Bulls bid for season sweep of Hawks

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The race for playoff positioning will intensify on Monday night when the Chicago Bulls host the Atlanta Hawks in a battle for home court in the NBA play-in tournament.

The Bulls sit in ninth place and the Hawks are 10th in the Eastern Conference, and the two likely will play in the opener of theplay-in tournament. But the No. 9 team will host the game, in which the loser is eli