Zach LaVine scored a game-high 36 factors and had 9 assists, DeMar DeRozan added 31 factors and 7 assists and the Chicago Bulls engineered a giant second-half comeback to knock off the visiting Memphis Grizzlies 128-107 on Sunday.
Chicago (38-40) rallied from down 23 factors within the first half with a dominant third quarter on each ends of the court docket. The Bulls held the Grizzlies to only 16 factors within the interval on 5-of-18 capturing, whereas flattening 17 of 27 for 40 factors on the opposite finish.
Runs of 19-6 and 19-2 flipped a 17-point Memphis benefit within the opening minute of the third to a nine-point Chicago lead by the top of the interval.
Memphis (49-29) lower the deficit to 3 halfway by the ultimate interval on Jaren Jackson Jr.’s 3-pointer, a part of his team-high 31 factors, however Chicago responded with a right away 11 unanswered factors. LaVine was accountable for seven in a row through the surge.
The Bulls’ 11-0 spurt was half of a bigger, 24-6 run to shut out the sport.
Nikola Vucevic recorded his forty eighth double-double of the season with 13 factors and 10 rebounds. Reserves Coby White and Patrick Williams added 19 and 12 factors, respectively, a part of Chicago’s 41-18 edge in bench factors.
The Bulls additionally leveraged a staggering 18 Grizzlies turnovers into 31 factors. Chicago dedicated simply three complete turnovers.
The second half was a mirror reverse of a primary half that Memphis dominated with runs of 17-4 from the late first into the second quarter, and a 16-2 burst halfway by the second.
Four Grizzlies scored at the very least 11 factors by intermission, however the identical quartet completed as Memphis’ solely double-figure scorers for the sport. Desmond Bane scored 21 factors, Ja Morant notched 17 — a part of a triple-double alongside along with his 10 rebounds and 10 assists — and Dillon Brooks scored 14 factors.
The loss marked simply the Grizzlies’ second in its final 10 video games.
