Alex Len scored a season-high 28 points (15 on 5 3-pointers), and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Chicago Bulls 123-118.
The Bulls got within 118-117 on Lauri Markkanen’s 2 free throws with 1:14 to play, but Kevin Huerter answered with an 8-foot floater, and the Bulls got no closer. They had the ball down 3 with 59 seconds left, but Huerter stole the ball from Zach LaVine. A 3-pointer would have tied the game.
Len’s 2 free throws with 4.4 seconds left made it 123-118 and put it away.
The Hawks had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Bulls, Markkanen had 19 points and 9 rebounds but shot 6 for 21. Antonio Blakeney scored 13 of his 17 points (13 in the fourth quarter) in the fourth quarter. The Bulls had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Hawks shot 47.2% from the field and 50.0% from 3 to the Bulls’ 51.1% and 29.6%. The Hawks made 21 3-pointers, 5 of them by Len and 4 by Jaylen Adams. The Hawks’ starters outscored the Bulls 26-13 in 7 minutes together.