Chicago Bulls Billy Donovan. Coby White led the way with 24 points, while Josh Giddey contributed 19 points, 12 assists, and eight rebounds, helping the Chicago Bulls secure a 125-115 overtime win against the visiting Toronto Raptors on Friday.
Chicago outscored Toronto 44-25 in the fourth quarter and overtime, snapping the Raptors’ three-game losing streak.
Lonzo Ball gave the Bulls their first lead since the opening quarter with a clutch three-pointer at the 3:27 mark in overtime. Scottie Barnes briefly answered with a dunk off White’s missed layup, but Chicago responded with a dominant 12-3 run to close out the game. Ball sealed the win with another three from the left corner, pushing the Bulls ahead by eight with two minutes left.
Barnes, returning from a one-game absence, paced Toronto with 24 points and eight rebounds, while Immanuel Quickley added 23 points.
Eight Bulls reached double figures in scoring. Zach Collins posted a double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds, while Kevin Huerter also contributed 15 points. Ball followed with 14 points, Ayo Dosunmu chipped in 11, and Matas Buzelis and Tre Jones added 10 each.
The Bulls trailed by 16 early in the fourth but stormed back with a 19-4 run, capitalizing on Raptors’ late-game mistakes.
Toronto held a 110-106 lead with six seconds remaining after Gradey Dick split a pair of free throws. However, White quickly erased the deficit with a four-point play after being fouled by Quickley. Barnes had a chance to win it at the buzzer but missed a baseline jumper, sending the game into overtime. Chicago Bulls Billy Donovan.
With the win, Chicago moved 2.5 games ahead of the Brooklyn Nets for the final play-in spot in the Eastern Conference, following Brooklyn’s loss to Portland earlier in the day.
Despite struggling from beyond the arc, shooting just 13-for-49 (26.5%), the Bulls found a way to pull through.
For Toronto, RJ Barrett finished with 18 points, while Dick (13), Orlando Robinson (12), and Jakob Poeltl (10) rounded out a balanced scoring effort. Dick also led the team with nine rebounds.
Chicago played without Nikola Vucevic, who missed his third straight game due to right calf tightness. Meanwhile, Toronto’s Ochai Agbaji exited in the first half with a sprained left ankle and did not return.
With this win, the Bulls secured the season series, having also beaten the Raptors in Toronto on December 16 and January 31.
