After the Bulls came up with two big wins in LA, they came out like gangbusters and were on the verge of running the Blazers off their home court on Wednesday night. The lead was 20 points toward the end of the first half, and it looked like the home team had zero interest in competing.
But then the Bulls totally let go of the rope in the second half, giving the Blazers life in the third quarter with 10 turnovers. A lead of 18 early in the third was whittled down to four heading into the fourth, and Portland took full control by going up six with 3:39 to play on a Jusuf Nurkic dunk off a blown coverage.