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Defense fails Bulls in loss to Cavaliers

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The Bulls' Luol Deng keeps the ball inbounds despite pressure from the Cavaliers' Shaun Livingston (14) in the fourth quarter Tuesday night.

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Cleveland played without all-star point guard Kyrie Irving because of a sore knee, but the Cavs had more than enough, as Tom Thibodeau likes to say, and knocked off the Bulls 101-98 on Tuesday at the United Center. The Cavs snapped an 11-game losing streak to the Bulls.