Josh Giddey made a 46-foot 3-pointer on a pass from Patrick Williams at the buzzer, and the Chicago Bulls rallied from 18 points down in the fourth quarter to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 119-117 for their fourth straight win.
The Bulls trailed 96-78 with 10:18 left in the fourth quarter. They were still down 115-110 with 12 seconds left in the fourth quarter, with less than a 1% chance to win, and outscored the Lakers 9-2 the rest of the way.
During clutch time, the Bulls outscored the Lakers 13-12. Giddey scored 4 of the Bulls’ 13 on 1 for 2 shooting and 1 for 1 at the line. Late in the fourth quarter, Giddey had 2 steals, one of them leading to Coby White’s 3-pointer that put the Bulls ahead 116-115, and the Bulls scored 3 points off them.
White had 26 points and 9 assists. Giddey added 25 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists, his 16th career triple-double, and Kevin Huerter scored 21 points (9 in the fourth quarter) with 5 3-pointers. White scored 15 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter. The Bulls had 3 20-point scorers and 7 players in double-digit scoring. Giddey and Huerter set each other up for 6 baskets and 15 points, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Lakers, Austin Reaves scored 30 points (12 in the second quarter), and Luka Dončić added 25 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. Jaxson Hayes had 19 points and 8 rebounds on 9 for 11 shooting.
The Lakers got 6 offensive rebounds, about 4 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. They outscored the Bulls 24-10 off turnovers. The Bulls outscored the Lakers 37-27 in 9 minutes with Vučević, Huerter, White, Williams and Giddey on the floor together.