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K.C. Johnson

BRIEF: Bulls' Mike Dunleavy avoids suspension

May 02--The Bulls will have something unusual for Monday's Game 1 of their second-round series against the Cavaliers---their full lineup.

Mike Dunleavy won't be suspended for Game 1, which means Derrick Rose, Jimmy Butler, Dunleavy, Joakim Noah and Pau Gasol will start together against the Cavaliers for the first time this season.

The NBA announced Dunleavy's blow to Michael Carter-Williams in Game 6 against the Bucks, which went uncalled, got upgraded to a flagrant-one foul.

"I'm not surprised," Dunleavy said about the ruling. "I saw the replay. There was some contact above the neck. Those situations, that's what it is nowadays."

The NBA also said Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo will be suspended for one game at the start of the 2015-16 season for running over Dunleavy. Antetokounmpo got ejected for the play.

Dunleavy, who said he didn't think Antetokounmpo should be suspended, said he had no issues with the kid.

"I got no issues with the guy," Dunleavy said. "Good kid, real good basketball player. He was penalized during the game. Foul, flagrant foul, ejected, free throws. Seems fair to me. I don't think it should be anything worse than that."

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