Losses are starting to snowball for the banged-up Chicago Bulls.

For the Indiana Pacers, opponents' big runs have been bothersome.

Reversing course and building momentum will be the aim for both sides during Friday's game in Chicago.

Indiana bemoaned the 22-3 run it yielded at the end of the first half of a 135-120 home loss to Denver on Wednesday. Separate smaller runs by the Cleveland Cavaliers added up in a defeat two nights earlier.

"We gotta avoid those runs," Pacers forward Pascal Siakam said. "Most of the time, three quarters of the game is good. It's hard when we let ourselves get into those holes where we can't get ourselves out of. It's tough to keep fighting an uphill battle the whole rest of the game. We can't allow that."

While keeping foes in check ultimately remains the

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