NBA

Chicago Bulls at Utah Jazz

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6-6, 1-5 Away
Final
147 - 150

5-8, 4-3 Home

George makes late 3 in 2OT, Markkanen scores 47 as Jazz beat Bulls 150-147

Keyonte George drills winning 3 in 2OT for the Jazz

George finished with 32 points — including six in the second OT. Isaiah Collier and Brice Sensabaugh each had 16 points, and Kevin Love and Svi Mykhaiuluk each added 10 as the Jazz won for the second time in three games after losing six of seven.

Coby White scored 27 points and Josh Giddey had 26 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists for the Bulls, who have lost five straight. Nikola Vučević had 21 points, Matas Buzelis and Ayo Dosunmu each scored 18 and Julian Phillips 10.

White, who's layup with 0.2 seconds left in the first OT tied the score at 136, made two free throws with 8.4 seconds to go in the second OT to tie it at 147. After George's go-ahead 3, Vučević missed a potential tying basket at the buzzer.

Utah led 136-132 in the final minute of the first OT, before Buzelis had a dunk with 27 seconds to go and White made his tying layup to send it to a second OT.

The Jazz trailed by seven early in the fourth quarter before using an 8-0 run to take a 102-101 lead on Sensabaugh's 3 with 9:23 remaining. Collier followed with a layup to push the lead to three less than 30 seconds later.

Jalen Smith's 3 tied the score with 8:41 to go, and there were several lead changes and seven ties the rest of the quarter. Markkanen, who had 12 points in the fourth, hit a free throw with 19 seconds remaining, to tie it at 127.

Markkanen had 13 points in the third quarter to help Utah cut Chicago's nine-point halftime lead to 98-94 heading to the fourth.

Giddey and White each scored 12 points to help the Bulls take a 70-61 lead at halftime. Markkanen had 18 points to lead the Jazz.

Up next Bulls play at Denver on Monday night, and Jazz visit the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night.

Regular Season Series

UTAH leads series 1-0

Recent Plays

6 0.0 End of Game 147 - 150
6 0.0 End of the 2nd Overtime 147 - 150
6 0.0 Bulls offensive team rebound 147 - 150
6 0.0 Nikola Vucevic misses 28-foot three point jumper 147 - 150
6 0.8 Coby White enters the game for Ayo Dosunmu 147 - 150

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/chi.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originCHI https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/utah.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originUTAH
49-108 FG 49-111
45 Field Goal % 44
19-50 3PT 18-49
38 Three Point % 37
30-32 FT 34-41
94 Free Throw % 83
60 Rebounds 53
12 Offensive Rebounds 12
48 Defensive Rebounds 41
38 Assists 29
7 Steals 13
10 Blocks 6
17 Turnovers 9
0 Team Turnovers 0
17 Total Turnovers 9
0 Technical Fouls 1
0 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
20 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 13
18 Fast Break Points 16
54 Points in Paint 52
29 Fouls 28
15 Largest Lead 8
Utah Jazz Utah Jazz Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Georges Niang, F Out Dec 15
Walker Kessler, C Out Nov 5
Chicago Bulls Chicago Bulls Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Noa Essengue, F Out Dec 3

Game Information

Delta Center

Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Attendance: 18,186 · Capacity:

2025-26 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit 24 6 .800 - W3
Cleveland 17 15 .531 8 L1
Chicago 14 15 .483 9.5 W4
Milwaukee 12 18 .400 12 W1
Indiana 6 24 .200 18 L6

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 26 5 .839 - L2
Denver 22 8 .733 3.5 W1
Minnesota 20 11 .645 6 L1
Portland 12 18 .400 13.5 L2
Utah 10 19 .345 15 L4
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