Cartwright could be excused for contemplating taking it after watching the Bulls suffer a thoroughly deflating 109-105 overtime loss before 17,441 at the Air Canada Centre.

The Bulls, whose fourth-quarter rally?this time from 18 points?fell short for the second straight game, appeared to have everything in their favor.

Toronto played without Vince Carter and Antonio Davis. Instant replay worked flawlessly to wipe off Mamadou N'diaye's potential game-winning tip-in at the regulation buzzer. A foul by N'diaye on an inbounds pass put Donyell Marshall at the line with 0.4 seconds remaining in overtime.

And the Bulls still lost?for the 15th straight time to Toronto.