New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\nWhile he was unable to add to his triple-double tally, he still remains eight away from equalling Michael Jordan who holds the franchise record for most triple-doubles with 15.<\/p>\n
In his last outing, he also notched his 25th career triple-double in just 20 minutes \u2014 the quickest triple-double in Bulls\u2019 history.<\/p>\n
Giddey\u2019s latest performance didn\u2019t greatly enhance his credentials for an for a maiden All-Star nod, but he certainly didn\u2019t hamper them in helping Chicago to another win.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a \u2018grind it out\u2019 win coming off Christmas. It was sloppy, a little bit, but we got the win,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n
Chicago Bulls’ Josh Giddey (3) hugs teammate Tre Jones.Source: AP<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no quit in us. To come back and win five straight, that says a lot about our character and who we are.\u201d <\/p>\n
Joel Embiid, who led the 76ers with 31 points, sank a layup to give the Sixers a 102-99 lead with 3:45 remaining before the Bulls stampededto the finish. <\/p>\n
Jalen Smith made a slam dunk and White sank a three-pointer that put Chicago ahead for good.<\/p>\n
White slipped on the court on the next Chicago possession but, while sitting in the lane, passed the ball to Jones to assis this layup. Jones added another layup and a free throw for the final margin. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe kept fighting. We kept being us and we stayed together,\u201d White said. \u201c<\/p>\n
Everybody contributed down the stretch and we madesome big-time plays.\u201d <\/p>\n
NBA Wrap: Flagg stars vs Nuggets | 02:16<\/p>\n
Tyrese Maxey added 27 points for the 76ers, who squandered a 24-point lead in losing to Chicago lastmonth. <\/p>\n
Eastern Conference leader Detroit was upset 131-129 at Utah when Keyonte George sank the winning jump shot with 2.1 seconds remaining. <\/p>\n
Cade Cunningham made two tying free throws with 18.1 seconds remaining but missed a winning three-point attempt at the buzzer.<\/p>\n
The loss snapped Detroit\u2019s three-game win streak and dropped the Pistons\u2019 East lead over New York to 2.5 games. Utah (11-19) snapped a four-game losing skid. <\/p>\n
George led Utah with 31 points while Lauri Markkanen added 30. Cunningham led Detroit with 29 points and 17 assists.<\/p>\n
Off the court, there was a setback for the Los Angeles Lakers, who revealed guard Austin Reaves will miss at least the next four weeks with a left calf strain. He was injured in a Thursday loss to Houston. <\/p>\n
Indiana Pacers guard Johnny Furphy (12) shoots around the defense of Milwaukee Bucks.Source: AP<\/p>\n
At Indianapolis, Boston\u2019s Jaylen Brown scored 30 points while Payton Pritchard added 29 points and nine rebounds to lead the Celtics in a 140-122 victory over Indiana. <\/p>\n
Boston\u2019s Sam Hauser added 23 points off the bench, hitting 7-of-8 three pointers on his only shots of the game.<\/p>\n
The Celtics (19-11) won their fourth game in a row while the Pacers (6-25) saw their losing streak reach seven games.<\/p>\n
In that game, Aussie Johnny Furphy played 18 minutes. The young star recorded nine points, shooting two from four from the three-point line to go with a pair of rebounds.<\/p>\n
The Washington Wizards, powered by 23 points from Kyshawn George and 21 each from C.J. McCollum and Bilal Coulibaly, defeated visiting Toronto 138-117. <\/p>\n
The Wizards improved to 6-23, moving ahead of Indiana to escape the NBA basement, while the Raptors, led by Brandon Ingram\u2019s 29 points, fell to 18-14. <\/p>\n
Coulibaly, a 21-year-old French guard, added eight rebounds and three steals to his season-best scoring total as Washington rallied from a 73-62 halftime deficit. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe were a little soft not touching them. We came back with physicality. That\u2019s what we needed,\u201d Coulibaly said of the fightback.<\/p>\n
NBA Wrap: Kings take down Rockets | 01:43<\/p>\n
\u201cGuys were finding me in the right spot. I feel like I\u2019m getting my rhythm back. We just rolled.\u201d<\/p>\n
Norman Powell scored 25 points and Pelle Larsson added 21 to lead Miami\u2019s 126-111 victory at Atlanta.<\/p>\n
The Heat snapped a three-game losing skid while the Hawks dropped their fifth in a row.<\/p>\n
Trae Young led Atlanta with 30 points while Jalen Johnson added 24 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds.<\/p>\n
Phoenix\u2019s Devin Booker scored 30 points to lead the Suns in a 115-108 victory at New Orleans. Reserve Zion Williamson had 20 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the Pelicans. <\/p>\n
Charlotte\u2019s LaMelo Ball scored 22 points to lead the Hornets in a 120-105 triumph at Orlando while Jaren Jackson led Memphis with 24 points and nine rebounds in a 125-104 home victory over Milwaukee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chicago\u2019s Coby White scored nine of his 13 points in the fourth quarter and the Bulls rallied to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-374508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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