Jalen Johnson scored a career-high 30 factors, together with the go-ahead basket late within the fourth quarter, to assist the Atlanta Hawks erase a 21-point deficit and defeat the visiting Chicago Bulls 141-133 on Thursday.
Johnson scored 11 of Atlanta’s 50 factors within the fourth quarter, and his basket with 2:44 remaining put the Hawks within the result in keep. It was the highest-scoring fourth quarter for any NBA group this season.
Atlanta trailed 108-87 with 1:12 remaining within the third quarter and was down by 17 coming into the fourth.
Johnson shot 11-for-16 from the sphere and added 15 rebounds and 4 assists. Trae Younger produced 27 factors, 16 within the fourth quarter, and 13 assists. He hit a 3-pointer to tie the sport at 126-126 with 3:03 to go. De’Andre Hunter scored 25 off the Atlanta bench.
Chicago’s Zach LaVine scored a season-high 37 factors, 22 within the third quarter, and dished seven assists. It was the second time this season that LaVine had 30-plus factors and five-plus assists. Reserve Jevon Carter scored a season-high 26, and Coby White amassed 23 factors and 9 assists.
The Bulls hit 22 of 43 3-point photographs (51.2 p.c). It was their thirty first consecutive recreation with at the very least 10 profitable 3-pointers, extending the longest such streak in group historical past.
Atlanta picked up the place it left off in a 13-point win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday when it grabbed a 9-2 lead. However the Bulls started hitting 3-pointers, took the lead and had a 33-21 benefit after one quarter. The cost was led by Carter, who had six treys and 19 factors within the opening quarter.
The Bulls stretched the result in 16 on a basket by Jalen Smith and withstood a Hawks surge that featured 10 factors from Larry Nance Jr. to carry a 64-53 lead on the break.
Atlanta whittled the deficit to 5 factors after Hunter’s three-point play with 3:52 left within the third, solely to have Chicago go on a 16-0 run to determine a 21-point lead. The Bulls scored 44 factors within the interval had been forward 108-91 going into the ultimate quarter.
The Bulls had been enjoying short-handed, as Josh Giddey (ankle), Ayo Dosunmu (Achilles) and Lonzo Ball (sickness) had been unavailable. Atlanta was with out Bogdan Bogdanovic (leg) and Onyeka Okongwu (knee).
–Area Stage Media