Related: LeBron James accused of stat-padding by not retiring<\/a><\/p>\nLA Clippers 119 def. Chicago Bulls 108 (Final)<\/p>\n
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Game SnapshotQuarter Scores: LAC 33\u201328 \u2502 30\u201329 \u2502 29\u201328 \u2502 27\u201323Largest Lead: Clippers by 14Game Flow: Los Angeles controlled tempo throughout, maintaining a multi-possession lead across the second half.<\/p>\n
Australian guard Josh Giddey produced another strong all-around performance for Chicago, finishing with a 20-point triple-double in the loss.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old logged a game-high 39 minutes and combined scoring bursts with consistent playmaking to keep the Bulls within reach during the middle quarters. Giddey hit four three-pointers and controlled the defensive glass, but Chicago struggled to string together stops as the Clippers\u2019 depth and late-game shotmaking proved decisive.<\/p>\n
Tre Jones led the Bulls in scoring with 21 points on 10-from-11 shooting, while rookie Matas Buzelis added 18 points and 11 rebounds.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles was paced by Kawhi Leonard\u2019s 28 points, while Bennedict Mathurin provided a major lift off the bench with 26 points. The Clippers shot 48% from the field and generated 28 assists, consistently finding advantages against Chicago\u2019s perimeter defence.<\/p>\n
Key Performer \u2013 Josh Giddey (Chicago)Points: 20Rebounds: 11Assists: 10FG: 8-from-203PT: 4-from-11Steals: 2 \u2502 Blocks: 1 \u2502 Turnovers: 2Minutes: 39By the Numbers<\/p>\n
Chicago: 44% FG \u2502 29% 3PT \u2502 48 REB \u2502 23 AST \u2502 13 TO
Los Angeles: 48% FG \u2502 28% 3PT \u2502 46 REB \u2502 28 AST \u2502 6 TO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Giddey surpasses Michael Jordan in career triple-doubles with latest Chicago Bulls performance. Australian star point guard Josh…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-539702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539702","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=539702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}