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NBA: Chicago Bulls stay alive for play-in with season sweep of Raptors

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<p>Zach LaVine scored eight of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and the Chicago Bulls defeated the visiting Toronto Raptors 114-102 on Thursday night.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Balanced scoring in this Bulls Win.<br/><br/>Zach: 24p/5r/2a<br/>Lauri: 20p/7r/2a/1s/1b<br/>Coby: 17p/5r/10a/1s<br/>Vooch: 16p/16r/6a<br/>Thagic: 10p/8r/7a/1b<br/>Javonte: 10p/1s<br/>The Paw: 9p/5r/1a/1b<br/>Sato: 6p/2r/2a<br/>GT: 2p/2r/1a/1s/1b <a href="https://t.co/BTPTjdjS0Q">pic.twitter.com/BTPTjdjS0Q</a></p>— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) <a href="https://twitter.com/chicagobulls/status/1393027956184948736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The Bulls overcame a career-best 35 points by Toronto&#x27;s Stanley Johnson, who also had 10 rebounds.</p><p>Lauri Markkanen added 20 points off the bench and Nikola Vucevic tallied 16 points and 16 rebounds for the Bulls, who kept their faint chances for the play-in tournament alive.</p><p>The depleted Raptors, who already had been eliminated from playoff contention, have lost five in a row.</p><p>The Bulls (30-40) won all three games against the Raptors (27-43) this season.</p><p>Coby White added 17 points and 10 assists for the Bulls, and Javonte Green and Thaddeus Young each scored 10 points.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Coby stepping back 💦<a href="https://twitter.com/NBCSChicago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBCSChicago</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/CobyWhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CobyWhite</a> <a href="https://t.co/BeHxboVnkI">pic.twitter.com/BeHxboVnkI</a></p>— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) <a href="https://twitter.com/chicagobulls/status/1393016169456488449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Jalen Harris added a career-best 17 points for Toronto. Malachi Flynn added 16, Khem Birch 14 points and DeAndre&#x27; Bembry 12.</p><p>The Bulls led by as many as 24 points during the third quarter, but the margin was cut to 12 entering the fourth.</p><p>Johnson&#x27;s 3-pointer cut the deficit to nine with 5:58 to play, but Markkanen responded with a 3-pointer and White hit a jumper to increase the lead to 14 with 4:53 remaining.</p><p>The Bulls led 30-27 after one quarter.</p><p>The Bulls pulled ahead by 18 points on White&#x27;s dunk with 6:10 remaining in the second. Chicago led 66-47 at halftime.</p><p>Patrick Williams scored five straight points to stretch Chicago&#x27;s lead to 24 with 9:42 to play in the third quarter. The Raptors finished the quarter on a 14-4 run to cut Chicago&#x27;s lead to 88-76.</p><p>Toronto&#x27;s Yuta Watanabe (ankle) left the game in the second quarter and did not return. He had no points in nine minutes.</p><p>Among those missing the game for the Raptors were OG Anunoby (calf), Kyle Lowry (rest), Fred VanVleet (hip), Pascal Siakam (shoulder). Rodney Hood (hand) and Chris Boucher (knee).</p><p>Daniel Theis (hip) and Troy Brown Jr. (ankle) did not play for Chicago.</p><div><strong>--Field Level Media</strong></div><div><strong>EMBED AS IVS</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W4JRBnY7TEI?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Zach LaVine scored eight of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and the Chicago Bulls defeated the visiting Toronto Raptors 114-102 on Thursday night.<br /> </p>

Zach LaVine scored eight of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and the Chicago Bulls defeated the visiting Toronto Raptors 114-102 on Thursday night.