CHICAGO – Trailing by 20-plus points in the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s game, New Orleans appeared headed for a split of its two-game road trip to the Eastern Conference, but a group of reserves powered the Pelicans to an enormous late comeback. Nickeil Alexander-Walker sank a pair of free throws with 57 seconds remaining, points that stood up as the final score in a rally from a 23-point final-period deficit.
IT WAS OVER WHEN…
Leading by two with 6 seconds left, New Orleans needed a defensive stop and poked the ball away from Chicago. By the time the Bulls retrieved the ball near the halfcourt stripe, it was too late for Ryan Arcidiacono to fire a desperate heave from deep.