The night got going on the right foot. Kristaps Porzingis canned some cabbages and beets. The Knicks got out to a 15-point lead. Chicago was flummoxed, there were no open shots. Then they brought in Nikola Mirotic! Alas, no shots to be fired because Lance Thomas suffocated the Montenegrin-Spaniard. As King Henry the 2nd decried in the game thread, it was Paul Zipser you were waiting for. He unlocked the arc for the Bulls and Chicago rampaged back, swiftly closing the gap in the final few minutes before half time.
Bulls 92, Knicks 87: 'Letting Paul Zipser score points? Yeah this one is over'
