Kris Dunn rarely tweets. But on Tuesday he tapped out these words: “Playing this game is a dream, But playing in front of my pops is Love.”

Dunn’s father, John Seldon, came in from Connecticut to watch a performance Monday night at the United Center that turned the Bulls’ so-called point guard of the future into the man of the hour.

Dunn scored 22 points on 9-for-14 shooting and dished out six assists in the Bulls’ 117-115 win over the 76ers, earning heavy praise from coach Fred Hoiberg.

“Give Kris Dunn a lot of credit for running the show out there,” Hoiberg said. “We put guys in a lot of different positions, and he did a tremendous job of finding the right guy.”

When Dunn arrived in Chicago from the Timberwolves as part of the Jimmy Butler trade, he said, “I was definitely down on myself.”

A brutal rookie season in Minnesota under Tom Thibodeau sapped Dunn’s confidence. He shot 28.8 percent from 3-point range.

“He had an inconsistent release point,” Hoiberg said. “His body was a mess.”

With the Bulls down 107-104 on Monday, Dunn nailed a 3.

“Kris’ mechanics, they’ve really improved,” Hoiberg said. “That shot, everything was on balance. He was in a straight line and he finished with a high follow-through.”

Dunn has hit 42.3 percent from 3-point range over his last 11 games and 38.6 percent for the season. But there’s so much more to his game, as these three plays show:

• With the Bulls up 110-107, Dunn went one-on-one against T.J. McConnell. He used a rub from Lauri Markkanen, executed a crossover dribble and spun to create an open look from 10 feet, burying the shot.

“That was a big-time spin move,” Hoiberg said.

• Now guarded by the 6-foot-9 Robert Covington, the 6-4 Dunn dribbled between his legs, stepped back and hit from the top of the key.

“The midrange (jumper), that's what I try to work on every day,” Dunn said. “That's my shot.”

The long 2 is also the shot that those loyal to analytics despise.

“If you look at all the analytics, that's the least productive shot in the game,” Hoiberg said. “But for Kris, that’s his comfort zone, and that's a shot he's taken really his whole life. That's what he did a lot in college — that and get into the paint and hit the floater.”

Hoiberg mentioned Dwyane Wade’s love for the midrange jumper. Dunn pointed to Chris Paul.

“I'm not big on numbers or analytics,” Dunn said. “I've always been a midrange shooter, even in high school. That and driving downhill. I'm not going to change it. Chris Paul, no one says anything when he's making midrange (shots) all day. It’s an art when he does it.”

• With the Bulls leading 114-112 and needing a knockout blow, Dunn blew past Jerryd Bayless and attracted a crowd of defenders in the paint. He fired a long pass across the court to Nikola Mirotic, who was all alone behind the 3-point line. Swish.

“I didn’t know he’d be in that spot, but once I drove and looked up, I saw him flaring out to the wing and just hit him,” Dunn said. “He made a big-time shot.”

Does Dunn derive more satisfaction from hitting a shot or making a key dish?

“Oh, a pass,” he replied. “I like to see other players show emotion. I’m an emotional player, and their passion … shows that they care about the game and care about winning.”

The Bulls have won six straight. If they knock off the Magic at home Wednesday, it would mark the longest winning streak of Hoiberg’s tenure.

Watch for Dunn to gesture to his father, with whom he and older brother John reunited during Kris’ adolescence.

“It’s special to play in front of him,” Dunn said. “He’s a great father; he always has been as soon as he came in my life for me and my brother.”

Roster move: The Bulls waived guard Kay Felder, who appeared in 14 games and averaged 3.9 points, 1.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 9.6 minutes. Hoiberg said it was a move for roster “flexibility,” and there are no plans to convert Antonio Blakeney’s two-year, two-way deal into an NBA contract.

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