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Porter shot 7 of 11 in his return from a broken
foot that caused him to miss 51 games. He played 17 minutes.
Coby White scored 19 points to lead Chicago, and Denzel
Valentine finished with 17.
Tim Hardaway Jr. led Dallas with 26 points on 10-for-21
shooting. Luka Doncic finished with 23 points, five rebounds and
nine assists after sitting out the Mavericks' previous contest
because of a sprained left thumb.
Dallas pulled within 108-107 when Dorian Finney-Smith made a
3-pointer with 4.9 seconds left. Finney-Smith had just connected
from beyond the arc with 15.3 seconds remaining.
Chicago's Wendell Carter Jr. made one of two free throws on the
next possession, and Doncic missed a desperation heave at the
buzzer.
The Bulls led by nine points with four minutes to go before the
frenetic finish.
Chicago led 81-75 entering the fourth quarter. The Bulls seized
momentum with a dominant third quarter in which they notched a
33-17 advantage over the Mavericks.
The score was even at 70 when White buried a 3-pointer with 3:59
left in the frame. The trey started a 9-2 run that helped
Chicago pull ahead of Dallas, which was playing its second game
in as many days.
The Bulls opened the second half on a 9-0 run to slice their
deficit to one. Thaddeus Young scored the first five points,
Shaquille Harrison followed with a pair of free throws, and
Carter had a dunk off an assist from Tomas Satoransky.
Dallas held a 58-48 lead at the half.
Chicago quickly fell behind as the Mavericks scored the game's
first seven points in 73 seconds. Hardaway and Finney-Smith each
made baskets before Doncic drained a 3-pointer from 27 feet on
his first attempt.
The Mavericks established a 29-19 lead by the end of the first
quarter. Doncic converted a three-point play in the final minute
while Porter had four points for the Bulls during the same time
frame.
The Bulls played without top scorer Zach LaVine, who sat out
because of a strained left quadriceps.
--Field Level Media
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