With their top four players out of the lineup, the Bulls fell to Memphis 104-97, their eighth-straight loss. The Bulls were still missing the injured Derrick Rose, Luol Deng, and Joakim Noah, as well as the suspended Kirk Hinrich, so the likes of Acie Law and Ronald Murray started instead. But both played well, Murray leading the team with 25 and Law scoring 18 while Hakim Warrick scored 22 off the bench. While the Bulls got out to an early lead with a three-guard lineup and kept things close through most of the first half, the Grizzlies extended their lead out to 25 points late in the third quarter. And, yet, the short-handed Bulls managed to fight back, outscoring the Grizzlies 34-9 and cut the lead to just 4 with 3:39 left in the game. But from there the comeback fell short as Memphis held off the Chicago rally and held on for the win. The Bulls, who were the sixth seed in the East when the losing streak started, are now ninth in the conference, on the outside of the playoffs looking in. It won't get any easier for the Bulls, who travel to Dallas to take on the Mavericks tonight (7:30 p.m., CSN). more ›

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