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Wade out of answers for Bulls' skid

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Losers of five straight and six of seven, the Chicago Bulls are nosediving. Sunday's woeful performance against the Boston Celtics dropped them a game-and-a-half out of eighth place in the East.

It may be panic time, and Dwyane Wade is already sick of talking to the media about Chicago's struggles. The Bulls have been running an 11-deep rotation of late - something bound to create continuity and chemistry issues - and Wade's frustration showed after Sunday's 20-point loss.

"I wish upper management could be answering these questions," he said, according to the Chicago Tribune's K.C. Johnson. "Because I'm tired of answering the same ones after every game. I wish I had the answers, but I don't. I don't want to say too much, I don't want to say the wrong thing. I want to get out there and try to play and try to lead."

As in: actions speak louder than words.

"Talking isn’t the thing," he added. "Calling somebody out ain't the thing. We're here, man. It's unfortunate. We have to find a way to win games."

Wade scored eight points Sunday, and the Bulls put up just 26 in the first half on the way to a 100-80 loss. Jimmy Butler notched only five points.

Wade refused to pin any of the Bulls' problems - rotational or otherwise - on head coach Fred Hoiberg, who has seemingly been under fire from the moment he was hired to replace Tom Thibodeau in 2015.

"People have a lot of things they can say about Fred as a coach," Wade said. "I will defend him on this: This is a tough situation he's put in now."

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