{"id":532054,"date":"2026-03-19T03:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/532054\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T03:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:30:08","slug":"raptors-139-109-bulls-mar-18-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/532054\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors 139-109 Bulls (Mar 18, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO — \u2014 RJ Barrett<\/a> scored 23 points, Brandon Ingram<\/a> had 18 and the Toronto Raptors<\/a> pounded the Chicago Bulls<\/a> 139-109 on Wednesday night for their third consecutive win.<\/p>\n

Toronto shot 57% (48 for 84) from the field and put seven players in double figures in the opener of a five-game trip. Scottie Barnes<\/a> had 18 points and seven rebounds, and Ja\u2019Kobe Walter also scored 18.<\/p>\n

The Raptors led by as many as 38 while completing a sweep of their three-game season series against the Bulls.<\/p>\n

Matas Buzelis<\/a> scored 19 points for Chicago, which lost for the third time in four games. Collin Sexton<\/a> had 14 in his return from a left leg injury<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bulls guard Josh Giddey<\/a> was held to nine points, three assists and no rebounds. The 23-year-old Giddey had been on a tear, posting five triple-doubles while averaging 19 points, 12 assists and 11.7 rebounds over his previous seven games. <\/p>\n

Toronto put together a fast start, shooting 60% on its way to a 72-45 lead at the break. Barrett scored 14 points in the first half, and Ingram had 13 on 6-for-6 shooting.<\/p>\n

Chicago closed to 53-41 on Sexton’s three-point play with 5:20 left in the second quarter, but Toronto responded with a 17-2 run. Barrett’s reverse layup made it 70-43 with 1:08 left.<\/p>\n

The sluggish Bulls shot 38.5% in the first half and committed 11 turnovers, leading to 20 points for the Raptors.<\/p>\n

Jakob Poeltl<\/a> finished with 17 points and a team-high eight rebounds for Toronto. Sandro Mamukelashvili<\/a> also scored 17. <\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Raptors: At the Denver Nuggets<\/a> on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Bulls: Host the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO — \u2014 RJ Barrett scored 23 points, Brandon Ingram had 18 and the Toronto Raptors pounded the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-532054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}