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The Chicago Bulls (24-29) will be trying to stop a four-game losing streak when visiting the Brooklyn Nets (14-37) on Monday, February 9, 2026 at Barclays Center. It will air at 7:30 p.m. ET on YES and CHSN. The Bulls enter this matchup after a 136-120 loss to the Nuggets on Saturday. The Nets came out on top in their most recent game 127-113 against the Wizards on Saturday. In the losing effort, Matas Buzelis led the Bulls with 21 points. In the Nets' win, Michael Porter Jr. led the team with 23 points (adding six rebounds and three assists).
A University of Florida basketball crowd started a brutal chant for an opposing player who returned to college after an unsuccessful stint in the NBA. During Sunday's game between the Gators and the Alabama Crimson Tide, Alabama center Charles Bediako was at the free throw line when the chant rang out across the gym. As he prepared to shoot, the crowd's criticism of the 23-year-old was loud and clear, as G League dropout! could be heard on the TV broadcast.