|
White made his first six 3-pointers during a
22-0 run by the Bulls in the fourth quarter. He made history in
front of his college coach, North Carolina's Roy Williams, who
visited Chicago to see his former point guard in action.
A sellout crowd gave a standing ovation for White as he left
with 1:31 to play. He finished with 27 points and made 7 of 11
attempts from beyond the arc.
Zach LaVine added 25 points on 9-for-19 shooting for Chicago,
which avenged an early season loss against the Knicks. Wendell
Carter Jr. registered a double-double with 17 points and 12
rebounds.
Marcus Morris led the Knicks with 22 points to go along with
nine rebounds. RJ Barrett added 21 points and nine assists.
Chicago provided the turning point with its 22-point run to pull
ahead 109-89 with 8:16 remaining. White electrified the crowd
during the run by making four consecutive 3-pointers.
New York led 89-87 before White's 12-point binge made it 99-89.
The Knicks called a full timeout to try to stop the game from
slipping away.
The plan failed. Bulls guard Kris Dunn made a quick layup, White
made another 3-pointer, Thaddeus Young scored on a tip-in shot
and White buried his record-setting 3-pointer to make it 109-89
with 5:51 to go.
The Bulls also led by double digits midway through the third
quarter when Lauri Markkanen hit a jump shot to make it 72-62.
However, the Knicks regrouped with a 23-13 run to finish the
quarter. That evened the score at 85-85 entering the fourth
quarter.
Knicks forward Bobby Portis made a 3-pointer as time expired in
the third quarter. Another former Bulls player, Taj Gibson, had
the assist.
Chicago led 60-54 at the half. The Bulls were up by two points
in the final minute before LaVine drained a 3-pointer and Carter
made one of two free throws to increase the advantage to six.
The Knicks trailed 30-22 at the end of the first quarter.
Chicago closed the session with eight straight points.
--Field Level Media
[© 2019 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.] Copyright 2019 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Thompson Reuters is solely responsible for this content.
 |
|
