DeMar DeRozan scored a season-high 46 points, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Indiana Pacers 132-129 in overtime.
DeMar DeRozan made a 19-foot fadeaway on a pass from Alex Caruso with 0.3 seconds left in the fourth quarter to tie it at 117, and the Bulls outscored the Pacers 15-12 in overtime.
Ayo Dosunmu’s driving layup with 44.2 seconds left in overtime made it 129-125. The Pacers had the ball down 3, but Tyrese Haliburton missed a pull-up 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Bulls outscored the Pacers 29-25. DeRozan (No. 2 in clutch points, 2023-24) scored 14 of the Bulls’ 29 on 5 for 7 shooting and 3 for 5 at the line. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Haliburton had 5 of his 14 assists, 5 of them on baskets by Aaron Nesmith and Myles Turner that put the Pacers ahead. In that stretch, Coby White had 2 steals, both with the game within five points, and the Bulls scored 2 points off them. With 3:12 left in overtime, Caruso stole the ball from Pascal Siakam, and DeRozan’s 10-foot floater off it put the Bulls ahead 121-120.
Caruso had a season-high 23 points and 7 assists on 9 for 13 shooting, and Dosunmu added 20 points (12 in the paint). The Bulls had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Pacers, Turner scored 27 points on 9 for 15 shooting. T.J. McConnell scored 16 points (8 in the paint) off the bench. The Pacers had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Bulls shot 52.2% from the field and 35.7% from 3 to the Pacers’ 46.5% and 31.1%. The Pacers outscored the Bulls 47-16 off the bench. The Pacers outscored the Bulls 29-13 in 8 minutes with McConnell, Siakam, Smith, Walker and Sheppard on the floor together. Nesmith fouled out.