Lopez, Gibson ejected as Bulls lose 5th in 6 games
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Chicago Bulls big men Robin Lopez and Taj Gibson were both ejected during the final minute of Friday's 103-91 loss to the Charlotte Hornets. Lopez was assessed a flagrant-2 foul after an elbow to Marvin Williams; Hornets center Cody Zeller feigned facial contact on the same play.
Gibson, meanwhile, was ejected as a result of the same play after receiving a technical. The defeat was Chicago's fifth in six games and eighth in their last 11.
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