CHICAGO (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 45 in his second straight 40-point sport, and the New York Knicks beat the Chicago Bulls 128-117 on Tuesday evening.
Brunson delivered his tenth 40-point sport this season after scoring 43 in a win at Milwaukee on Sunday. He nailed seven 3-pointers, serving to New York win its second in a row after shedding 4 of 5.
OG Anunoby scored 24. Donte DiVincenzo hit a heave from midcourt to finish the primary half and completed with 21 factors.
Josh Hart scored 17 and grabbed 13 rebounds, and the Knicks additionally received some payback for a loss at Chicago on Friday. The 2 groups shut out the common season in New York on Sunday.
DeMar DeRozan led the Bulls with 34 factors. Coby White scored 24 and made two 3-pointers, giving him a franchise single-season file 205. Nikola Vucevic added 26 factors, however Chicago misplaced for the seventh time in 10 video games.
The Knicks went on a 13-2 run to begin the second half and led 81-64 after Brunson’s three-point play. The Bulls received again into it, with DeRozan scoring 15 within the quarter, and pulled inside 4 early within the fourth.
A dunk by Anunoby and three by Brunson made it 112-103. Brunson additionally nailed a step-back 3 off a nasty crossover to bump New York’s result in 117-104 with 5:45 remaining.
Brunson torched the Bulls 24 within the first half because the Knicks grabbed a 68-62 lead.
He made 4 of 5 3-pointers, together with one with a couple of minute left to make it a nine-point sport earlier than issues took a wild flip within the closing seconds. Vucevic nailed one from the highest of the important thing with six seconds remaining. White then stole the inbounds and set a franchise single-season file together with his 205th 3 when he pulled up from the wing, and DiVincenzo hit a halfcourt heave to ship New York to the locker room up by six.
Earlier than the sport, Chicago coach Billy Donovan stated he had not been contacted by Kentucky about changing John Calipari and insisted his “complete dedication” is with the Bulls. He acknowledged he was flattered by the hypothesis.
“You at all times are, proper? However I have never spoken to anyone,” he stated.
Donovan was an assistant at Kentucky underneath Rick Pitino and coached Florida to NCAA championships in 2006 and 2007. He left in 2015 to teach the NBA’s Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder in 2015 and is in his fourth season with the Bulls.
Chicago guard Ayo Dosunmu (bruised proper quadriceps) missed the sport. Donovan wasn’t certain how lengthy he will likely be out.
UP NEXT
Knicks: Go to Brooklyn on Thursday evening.
Bulls: Go to Detroit on Thursday evening.
