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Banchero, Wagner, Fultz lead 魔法 over Bulls 100-91

Published: 03:49 BST, 14 February 2023 | Updated: 05:05 BST, 14 February 2023

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CHICAGO (AP) - The Orlando 魔法 were sailing along with what appeared to be a comfortable lead before things 強化するd up in the の近くにing minutes.

Just when it looked like they might be in trouble, they 再編成するd and 設立する a way to pull out a 勝利，勝つ over Chicago.

Paolo Banchero 得点する／非難する／２０d 22 points, Franz Wagner and Markelle Fultz 追加するd 18 points apiece and the 魔法（警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the 冷淡な-狙撃 Bulls 100-91 on Monday night.

Fultz just 行方不明になるd a ３倍になる-二塁打 with 10 回復するs and nine 補助装置s. Wendell Carter Jr. 得点する／非難する／２０d 15 points against his former team as the 魔法 won for the fourth time in six games.

Coming off an overtime loss at home to Miami, Orlando led by 13 中途の through the fourth and hung on after Chicago got within five.

"We know what we need to do," Fultz said. "I think today we did a 広大な／多数の／重要な職業 as players, just talking amongst each other and understanding that we're gonna be in a 状況／情勢 and we've got to find a way to get through it. I think that's what you saw tonight. We just all talked to each other, continued to 押し進める each other and not get too 失望させるd when they got it 負かす／撃墜する to five."

Orlando 魔法's Paolo Banchero (5) shoots as Chicago Bulls' Patrick Williams (44) and Nikola Vucevic watch during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

The Bulls matched a season high by dropping their fourth in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動, thanks to another horrendous 狙撃業績／成果. They 行方不明になるd their first 16 3-pointers before Coby White 攻撃する，衝突する one late in the third and 18 of 21 in all. Chicago is 26 of 125 from long 範囲 over its past five games.

Coach Billy Donovan said all those 行方不明になるs led to some poor 決定／判定勝ち（する）s and, in turn, difficulties hanging の上に the ball. The Bulls committed 16 turnovers.

"I think it's just normal instinct - let's just 運動 the ball in there, let's 運動 it to the basket," Donovan said. "What happened is two times we had 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s and a few times we had spray-outs that weren't there, that weren't open, that we turned the ball over."

Zach LaVine led the Bulls with 26 points, and DeMar DeRozan 得点する／非難する／２０d 19 even though a hip 問題／発行する that's been bothering him the past six weeks or so ゆらめくd up.

"It's been bad," he said. "I'm never gonna want to complain or make any type of excuses. It's just been something I've been 取引，協定ing with for a while."

Former 魔法星／主役にする Nikola Vucevic finished with 13 points and 13 回復するs.

MAGIC HANG ON

Orlando led 89-76 after Banchero 攻撃する，衝突する a 12-footer with just over five minutes remaining. DeRozan 削減（する） for a layup to pull Chicago within 91-86 with 3:34 left. But Carter answered with a three-point play に引き続いて a timeout and the 魔法 remained in 支配（する）／統制する the 残り／休憩（する） of the way.

"We had that problem in two of the last couple games, where we had the lead the whole game and gave it away in the last couple minutes," Wagner said. "All (coach Jamahl Mosley) said was stay composed, keep 押し進めるing the pace because that's what helped us 早期に on in the game."

TAKING CONTROL

Orlando took 支配（する）／統制する早期に in the third, when 3-pointers by Gary Harris Jr. and Wagner made it 60-50.

The Bulls' next three 所有／入手s ended with Patrick Williams 行方不明の不正に on a tip-in, Ayo Dosunmu getting 封鎖するd by Fultz on a 急速な／放蕩な-break layup and LaVine getting called for traveling. DeRozan then made a turnaround jumper. But Wagner nailed a 3 and Carter 得点する／非難する／２０d, making it 65-52 中途の through the third.

It was 73-63 with いっそう少なく than two minutes remaining in the ４半期/4分の1 when White 攻撃する，衝突する the first 3 for Chicago. A 逆転する layup by Dalen Terry pulled Chicago within five. Orlando's Moritz Wagner 攻撃する，衝突する a 3 to make it 76-68 with 30 seconds remaining in the ４半期/4分の1.

TIP-INS

魔法: The 魔法調印するd C Goga Bitadze on Monday. 草案d by Indiana with the No. 18 全体にわたる選ぶ in 2019, Bitadze 普通の／平均（する）d 4.8 points over four seasons before getting 解放（する）d by the Pacers last week. ... G Cole Anthony (sore 権利 wrist) 行方不明になるd the game. ... The 魔法 have made at least one 3-pointer in 1,269 連続した games, the fifth-longest active streak in the NBA and the fifth-longest in league history.

Bulls: Chicago is on its third four-game losing streak. ... F Derrick Jones Jr. (緊張するd left adductor) left the game. ... G Alex Caruso (sore left foot) sat out for the third ti me in six games.

UP NEXT

魔法: Visit Toronto on Tuesday.

Bulls: Visit Indiana on Wednesday.

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Chicago Bulls' Ayo Dosunmu, left, and Orlando 魔法's Gary Harris 戦う／戦い for the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Orlando 魔法's Paolo Banchero (5) shoots over Chicago Bulls' DeMar DeRozan during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Orlando 魔法's Moritz Wagner (21) is fouled by Chicago Bulls' Nikola Vucevic during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Orlando 魔法's Moritz Wagner (21) knocks the ball out of Chicago Bulls' DeMar DeRozan's 手渡すs during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Orlando 魔法's Gary Harris (14) and Chicago Bulls' Zach LaVine 争う for a loose ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Orlando 魔法's Paolo Banchero (5) 運動s to the basket as Chicago Bulls' Ayo Dosunmu defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, in Chicago. ( AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Orlando 魔法's Markelle Fultz shoots over Chicago Bulls' Coby White during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)