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Bulls secure home court by overwhelming Cavs

CNNSI.com

CHICAGO (AP) John Lucas III scored a career-high 25 points, Joakim Noah had 13 points and 13 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls clinched the top overall seed in the NBA playoffs with a 107-75 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night.

nba.com

The Chicago Bulls are playing without Derrick Rose, Luol Deng and Kyle Korver in their regular-season finale against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Scott Powers, ESPN.com

Philadelphia 76ers guard Evan Turner said Thursday he meant no disrespect to the Chicago Bulls when he said his team would match up better with the Bulls than the Miami Heat in the playoffs.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

The Chicago Bulls will open the postseason Saturday against Philadelphia, just before Miami and New York renew their playoff rivalry.

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

Jeremy Lin might be popular, but Derrick Rose can now claim no one sold more NBA jerseys over the past 12 months than him. Chicago’s son and the NBA’s reigning MVP was the best-selling jersey at the NBA Store and nbastore.com since April of 2011. Lin,…