The Bulls were able to stem the tide and didn’t give up the lead in the third quarter, taking an 89-83 lead into the final frame.ĭeRozan went to work immediately in the fourth quarter, but Chicago just couldn’t get any stops. The 18-point lead was trimmed to one in under seven minutes of action, with Billy Donovan waiting way too long before subbing in Caruso. Chicago’s offense malfunctioned in ugly fashion, though there weren’t quite as many turnovers in this turd quarter as there were in the Portland game. The Knicks scored at will inside and outside to start the third, with Evan Fournier and Immanuel Quickley catching fire from deep. The Bulls still held a 69-51 lead at halftime, but the wheels almost totally fell off right away in a turd quarter. Again, that’s how the Blazers managed to keep that first half from being a total laugher. The Bulls scored 10 points off eight Knicks turnovers in the opening frame, and New York wasn’t pleased with the officiating early on after Taj Gibson got questionably tossed just minutes into his stint.Ĭhicago’s offense kept cooking in the second quarter as DeRozan got hot with 14 points, but the Knicks got going thanks to a parade to the free-throw line as the officiating evened out in a big way and arguably overcorrected. After two days of rest, the Bulls had fresh legs and blitzed the Knicks in the first quarter, going up 37-19 after one behind Nikola Vucevic (13 points), LaVine (11 points) an incredible two-way stint from Caruso and hounding team defense. This game truly felt similar to that Blazers game in a lot of ways, though obviously this final outcome was much happier. But in a frenetic finish, it was DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine coming up with the big points down the stretch, with a little bit of Alex Caruso and Lonzo Ball defense mixed in to pull out a thrilling 119-115 victory. It looked like the Bulls were going to experience a brutal case of déjà vu from the Blazers game after going up 21 points in the first half on the Knicks and then blowing it.
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