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Midway through the second quarter of Friday’s 123-116 loss to the Charlotte Hornets, Coby White ran out of runway.

The play started like normal. White put his head down and stopped worrying about defenders. He charged toward the rim, barreling awkwardly into Moussa Diabaté in a flat parabola that sent him crashing down into the hardwood.

White had wanted to play hero, offer the Chicago Bulls another two points as they found themselves mired in a shootout against the sixth-worst defense in the league. Instead, he ended up halfway into a back roll, shoulders crunched against the stanchion, legs flailing with the bleak desperation that defined the Bulls throughout the first half.

White’s feet hit both Brandon Miller and Diabaté in the process,

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