Matas Buzelis is not afraid to dunk on anyone — no, seriously, anyone — in the NBA.

On Wednesday night, that simple fact buoyed the Chicago Bulls twice in a desperate sprint to finish a 115-111 season-opening win over the Detroit Pistons.

The Bulls spent three quarters piling up a 23-point lead and fewer than 15 minutes squandering it. Pistons cut the lead down to nine points with just under 10 minutes left to play. The air in the United Center rippled with the slow exhale of a crowd that became accustomed to this pattern of implosions and collapses last season.

But here’s the thing about desperation — it takes very little to be fully dispelled. For the Bulls, all it took was a half-second of flight from their youngest star.

The next play stalled out. Ayo Dosunmu balked under the bas

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