What we learned from the Chicago Bulls' close loss to the Milwaukee Bucks

A couple of takeaways from the Bulls' close loss at the hands of the Bucks.

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The Chicago Bulls visited the Fiserv Forum on Monday night and came away with an L as they couldn’t keep up with the Milwaukee Bucks in overtime, 133-129. The loss stopped the team’s four-game winning streak and sent them back to the drawing board with a tough stretch of games up ahead.

Here are a couple of takeaways from the game:

Another Coby shooting spree

The Coby White show continued in Milwaukee as the point guard shot with confidence and sank six more three-pointers to bring his total to 53 in the last 11 games. White’s ascension this season continues as he finished the game with 33 points — second only to DeMar DeRozan’s 41 points — on 12-of-20 shooting.

Unfortunately for the Bulls, they couldn’t get the ball into White’s hot hands as the former Tar Heel failed to shoot a triple from the latter stages of the fourth until the final possession of overtime.

BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG.@NBCSChicago | @CobyWhite pic.twitter.com/G9RdMwvF5V

— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) December 12, 2023

Ayo lays an egg

With Zach LaVine slated to be on the sidelines for at least three weeks, hopes were high for third-year guard Ayo Dosunmu to step up. History has shown him capable of doing so, as he has averaged 13.1 points, 5.0 assists, and 4.3 rebounds per game in the 22 games he started when LaVine sat out.

Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case on Monday night, as Dosunmu struggled immensely and registered this ugly stat line:

Ayo Dosunmu tonight:

0 points
0 rebounds
0 assists
0 steals
0 blocks
0% FG pic.twitter.com/0lzl2Ey8ks

— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) December 12, 2023

Despite the Bulls' loss to the Bucks, Billy Donovan remains enthralled by their fighting spirit