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PHOTO: 'Pray for Thibs' street art for fired Bulls coach has short but sweet life

Tim Fuller / USA TODAY Sports

Nothing has been going right for Tom Thibodeau lately.

When it became clear the Chicago Bulls head coach's firing was imminent, local artist Bae Cutler created a public art piece in remembrance of the father of poor minutes management's time at the helm of the Bulls.

"The magic is in the work" #rip #thibs #bulls #seered #baecutler

A photo posted by @baecutler on

However, the touching tribute was short-lived. A day after Thibodeau was relegated to the coaching carousel, the piece was gone, Jeremy Woo of Sports Illustrated reported Friday.

The artist, famed for his "Pray 4 Rose" mural after point guard Derrick Rose suffered a torn meniscus, did share how "Pray 4 Thibs" came into being on Imgur.

PRAY4THIBS

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