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The panic button is on the desk.

It might not be time to press it, but that day is coming soon. The first week of December is still early enough into the NBA season to allow hope or optimism or any other vein of positivity to stay alive for at least a few more days.

But the Chicago Bulls need to stare at that bright red button long and hard — for the rest of the week, for the rest of the month, until they figure out how to get back above .500.

Things are bad. They’re not getting better. That became clear in the third quarter of Friday’s 120-105 loss to the Indiana Pacers as half-hearted boos began to filter down from the 300 level of the United Center.

Photos: Indiana Pacers 120, Chicago Bulls 105

Matas Buzelis had just committed the 11th

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