Bulls shore up defensive effort, knock off Pistons

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Nikola Vucevic had 29 points and 12 rebounds and the visiting Chicago Bulls defeated the Detroit Pistons 122-112 on Monday night.

Zach LaVine and Coby White supplied 25 points apiece for the Bulls. Josh Giddey had a near triple-double with 11 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds.

Chicago had allowed 144 and 143 points while losing its previous two contests. On Monday, the Bull