ORLANDO, Fla. — DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine each scored 32 points, Nikola Vucevic added 26 points and 13 rebounds and the Chicago Bulls reversed a late rally to beat the Orlando Magic 128-109 on Saturday night.
Mo Wagner led the Magic by 27 points and joined Cole Anthony and Jalen Suggs in leading a furious second-half rally that reduced a 25-point deficit to six.
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Patrick Williams had 16 points and six rebounds for the Bulls, who scored 59.3% for the game.
Vucevic, who played more than eight seasons at Orlando, had 17 points and eight rebounds in the first half and led Chicago 60-47 at the break.
A 3-pointer from Vucevic extended the Bulls’ lead to 24 points and a free throw from LaVine made it 89-64, Chicago’s biggest lead of the game, with 3:27 in the third quarter.
Wagner scored the Magic’s final 11 points in the third period and her first five points in the fourth, pulling the Magic back into contention.
Anthony finished the tournament with 21 points, six rebounds and six assists.
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Bulls: G Lonzo Ball, who hasn’t played since his left meniscus tear on May 10, 2021, isn’t running consistently yet and probably won’t play this season unless he makes progress to the All-Star break, according to Coach Billy Donovan. … G Goran Dragic had seven points in 13 minutes after missing three games through illness. … DeRozan, who came into the game with a 26.3 scoring average, played eight scoreless minutes in the first quarter without releasing a shot.
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