evident that Philly was gassed, and the Bulls pushed the issue. And with 14 seconds to go, the Bulls found themselves with the basketball down by one, 111-110. Giddey then got the step on Kelly Oubre Jr. after a good screen from Kevin Huerter, forcing Joel Embiid to take a step towards the paint to try and deter a go-ahead attempt from Giddey near the rim.</p><p>But Giddey’s playmaking is simply on a different level right now. The burgeoning Bulls star threw a bullet pass towards the waiting arms of Vucevic on the corner, with his off-hand, no less, and with Quentin Grimes closing out late, the Montenegrin big man <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1985912016431624483" rel="noopener">drilled the go-ahead</a> triple for Chicago’s first lead of the game.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="pl">NIKOLA VUCEVIC GAME WINNER 🍿🚨 </p><p> <a href="https://t.co/Inw3CVMTny">pic.twitter.com/Inw3CVMTny</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1985912016431624483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>This Bulls team is different from yesteryear, and it’s thanks in large part to the improved play of Giddey, the emergence of a well-rounded supporting cast, and the continued consistency of Vucevic. They are now 6-1 on the season, and while some drop-off is to be expected, there are signs that show that this kind of winning basketball could very well be sustainable for the Bulls.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-billy-donovan-coby-white-injury-timeline">Coby White is also going to be returning</a> from injury soon, so the Bulls should have all the tools needed for them to prove that this hot start is not a mirage.</p><h2><b>Bulls fans erupt as 24-point comeback fuels 6-1 start</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bulls-center-Nikola-Vucevic-9-defends.jpg"><figcaption>© Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Bulls are the best team in the Eastern Conference at the moment, which wasn’t expected entering the 2025-26 season. After all, this was a team that finished in the play-in spots for the past few seasons. Nonetheless, Giddey has turned into a legitimate superstar, and everyone is pitching in across the board. Fans, as a result, were in a state of euphoria on social media.</p><p>“We are so back,” X user @ToddHardwick737 <a href="https://x.com/a/status/1985912691190370568" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.</p><p>“BULLS ARE FULLY BACK BABYYYY,” @HenryCory <a href="https://x.com/HenryCory/status/1985913059362455818" rel="noopener">added</a>.</p><p>“The Bulls fighting spirit is huge man damn that was epic game to watch,” @Billy_PMS <a href="https://x.com/Billy_PMS/status/1985912797952143739" rel="noopener">furthered</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bulls fans erupt after Nikola Vucevic sinks 76ers on bonkers 3-pointer

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-matas-buzelis-reminds-nikola-vucevic-nba-greats');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Bulls’ Matas Buzelis reminds Nikola Vucevic of NBA greats');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Matas-Buzelis.jpg"><figcaption>Matt Marton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Why Bulls’ Matas Buzelis reminds Nikola Vucevic of NBA greats</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-22T22:06:47-07:00">October 22nd, 10:06pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-22T22:06:47-07:00">October 22nd, 10:06pm</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is a Senior Editor, NFL and NCAA Sports Lead at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bulls</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago Bulls are in a rebuilding phase in 2025-26, but that didn’t stop them from getting in the win column on opening night. In front of a packed crowd at the United Center, the Bulls picked up a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-ayo-dosumnnu-patrick-williams-season-opener">115-111 win over the Detroit Pistons</a> to get going in the right direction this season.</p><p>Nikola Vucevic starred for the Bulls, finishing with 28 points and 14 rebounds to lead all scorers. However, he got plenty of help from his second-year teammate Matas Buzelis, who racked up 21 points and six boards in the win. After the game, Vucevic gave Buzelis a strong endorsement and claimed he <a href="https://x.com/CodyWesterlund/status/1981206810804834432" rel="noopener">reminds him of some of the greats</a>, via Cody Westerlund of 670 The Score.</p><p>“What I really like about him is he has a little bit of cockiness in him, but not in a bad way,” Vucevic said. “He just has belief, which all the great ones do have. Obviously, he still has to continue to work, but I think he’s taken huge steps from last season.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-editorials/matas-buzelis-bulls-breakout-coby-white-injury">Buzelis has a versatile skillset and a lot of potential</a> after the Bulls took him in the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft, so it’s good to see him get off to a good start this season. If he can emerge as a true franchise centerpiece for this Bulls squad moving forward, this season can be viewed as a success no matter what the final win-loss record ends up being.</p><p>However, after this showing in the first game of the year against a team that went to the playoffs last season, the Bulls will have their eyes on a playoff berth this year. They have other promising young pieces around Buzelis, and they <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-coby-white-will-miss-start-of-season-with-calf-injury">played without point guard Coby White</a> on Wednesday night as he works his way back from a calf injury.</p><p>On top of that, Vucevic can still carry the load offensively at times with his ability to score at all three levels of the floor. If Buzelis can step up as another go-to guy that Chicago can rely on each and every night, this could be a sneaky competitive team in the Eastern Conference.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Bulls’ Matas Buzelis reminds Nikola Vucevic of NBA greats

