Zach LaVine scored 35 points and Josh Giddey added 18 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists as the Chicago Bulls ended a season-worst five-game losing streak with a 112-99 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday in Inglewood, Calif.
Talen Horton-Tucker delivered 18 points and Nikola Vucevic had 14 as the Bulls pulled out the victory on the second night of a back-to-back after losing to the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday. Chicago was without Coby White (ankle) and Ayo Dosunmu (calf).
Giddey’s near-triple-double came after he was held scoreless on Sunday for the first time this season.
Norman Powell scored 27 points and James Harden added 17 for the short-handed Clippers, who were without Kawhi Leonard (right knee injury management) and Ivica Zubac (eye). Los Angeles also was playing for the second time in two nights after a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
Terance Mann and Derrick Jones Jr. each scored 12 points and Mo Bamba had 10 in his first start of the season for the Clippers, who saw their four-game winning streak come to an end.
After a back-and-forth first half, the Bulls outscored the Clippers 36-16 in the third quarter by using a 22-5 run in the period to take a 76-62 lead.
The Bulls led 84-66 through three quarters. Chicago shot 56 percent from the floor in the third while holding Los Angeles to 23.1 percent shooting. Chicago won despite not getting its first field goal of the fourth quarter until 5:58 remained in the game.
The Bulls shot 40.4 percent overall in the game, while the Clippers shot 39.4 percent.
The Bulls led by as many as 10 points in the first quarter before the Clippers rallied to take a seven-point lead in the second quarter. Los Angeles had a 50-48 advantage at halftime.
The Clippers were held under 20 points in the first quarter, scoring 18 on 28.6 percent shooting.
The Bulls were held to 35.4 percent shooting in the first half, while the Clippers were at 43.5 percent through two quarters.
–Field Level Media
