The Chicago Bulls played some inspired Hoop for new lead man Jim Boylen and gave the Indiana Pacers all they wanted and then some. Bulls second-year stretch 4 Lauri Markkanen led the charge (21 pts 10 rebs) and received a major boost from Jabari Parker (12 pts 8 rebs) and Cameron Payne (10 pts).
Chicago led at the break 45-43 as the Pacers were led by Myles Turner dozen at the break. Indiana led 70-67 after three as Markkanen added six more giving him 16 of his 21 through three, Indy though extended the lead in the 4th and led by as many as eight point before a Cameron Payne money ball with just under two minutes remaining cut the Indy lead to 88-85.
The Bulls would get no closer as they fall 96-90 and Pacers PG Darren Collison had 18 of his game-high 23 points in the second half as Turner ended the night with 18 points and eleven boards. Bojan Bogdanovic added 14 with shooting guard "REKEhavoc" Evans chipping in with ten.
Both benches played pretty even with the Bulls Bench Mob winning that battle slightly 29-27. Chicago falls to 5-20 but i like what I saw especially with Jabari coming off the bench he is fresher throughout his minutes with Payne playing one of his best games of 2k18-19.
Indy moves to 14-10 as they beat Chicago without All-Star Combo guard Victor Oladipo of nearby "Hoosier Hysteria" in Bloomington, Indiana by way of famed DeMatha Catholic H.S. in Hyattsville, Maryland.
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