COBY White and DeMar DeRozan scored 51 of their 66 combined points after halftime as the host Chicago Bulls rallied from 23 points down for a 129-123 overtime win against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).
Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 115 with 50.5 seconds left. In the extra session, DeRozan scored Chicago’s first six points, including a go-ahead layup with 2:57 to go. He finished with 10 points in OT.
White and DeRozan both scored 33 points. Andre Drummond notched 16 points and 16 rebounds for the Bulls. Nikola Vucevic added 24 points.
Anthony Edwards had 38 points, 12 rebounds and five assists for Minnesota, while Towns scored 33 points. Rudy Gobert had 12 points and 16 rebounds, while Jaden McDaniels (13 points) and Naz Reid (10) also scored in double figures.
In other games, it was the Mavs 119, Nets 107; Suns 114, Bucks 106; Pacers 132, Rockets 129; Jazz 124, Thunder 117; Knicks 123, Grizzlies 113; and Heat 121, Magic 95.
Mavs 119, Nets 107
Kyrie Irving scored 36 points in his return to Brooklyn as Dallas took control in the second quarter, survived some shaky moments in the fourth and earned a win in New York.
On the one-year anniversary of Irving being traded from the Nets after a controversial tenure in Brooklyn, he did not get the same video highlights as Kevin Durant received last week. Instead, Irving got a “welcome back” message on the scoreboard in pregame introductions along with former Nets Seth Curry and Markieff Morris.
Luka Doncic added 35 points, a season-high-tying 18 rebounds and nine assists for the Mavericks. Mikal Bridges scored 28 points as the Nets dropped to 7-20 in their past 27 games and fell 10 games under .500.
Suns 114, Bucks 106
Devin Booker scored 32 points and Kevin Durant added 28 points and 10 rebounds to help Phoenix defeat visiting Milwaukee.
Bradley Beal had 25 points and a season-best 10 rebounds to go with three steals and Jusuf Nurkic added 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Suns, who have 16 wins in their past 22 games.
Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded 34 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for the Bucks, who fell to 1-4 under new coach Doc Rivers. Bucks star Damian Lillard missed the contest with a sprained left ankle, and Milwaukee lost Khris Middleton to a sprained left ankle during the first quarter.
