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Bulls beat Rockets 133-118; win 2nd straight
Five Bulls players scored in double digits and Chicago never trailed. Non-starters combined to score 66 points on the night.
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Five Bulls players scored in double digits and Chicago never trailed. Non-starters combined to score 66 points on the night.
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It was Chicago's first game since Dec. 11 after two were postponed. and DeRozan's first game back after missing two weeks.
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The team confirmed Monday that Alize Johnson became the 10th player to enter protocols, leaving only 8 players available, the league minimum.
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The Bulls were missing DeMar DeRozan, Ayo Dosunmu, Coby White, Stanley Johnson, Matt Thomas, Javonte Green, and Derrick Jones Jr. to COVID protocols.
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The Bulls took a big hit a few hours before tipoff when DeRozan, their leading scorer, entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols. Still, they tied Brooklyn for the Eastern Conference lead.
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The Bulls also beat the East-leading Nets on Nov. 8 and have clinched the season series.
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DeRozan scored 34 points, Zach LaVine and Nikola Vucevic each added 27, and the Bulls held on for a 119-115 victory over the New York Knicks on Thursday night.
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The Bulls were playing on a backend of a back-to-back and their third game in four nights. After a 35-point blowout win at Orlando on Friday, the Bulls shot just 41.2 percent in the first quarter as the Heat held the Bulls to 20 points in the first quarter.
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It was Vucevic’s first time back in Orlando as a visiting player since getting traded to Chicago last season. He’s the Magic’s all-time leader in field goals made, second in rebounds, and third in points and blocked shots.
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Houston is now only 2-16 but the Rockets shot 50% from the field, including 8 of 11 from behind the arc in the third quarter, outscoring the Bulls 35-18 in the same.
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Chicago, playing on the second night of a back-to-back, looked sluggish early, going 7 of 22 from the floor in the first quarter, including just 1 of 7 3-pointers.
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Trailing 74-72 heading into the fourth, the Bulls opened the final quarter with back-to-back 3-pointers by White and Derrick Jones Jr., and the Bulls held the lead the rest of the way.