Bulls come from behind to beat Raptors 109-105

The Chicago Bulls came out victorious 109-105 in their play-in game against Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night.

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— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) April 13, 2023

Zach LaVine was the star man as he scored 39 points, 30 of which came in the second half of the match when the Bulls staged a comeback from a 19-points deficit.

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DeMar DeRozan bagged 23 points home against his former team, while Nikola Vucevic added another 14 points and 13 rebounds.

The Chicago team was trailing 66-47 in the third quarter and was pretty lacklustre up until then, slotting only 3 out of 19 3-pointers, but making it up in the last quarter after netting four out of seven.

For Toronto Fred VanVleet had 26 points and 12 rebounds. while Pascal Siakam scored 32 points. The loss concludes a disappointing season for the Raptors as they never managed to win four in a row and haven’t won three in succession since January.

The Bulls are facing Miami Heat on Friday night for a chance to clinch the eight seed in the Eastern Conference playoff bracket.