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The first quarter of the Chicago Bulls season doled out equal portions of hope and pessimism.

After a 5-0 start, the Bulls are four games under .500 at 9-13. This head-spinning plummet from the top of the Eastern Conference to below the play-in cutoff line is enough to leave any fan with a litany of questions.

Here are a few of the most pressing.

Do you think the Bulls’ flaws have a lot to do with injuries and therefore rotations out of order? When fully healthy do you see this team looking more like the 5-0 team rather than the team losing to sub-4-win teams? — Cody B.

Injuries are certainly a driving factor in the severity of this team’s results over the last three weeks. The Bulls were destined for a crash back to reality. Their 5-0 st

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