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Ingram had 29 points and 11 assists, falling
two rebounds short of his first career triple-double, and Hayes
had 14 points and 12 rebounds for his second double-double.
Ingram had 16 points as the Pelicans took control by outscoring
the Bulls 44-27 in the third quarter.
New Orleans, playing its second straight game without
second-leading scorer Jrue Holiday (elbow), won for the sixth
time in eight games.
JJ Redick added 24 points, Josh Hart had 13, Derrick Favors had
12 and rookie Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Lonzo Ball scored 11
each.
Zach LaVine scored 32, Thaddeus Young had 18, Kris Dunn 15,
Lauri Markkanen 14 and Coby White 10 to lead the Bulls, who lost
their fifth straight and for the sixth time in seven games.
The Bulls scored the first five points of the third quarter to
break from a 48-all halftime tie.
Ingram scored nine points to lead a Pelicans run that gave them
a 65-59 lead.
Chicago closed within a point, but Ingram was fouled on a
3-pointer -- for the second time in the quarter -- and made all
three free throws to help New Orleans increase the lead to
74-66.
LaVine scored seven straight Bulls points, but they couldn't
keep up, as his teammates went scoreless for nearly four
minutes.
Hayes had six points in the final four minutes as the Pelicans
extended their lead to 92-75 at the end of the third quarter.
Alexander-Walker scored the first three points of the fourth
quarter to push the lead to 20 before the Bulls went on an 11-3
run to get within 12.
They got as close as nine before Ingram, Hart and Redick each
made a 3-pointer to increase the lead to 115-98 with 3:40 left.
The Bulls shot 33.3 percent (9 of 27) in the first quarter,
while the Pelicans committed seven turnovers but still led 23-21
at the end of the period.
Chicago improved its shooting to 52.4 percent (11 of 21) in the
second quarter, the Pelicans committed just four turnovers in
the period and the score was tied at 48 at halftime.
--Field Level Media
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