National Basketball Association
Chicago 128, Memphis 107
When: 3:30 PM ET, Sunday, April 2, 2023
Where: United Center, Chicago, Illinois
Officials: #13 Ashley Moyer-Gleich, #32 Marat Kogut, #14 Ed Malloy
Attendance: 20944

Zach LaVine scored a game-high 36 points and had nine assists, DeMar DeRozan added 31 points and seven assists and the Chicago Bulls engineered a big second-half comeback to knock off the visiting Memphis Grizzlies 128-107 on Sunday.

Chicago (38-40) rallied from down 23 points in the first half with a dominant third quarter on both ends of the court. The Bulls held the Grizzlies to just 16 points in the period on 5-of-18 shooting, while knocking down 17 of 27 for 40 points on the other end.

Runs of 19-6 and 19-2 flipped a 17-point Memphis advantage in the opening minute of the third to a nine-point Chicago lead by the end of the period.

Memphis (49-29) cut the deficit to three midway through the final period on Jaren Jackson Jr.'s 3-pointer, part of his team-high 31 points, but Chicago responded with an immediate 11 unanswered points. LaVine was responsible for seven in a row during the surge.

The Bulls' 11-0 spurt was part of a larger, 24-6 run to close out the game.

Nikola Vucevic recorded his 48th double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Reserves Coby White and Patrick Williams added 19 and 12 points, respectively, part of Chicago's 41-18 edge in bench points.

The Bulls also leveraged a staggering 18 Grizzlies turnovers into 31 points. Chicago committed just three total turnovers.

The second half was a mirror opposite of a first half that Memphis dominated with runs of 17-4 from the late first into the second quarter, and a 16-2 burst midway through the second.

Four Grizzlies scored at least 11 points by intermission, but the same quartet finished as Memphis' only double-figure scorers for the game. Desmond Bane scored 21 points, Ja Morant notched 17 -- part of a triple-double along with his 10 rebounds and 10 assists -- and Dillon Brooks scored 14 points.

The loss marked just the Grizzlies' second in its last 10 games.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Memphis   Chicago
Jaren Jackson Jr. 31 Scoring Zach LaVine 36
Ja Morant 10 Assists Zach LaVine 9
Ja Morant 10 Rebounds Nikola Vucevic 10
Jaren Jackson Jr. 4 Free Throws Made DeMar DeRozan 9
Dillon Brooks 1 Steals Alex Caruso 3
Desmond Bane 1 Blocks Patrick Williams 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Memphis 107 46.4 19-43 10-12 29 47 3 1 18
Chicago 128 53.2 9-31 19-22 29 36 6 9 3
Upcoming Games
  • Chicago will play their next game at home against Atlanta. The Bulls have a W/L % of .526 after a win and .450 after a loss.
  • Memphis will play their next game at home against Portland. The Grizzlies have a W/L % of .680 after a win and .536 after a loss.