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Nikola Vucevic had a double-double with 24 issues and 13 rebounds to steer the Chicago Bulls previous the Toronto Raptors 116-110 on Thursday.

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Former Raptors megastar DeMar DeRozan had 24 issues and 7 rebounds for Chicago (20-23), whilst Coby White had 23 issues and 8 forums.

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Scottie Barnes led Toronto (16-26) with 31 issues, seven rebounds and 6 assists.

RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., had 17 issues and 6 assists.

Bruce Brown scored 15 issues and added seven rebounds off the bench an afternoon after the Indiana Pacers traded him, Jordan Nwora and Kira Lewis Jr. to Toronto in a blockbuster deal for Raptors all-star Pascal Siakam.

Toronto additionally were given 3 first-round choices within the deal and staff president Masai Ujiri mentioned previous Thursday that they gave the Raptors extra flexibility to rebuild.

Montreal’s Chris Boucher sank 1 of two loose throws within the ultimate 2d of the primary quarter as Toronto reduce Chicago’s result in 38-27. The Raptors neglected all 9 in their three-point makes an attempt within the duration after creating a season-best 20 right through their 121-97 win over the Miami Warmth on Wednesday.

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Reserve guard Dennis Schroder hit a 25-foot three-pointer with 7:38 left within the part to tug Toronto inside of one. It capped an 11-0 run to carry the Raptors again into the sport.

A dunk by means of Thaddeus Younger with 4:18 left in the second one tied the sport 50-50. A 6-0 Bulls run closed out the part with the guests keeping a 63-58 lead.

Barnes hit a three-pointer from 26 ft out to carry the nineteen,312 lovers at Scotiabank Area to their ft and pull Toronto again to inside of 5 with 33 seconds left within the 3rd quarter. Chicago led by means of up to 13 issues within the 3rd and held a 90-86 merit heading into the overall duration.

Barnes made two loose throws after which assisted on Barrett’s dunk with 8:54 left within the sport to present Toronto a one-point lead and power a Bulls timeout.

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White tied it for Chicago 90 seconds later and the 2 groups traded box objectives for a number of mins of play.

Brown had back-to-back layups to assist Toronto get a short lived two-point lead with 4:15 left within the sport however Alex Caruso made a three-pointer to re-take the lead for Chicago.

Barnes and White traded soar pictures to stay the Bulls’ one-point lead after which DeRozan hit a jumper with 1:45 at the clock for a 112-109 Chicago lead.

Caruso then fouled Barnes, however the Raptors megastar best made one in all his two loose throws. On the different finish of the courtroom DeRozan was once fouled by means of Immanuel Quickley.

The previous Toronto megastar made each pictures from the charity stripe prior to White sank a floater after a Barnes turnover for a six-point lead with 19.7 seconds left.

WARM WELCOME — Raptors legend Vince Carter were given a rousing ovation all over an early ruin in play. He was once on the sport doing remark with the NBA on TNT in a sport broadcast throughout the US.

UP NEXT — The Raptors go back and forth to Long island to take at the rival New York Knicks, the primary sport between the 2 groups since Barrett and Quickley had been despatched to Toronto.

Chicago hosts the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday.

This document by means of The Canadian Press was once first printed Jan. 18, 2024.

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