Chicago Bulls at Toronto Raptors
· National Basketball Association
Bulls beat the Raptors 122-106 to end Toronto's season-best winning streak at 5
Jalen Smith added a season-high 17 points, Josh Giddey had 15 and Matas Buzelis added 12 to help the Bulls win their third straight north of the border.
Scottie Barnes had 20 and 10 rebounds, RJ Barrett scored 19 points and Immanuel Quickley added 14 for the Raptors, who came in having won seven of eight.
Quickley returned to the starting lineup after missing the past eight games because of a strained left hip. It was his 10th appearance of the season. Toronto is 1-9 in those games.
The Raptors fell to 1-24 when trailing at the half.
Raptors: The Raptors went 8-7 in January for their first winning month since November 2023.
Regular Season Series
CHI leads series 2-0
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 122 - 106 |
| 4th 0.0 | |
End of the 4th Quarter | 122 - 106 |
| 4th 16.0 |  |
Nikola Vucevic defensive rebound | 122 - 106 |
| 4th 19.1 |  |
Gradey Dick misses 23-foot three point jumper | 122 - 106 |
| 4th 27.0 | |
Dalen Terry makes alley oop layup (Josh Giddey assists) | 122 - 106 |
Statistics
 CHI |
 TOR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 45-89 | FG | 39-92 |
| 50.6 | Field Goal % | 42.4 |
| 18-40 | 3PT | 10-30 |
| 45.0 | Three Point % | 33.3 |
| 14-17 | FT | 18-27 |
| 82.4 | Free Throw % | 66.7 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 7 |
| 43 | Defensive Rebounds | 37 |
| 34 | Assists | 27 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 11 | Total Turnovers | 7 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 13 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 8 |
| 11 | Fast Break Points | 16 |
| 48 | Points in Paint | 48 |
| 18 | Fouls | 13 |
| 20 | Largest Lead | 5 |
Toronto Raptors Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Garrett Temple, SF | Out | Apr 23 |
| Jared Rhoden, G | Out | Apr 22 |
| Ulrich Chomche, C | Out | Apr 15 |
| Chris Boucher, PF | Out | Apr 13 |
| Ja'Kobe Walter, G | Out | Apr 12 |
Chicago Bulls Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Tre Jones, PG | Out | Apr 18 |
| Lonzo Ball, PG | Out | Apr 18 |
| Ayo Dosunmu, SG | Out | Apr 17 |
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