The Chicago Bulls (20) defeated the Milwaukee Bucks (0 - 2) 91 - 82 on Monday at the United center in Chicago in game two of their first round matchup of the Eastern Conference playoffs. In a chippy game featuring seven technical fouls and an ejection (Zaza Pachulia), the Bulls were able to have a big fourth quarter to pull out the nine - point win and grab a two - game lead in the series. The Bucks had a strong defensive effort in the first half, forcing the Bulls into 11 turnovers before the break, but they were unable to get anything going offensively and the Bulls took a one - point lead into the half. It was the fourth quarter where the Bulls took the advantage though, as they went on a 130 run with six minutes left in the game to put them up 10 fueled by Jimmy Butler, who was nearly unstoppable in this outing. Including that huge final quarter, Butler finished with a game - high of 31 points (10 - 19 FG, 3 - 9 3Pt, 8 - 14 FT), while adding nine rebounds and two assists over 46 minutes. Butler got into a shoving match with OJ Mayo earlier in the second quarter which led to a few technicals, but that really seemed to fuel his intensity and he never looked back. Derrick Rose struggled mightily in the first half, going scoreless on 0 - for - 7 shooting from the field. He clearly made some adjustments at half though and salvaged his performance with 15 points (4 - 14 FG, 2 - 6 3Pt, 5 - 5 FT), seven rebounds and nine assists. Helping to give the Bulls an impressive 64 - 48 rebounding advantage was the duo of Pau Gasol and Joakim Noah, who combined to record 35 of the team's 64 rebounds. Gasol finished with 11 points (4 - 12 FG, 0 - 1 3Pt, 3 - 6 FT), 16 rebounds and four blocked shots, while Noah added six points (3 - 9 FG), 19 rebounds and five assists. After Nikola Mirotic went to the floor and got into a tussle with Zaza Pachulia, he had to leave with a knee injury, but it's unclear how that will affect his status moving forward. Khris Middleton did everything he could to keep the Bucks close. He went into the half leading all scorers with 12 points and then went on to score a team - high of 22 points (8 - 20 FG, 3 - 7 3Pt, 3 - 3 FT), to go along with six rebounds and a steal over 38 minutes. Middleton had 18 points in game one on Saturday as well, but he just has n't gotten enough scoring help to stay even with the Bulls. The only other Buck in double - digit points was Michael Carter-Williams, who posted 12 points (5 - 12 FG, 0 - 1 3Pt, 2 - 3 FT), five rebounds and two assists. Both Giannis Antetokounmpo and Ersan Ilyasova struggled with their shots. They combined to shoot a meager 5 - for - 21 from the field and 0 - for - 3 from the three - point line for 14 points. Antetokounmpo added 11 rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots, but it just was n't enough in the end. Despite forcing the Bulls into 15 total turnovers, while committing just four of their own, the Bucks just could n't establish enough of an offensive presence to keep up in the end. These two teams will now head to Milwaukee for game three of the series on Thursday.
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