Pacers beat the Bulls 145-126 to move out of the NBA basement
The Bulls have lost five straight.
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The Bulls have lost five straight.
Chicago led 101-87 on a layup by Jalen Smith with 7:14 to go. But the Pacers responded with an 18-4 run and Jay Huff's 3-pointer with 2 minutes left tied it at 105-all.
Pascal Siakam scored a season-high 36 points, Bennedict Mathurin added 28 and the Indiana Pacers beat the struggling Chicago Bulls 120-105 on Friday night.
Trailing 97-90, the Pacers went on an 8-0 run to grab the lead when T.J. McConnell hit a pull-up jumper with 2:19 remaining.
Rick Carlisle described Indiana's first 81 games as eventful before his Pacers took on the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday in the regular-season finale.
Coby White also scored 29 points for the Bulls, who hold the final play-in spot in the Eastern Conference.
Coby White led the Bulls with 26 points, including 20 in the first half.
Indiana led 36-18 early in the second quarter. The Bulls never got within single digits again.
AJ Clements battled osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, last year. He is now cancer-free.
Zach LaVine scored 32 points for Chicago, which had won two in a row. Coby White had 19 points and nine assists, and Ayo Dosunmu added 15 points.
Bird played college basketball in Terre Haute at Indiana State University, leading the Sycamores to the 1979 NCAA Championship game, where they fell to the Magic Johnson-led Michigan State Spartans.
Coby White had 18 points to help the Bulls take the season series from Indiana 3-1.
The teams traded the lead 12 times in the fourth.
Patrick Williams led the Bulls with 22 points, and DeMar DeRozan had 21.
Zach LaVine had 23 points and DeRozan scored 20 for the Bulls, who have split four games to start the season.
Tyrese Haliburton scored 29 points, including a 3-pointer with 2.7 seconds left, to give the Indiana Pacers a 125-122 victory Sunday over the Chicago Bulls.
Zach LaVine scored 35 points, including 12 in the opening quarter, as the Bulls led 39-15 entering the second.
The Bulls dominated early as they built a 20-5 lead in the first six minutes and extended the margin to 62-41 late in the first half.
The Bulls led by as many as 24 points in the second half before Pacers guard Buddy Hield hit three 3-pointers that cut the deficit to 95-91 late in the third quarter.
Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic perfected Friday's simple game plan.
A basketball star who never forgot his Chicago roots is helping families stay a little warmer this weekend.
DeRozan led the Bulls with 28 points, hitting 8 of 24 shots and 11 of 12 free throws.
Domantas Sabonis scored 21 points, Malcolm Brogdon added 16 more, and the Indiana Pacers routed the Chicago Bulls on Monday night.
Nikola Vucevic took advantage of Indiana's missing big men by posting 32 points and 17 rebounds to help the Bulls overwhelm the short-handed Pacers Tuesday night.
Zach LaVine scored 12 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter to help Chicago force overtime, and the Bulls then pulled away from the Indiana Pacers for a victory Monday night.
