Knicks' Defense Abandons Them Late In Loss To Bulls
CHICAGO (CBSNewYork/AP) — Lauri Markkanen scored 30 points, Zach LaVine added 17 of his 21 in the second half and the Chicago Bulls beat the New York Knicks 110-102 on Monday night.
Markkanen delivered another blistering performance coming off a season-high, 31-point outing. The 7-footer from Finland made six 3-pointers.
LaVine hit a 3 and two free throws during a game-ending 10-2 run. Coby White scored 13, including a tiebreaking 3. Thaddeus Young added 13 points, eight rebounds and eight assists.
The Bulls bounced back from a gut-wrenching loss to Portland on Saturday, when the Trail Blazers' Damian Lillard delivered a buzzer-beating, fadeaway 3. Chicago won for just the third time in nine home games this season.
Julius Randle had 23 points and Alec Burks scored 18 for New York. Rookie Immanuel Quickley added 16 points but the Knicks lost for the fifth time in six games.
The Bulls were leading 100-97 when Burks hit a 3 for New York with just under a minute remaining. White then nailed one from the corner to put Chicago back on top.
After a timeout, Randle lost the ball. Markkanen got the steal, leading to a 3 by LaVine. Garrett Temple added two free throws with 10.7 seconds remaining to make it 108-100.
Markkanen scored 23 points and nailed 5 of 7 3s as the Bulls grabbed a 59-55 halftime lead.
He made a 3 to cap a 14-2 run in the first quarter that gave Chicago a 10-point lead. He also hit a reverse layup and buried another 3 as part of a 7-0 spurt late in the second quarter that put Chicago up by six before Randle hit two free throws for New York in the closing seconds.
Markkanen hit one from beyond the arc on Chicago's first possession of the second half, and his feed to LaVine for a dunk in transition made it 72-61 about 4 1/2 minutes into the third quarter.
TIP-INS
Knicks: New York made 6 of 29 3-pointers. .... C Nerlens Noel (sore left groin) scored eight points after missing Sunday's game. ... Coach Tom Thibodeau said F Kevin Knox is out of the rotation for now because the team is fully healthy.
Bulls: Chicago shot 11 of 34 from beyond the arc. ... F Otto Porter Jr. played 18 minutes after being listed as questionable because of back spasms. Coach Billy Donovan said he "progressed in a positive way" at shootaround.
UP NEXT
The teams meet again in Chicago on Wednesday.
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