Nikola Vučević had 24 points (18 in the paint) and 14 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Toronto Raptors 116-110.
Coby White’s 13-foot pull-up jumper answered Scottie Barnes’ driving layup and put the Bulls back ahead for good with 2:08 left in the fourth quarter.
The Raptors got within 112-110 on Barnes’ free throw with 1:09 to play, but DeMar DeRozan answered with 2 free throws, and the Raptors got no closer.
White’s floater with 19.7 seconds left made it 116-110 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Bulls outscored the Raptors 13-7. DeRozan (No. 2 in clutch points, 2023-24) scored 4 of the Bulls’ 13 on 1 for 3 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. Late in the fourth quarter, Vučević had 2 steals, one of them leading to his layup that put the Bulls ahead 103-101, and the Bulls scored 4 points off them.
DeRozan had 24 points and 6 assists, and White added 23 points and 8 rebounds. The Bulls had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Raptors, Barnes had 31 points (16 in the paint), 6 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks. Bruce Brown scored 15 points on 7 for 10 shooting off the bench in his first game with the Raptors.
The Raptors committed 14 turnovers to the Bulls’ 12. The Bulls outscored the Raptors 74-50 in the paint. The Bulls outscored the Raptors 25-9 in 9 minutes with DeRozan, Vučević, Caruso, White and Dosunmu on the floor together.