Playing their first game since the devastating season-ending injury to Jusuf Nurkic, the Portland Trail Blazers used an inspired effort to beat an extremely short-handed Chicago Bulls team by a final score of 118-98. In the process, Portland picked up it’s fifth straight victory, also having won eight of their last nine games. Seth Curry led the charge, scoring 20 points off the Blazers bench, while Shaquille Harrison scored 21 for the Bulls.
After a lethargic start, the Blazers got things rolling towards the end of the first quarter, and the team turned up the heat from there—jumping out to a double-digit lead that they never relinquished.