Bulls vs. Cavaliers: Score, Highlights and Reaction from 2016 Regular Season

February 18th, 2016 by Alec Nathan Leave a reply »

The Cleveland Cavaliers (39-14) outmuscled, outhustled and simply outperformed the Chicago Bulls (27-26) Thursday night to capture a 106-95 victory at Quicken Loans Arena and rip off their fourth straight win. 

Chicago, meanwhile, has now lost five straight and is in a tailspin with Jimmy Butler and Nikola Mirotic both banged up.   

The Cavs coasted behind 25 points, nine assists and nine rebounds from LeBron James, who appeared re-energized and positively locked in following a weeklong All-Star break. 

Kyrie Irving—who helped spark a break that ended with James flushing home a gorgeous transition alley-oop in the third quarter—tallied 19 points and four assists. 



He also spun in a layup after crossing up Bulls forward Taj Gibson with his outrageous handle:



Kevin Love was efficient with 15 points on 5-of-10 shooting to go with 15 rebounds as Cleveland moved the ball effectively from side to side and kept Chicago's defense off balance. 

The same couldn't be said for the Bulls, ...

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