Trailing 102-99 in the last 2 minutes and 45 seconds of the match at the United Center, the Bulls won by starting a 10-0 run with Jalen Smith’s dunk over Joel Embiid.
Tre Jones and Zach Collins scored 15 points each, Coby White had 13 points for the Bulls, and Josh Giddey had a “double double” with 12 points and 11 assists.
In the 76ers, led by Joel Embiid with 31 points, Tyrese Maxey scored 27 points and Paul George recorded 15 points and 12 rebounds.
JAYLEN BROWN PUT ON CELTICS
In the match where Jaylen Brown played with 30 points, 4 assists and 4 steals, Boston Celtics started the 5-game away part of the season with a victory by beating the Indiana Pacers 140-122.
Jaylen Brown exceeded the 30-point threshold for the 8th time in a row against the Pacers. Previously, Larry Bird had surpassed the 30-point threshold in 9 consecutive games in 1985.
In the Celtics, which fell behind by 15 points in the middle of the first quarter of the game, Payton Pritchard had 29 points, 9 rebounds, Sam Hauser had 23 points, and Derrick White had a 21-point performance.
For the Pacers, Andrew Nembhard finished the match with 18 points, and TJ McConnell and Bennedict Mathurin finished the match with 13 points each.