LeBron James would probably like a mulligan for his play on Thursday night.

Kyrie Irving too.

Let’s go inside the matchup and look at the struggles the Cavaliers’ top two had playing without their big man, Kevin Love, in a loss to the Chicago Bulls.

Cleveland had a chance to move ahead of the Bulls into the Central Division lead, but came up well short.

Tony Snell > LeBron

James finished with 31 points, but had eight turnovers, one short of his season high.

James has three games this season with at least eight turnovers, matching his most such games in an NBA season. He previously had three in each of his first two NBA seasons — 2003-04 and 2004-05.

His eight turnovers led to 15 Bulls points. The rest of the Cavaliers combined for eight turnovers.

James went 6-of-15 with six turnovers when guarded by Tony Snell, including 3-of-11 on shots from 16 feet or farther.

James shot 5-of-18 outside the paint Thursday. In his past two games, James is 6-of-26 on shots outside the paint.

James finished with a minus-27, the third-worst plus-minus of his NBA career. The Bulls outscored the Cavaliers 93-66 with James on the court.

Meanwhile Snell had the second-best game of his career, just two days after having the best game of his career. After shooting 9-of-11 in 41 minutes against the Kings, he matched those totals against a better opponent. Not only that, but he went 4-of-6 from 3-point range in each game.

Snell’s nine field goals on Thursday were assisted by seven different Bulls players.

Derrick Rose > Kyrie Irving

Rose had one of those days in which he looked like his old self, finishing with 30 points. Irving finished with 17 points on 6-of-18 shooting.

Rose was 7-of-12 from the field when guarded by Irving.

Irving was 3-of-12 from the field when guarded by Rose.

Pau Gasol’s streak continues

Pau Gasol extended his double-double streak to 14 straight games with 18 points and 10 rebounds.

That’s the longest such streak in the NBA this season and the longest such streak by a Bulls player since Michael Jordan had 15 straight in the 1988-89 season.