After the Chicago Bulls lead 27-23 after the first quarter and then the Raptors outscored the Bulls 49-37 to take a 72-64 8 point lead 90 seconds into the fourth quarter but then the Bulls scored 20 straight points to flex their muscle and take a 84-72 lead as the Raptors did not score a point in 7 minutes and did not make a basket from the floor in 7 and a half on their way to a 94-82 win. Kyle Korver scored half (10) of the unanswered points (20) after not having a point in the first three quarter and John Lucas had all of his 13 points in the fourth quarter while Taj Gibson scored 5 of his 8 points in the fourth quarter.
The Raptors were lead by DeMar DeRozan who had 23 points while former Bull James Johnson had 16 points and 7 boards while Andrea Bargnani in a back-to-back game situation did not shot the ball well as he was 2 of 10 from the floor and was 4 of 4 from the line but he did help out in different ways as he had 5 boards and 6 assists. The Raptors were perfect from the line but they only had 11 attempts but at least they only put up 8 threes and it was the jump shot that killed them in the fourth quarter as they went away from going to the basket and settling for jumpers that did not drop and they went away from passing the ball as they had 15 assists in the first half and shot 48% and in the second half they had 8 assists and shot like less than 35% in the half and ended up shooting 41% in the game. Kleiza and Arron Grey both had 8 boards but the Raptors were minus 8 on the boards (49-41).
The Bulls who were without Derek Rose were lead by Luol Deng who had 17 points and 8 boards while C.J. Watson had 15 points Gibson had 6 boards as the Bulls are now 39-10 this season.
Jerryd Bayless tried to play but was unable to stay on the court as he played 89 seconds and left
Tom Mehegan
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