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-editorials/nikola-vucevic-bulls-unique-gunslinger');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Nikola Vucevic is still Bulls’ unique gunslinger');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Oct-22-2025-Chicago-Illinois-USA-Detroit-Pistons-forward-Isaiah-Stewart-28-fouls-Chicago-Bulls-center-Nikola-Vucevic-9-during-the-first-half-at-United-Center-1.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Why Nikola Vucevic is still Bulls’ unique gunslinger</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-22T20:19:19-07:00">October 22nd, 8:19pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-22T20:19:19-07:00">October 22nd, 8:19pm</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bulls</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>For over a decade, Nikola Vucevic has been an unmistakable presence in the NBA, first with the Orlando Magic and more recently with the Chicago Bulls. Additionally, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/eurobasket-news-nikola-vucevic-retirement-announcement" rel="noopener">he gave it his all</a> on the international front during tournaments such as Eurobasket for Montenegro. </p><p>Altogether, he has demonstrated a trifecta of efficiency, poise, and versatility. All of which was on full display on Wednesday during the Bulls’ season opener against the Detroit Pistons. Essentially, Vucevic didn’t skip a beat from start to finish. Altogether, he finished with a double-double that included 28 points and 14 rebounds. Plus, he added two assists and was a perfect 2-for-2 from the free throw line. </p><p>In all, Vucevic was 11-for-18 (62%) from the field.</p><p>Certainly not to be overlooked, Vucevic made four three-pointers as the Bulls went on to win in thrilling fashion 115-11. It also helped that Vucevic was on the floor to make some big shots down the stretch. The Pistons came back from 19 points down to bring it within single digits in the fourth quarter. </p><p>Nevertheless, Vuceivc’s performance shows that the 34-year-old isn’t slowing down anytime soon. That <a href="https://twitter.com/DravesZachary/status/1981198039462170948" rel="noopener">doesn’t go unoticed</a> from head coach Billy Donovan. </p><p>“Vooch does an unbelivable job professionally taking care of himself getting ready to turn 35,” Donovan said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Coach Billy Donovan on Nikola Vucevics amazing season opening performance.</p><p>“Vooch does an unbelievable job professionally taking care of himself getting ready to turn 35” <a href="https://t.co/1DGiUy4RRY">pic.twitter.com/1DGiUy4RRY</a></p><p>— Zachary Draves (@DravesZachary) <a href="https://twitter.com/DravesZachary/status/1981198039462170948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>During the Bulls’ Media Day in September, Vucevic still <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-young-mans-spirit-future" rel="noopener">maintained a strong love and passion</a> for the game. All the while, not letting his age and natural limitations that come with that define him. </p><p>Additionally, it is crunch time for Vucevic. Currently, he is in the final year of his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-agrees-3-year-60-million-contract-extension">three-year $60 million contract</a>, which he signed in 2023. Additionally, there are rumors that the Bulls are <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-rumors-insider-hard-nikola-vucevic-trade-prediction">considering trading him</a>. Rumors that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-nikola-vucevic-calls-out-nonsense-rumors">Vucevic has emphatically refuted</a>. Recently, a report circulated that the Bulls were looking to <a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/chicago-bulls/news/bulls-predicted-trade-nikola-vucevic-julian-phillips-133-million-shot-blocking-lob-threat/a1fb44491de1d5cb26cf9ea4?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on" rel="noopener">negotiate a trade</a> with the Utah Jazz, per TJ Morin of The Sporting News. In return, Chicago would receive Julian Phillips and Walker Kessler. </p><p>With all that is on the table, Chicago should savor each moment with the one they call “Vooch”. </p><h2><b>The Bulls are lucky to have Nikola Vucevic while they still have him</b>.</h2><p>Nobody can deny that for a team of youngsters, it is good to have someone of the veteran pedigree that Vucevic possesses. Overall, he is the type of player to be counted on to set the example of what it means to be a complete player. He is an efficient scorer and playmaker, and can secure double-doubles on a routine basis. </p><p>Altogether, Vucevic can score from all spots on the floor, not just in the paint. He also has a really well-executed mid-range jumper and can shoot from beyond the arc when needed. Plus, he has excellent vision on the floor and can create opportunities for his teammates to score, particularly when finding the open man as he drives the defense up to him. </p><p>For seven consecutive seasons, he has averaged a double-double in scoring and rebounding. Throughout his time with the Bulls, that has been the case. All the while, Vucevic has become a fan favorite in Chicago, hence his nickname. Every time he gets introduced and/or scores, the loud sound of “Vooooch” reverberates through the United Center. </p><p>Then there he is, to keep the team together and provide the young guys with a role model to follow.</p><p>At this point, anything is possible. The good thing is that the season just started, and the best approach is to take one game at a time. Or the case of “Vooch”, play every game as if it were his last.  </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
16.7	9.6	3.4	0.4	0.6

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
16.7	9.6	3.4	0.4	0.6

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