A spirited Portland Trail Blazers’ road effort came within an Anfernee Simons 3-pointer of overtime against the Chicago Bulls tonight. The ball was still on Ant’s fingertips when the red lights flashed; the shot rimmed out, anyway. Ball game.
Bulls win: 110-107.
After the Bulls went on a transition and 3-point rampage in the third quarter to gain separation, the Blazers responded in kind with a 3-point fest of their own in the fourth to get Simons in position to tie it. Portland even took the lead a little earlier in crunch time. But the sneakily average Bulls (33-35) prevailed in the end.