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Portland Trail Blazers at Chicago Bulls

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34-44, 14-26 Away
Final
113 - 118

35-42, 16-23 Home

Vucevic, White, Giddey lead the post-season bound Bulls past the Trail Blazers, 118-113

Josh Giddey secures triple-double with sweet pass to White

Giddey had 15 points, 19 rebounds and 12 assists for his sixth triple-double of the season. The Bulls are 10th in the Eastern Conference, the lowest position they can finish.

Deni Avdija led Portland with 37 points. Coming off a victory in Toronto on Thursday night, the Trail Blazers went 2/3 on a five-game trip. They are 12th in the West.

Dalano Banton added 21 points for Portland, and Shaedon Sharpe had 17.

Takeaways Trail Blazers: Portland was without Anfernee Simons (forearm), Jerami Grant (knee), Deandre Ayton (calf) and Scoot Henderson (concussion protocol).

Bulls: The Bulls are trying to improve their post-season position.

Key moment White made 5 of 6 free throws in the final 1:09 to help the Bulls put it away.

Key stat White tied his own Bulls season record for 3-pointers, hitting two to reach 209. He also had 209 last season.

Up next Both teams play Sunday. The Trail Blazers host San Antonio, and the Bulls are at Charlotte.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 113 - 118
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 113 - 118
4th 15.1 Rayan Rupert makes two point shot 113 - 118
4th 22.1 Coby White makes free throw 2 of 2 111 - 118
4th 22.1 Coby White makes free throw 1 of 2 111 - 117

Statistics

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44-115 FG 41-87
38.3 Field Goal % 47.1
11-42 3PT 10-27
26.2 Three Point % 37.0
14-18 FT 26-31
77.8 Free Throw % 83.9
54 Rebounds 61
19 Offensive Rebounds 11
35 Defensive Rebounds 50
23 Assists 25
7 Steals 2
5 Blocks 8
5 Turnovers 17
0 Team Turnovers 1
5 Total Turnovers 18
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
8 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 23
16 Fast Break Points 15
62 Points in Paint 58
21 Fouls 16
5 Largest Lead 15
Chicago Bulls Chicago Bulls Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Noa Essengue, F Day-To-Day Jul 19
Ayo Dosunmu, SG Day-To-Day Jul 3
Portland Trail Blazers Portland Trail Blazers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Yang Hansen, C Day-To-Day Jul 21
Damian Lillard, PG Out Jul 17
Robert Williams III, C Day-To-Day Jul 3
Shaedon Sharpe, SG Day-To-Day Jul 3
Scoot Henderson, G Day-To-Day Jul 3

Game Information

United Center

Location: Chicago, IL
Attendance: 21,572 · Capacity:

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Denver 0 0 .000 - -
Minnesota 0 0 .000 - -
Portland 0 0 .000 - -
Oklahoma City 0 0 .000 - -
Utah 0 0 .000 - -

2025-26 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Chicago 0 0 .000 - -
Cleveland 0 0 .000 - -
Detroit 0 0 .000 - -
Indiana 0 0 .000 - -
Milwaukee 0 0 .000 - -
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