Bulls fire interim coach after missing playoffs

DEERFIELD, Ill. -- The Chicago Bulls fired interim coach Jim Boylan on Thursday, likely the first of several changes after a disappointing season.

The firing was the first move of what figures to be a busy offseason for a team that finished 11th in the Eastern Conference just one season after reaching the second round of the playoffs.

They were 24-32 under Boylan, who was promoted from assistant to his first NBA head coaching job after Chicago fired Scott Skiles in December.

Bucks fire Krystkowiak

MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Bucks fired Larry Krystkowiak a day after he completed his first full season as an NBA head coach. The team, which hired general manager JohnHammond last week, went 26-56 under Krystkowiak.

-- AP