The Chicago Bulls traveled to Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday, Nov. 23 to face the Charlotte Hornets. Chicago came into this game at 5-11 and Charlotte at 6-10. The Bulls came into the game fresh off of a loss to Miami on Friday night and outscored the Hornets in the first quarter of Saturday’s game, 34-23, with Wendell Carter Jr. and Coby White putting up 16 of those points.
Charlotte, who won their Friday night game against the Wizards, had many players connecting with the basket in the first quarter and outplayed Chicago by four points in the second quarter, but the Bulls had a seven-point lead going into halftime.
Charlotte came alive in the third quarter and seemed to hit bucket after bucket. After not leading the game since early in the first quarter (and even then, the lead was only 2-0), the Hornets took the lead from the Bulls with just two minutes left in the third quarter after Marvin Williams hit a five-foot two-point shot, giving the Hornets the 69-68 lead. The Hornets kept the lead for the rest of the quarter with Cody Zeller, Terry Rozier, and Bismack Biyombo as important factors in the Hornets offense.
The Hornets kept their foot on the gas for the whole fourth quarter and kept the lead over the Bulls until the final second of the game when Zach LaVine made the game-winning, 26-foot three-point jump shot to take the one-point lead over the Hornets, clinching the stunning win for Chicago.
LaVine was instrumental in Chicago’s resurgence in the fourth quarter and made 27 of the 47 points scored in the last quarter, hitting every three-point shot he took, including the final shot. White also added 12 points to the score in the last quarter.
Zach LaVine's 13 threes are tied for 2nd-most in a game in NBA history.
AND HE HIT THE GAME WINNER 😱 pic.twitter.com/ca2XEW3vkZ
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 24, 2019
The last time the two teams met, the Hornets broke a team three-point record, scoring 21 of them. On Saturday night, the Bulls broke their franchise three-point record with 22 shots from beyond the paint put through the net. Terry Rozier led the Hornets with 28 points.
LaVine and White combined for 77 of the Bulls’ 116 total points while Wendell Carter, Jr. added 17 points to the total.
Zach LaVine becomes the 3rd player in @NBAHistory to make 13+ three-point field goals in a game, joining Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry. pic.twitter.com/8xNDUT6UqY
— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) November 24, 2019
It was a heartbreaker in Charlotte in the last 10 seconds, so the Hornets will try to make the rebound on Monday night in Miami when they face the Heat. The Bulls will return to Chicago to face the Portland Trailblazers on Monday night, as well.
Zach LaVine scored a career-high 49 points with 13 triples tonight. 😵
27 of his points came in the 4th quarter – just three short of Michael Jordan's franchise record of 30. (h/t @JeffGurt) pic.twitter.com/nOhbsv2PpJ
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) November 24, 2019
…what in the world just happened?#HiveStats x @keithchiroclt pic.twitter.com/wLFNE0USdP
— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) November 24, 2019
