New Orleans Pelicans vs Chicago Bulls Match Player Stats On Nov 04, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Nov 4, 2017

CHICAGO -- Anthony Davis collected 27 points and 16 rebounds and DeMarcus Cousins scored 25 points and had 11 rebounds as the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Chicago Bulls 96-90 in overtime on Saturday.

Jameer Nelson scored 13 points for New Orleans (5-5), which also got 11 points from Darius Miller. Jrue Holiday added 10 points for New Orleans, which won for the second straight night to get to .500 on the season.

Justin Holiday led the Bulls (2-6) with 18 points and Denzel Valentine finished with 16 points. Robin Lopez and Lauri Markkanen each scored 14 for Chicago, which also got 13 points from Jerian Grant.

Nelson capped the victory with a long jump shot with 48.9 seconds remaining, giving the Pelicans an eight-point lead.

A Grant three-point play got the Bulls to within 87-86 earlier in overtime, but Davis and Cousins combined to score the next four points as New Orleans held on.

Valentine gave the Bulls an 83-81 lead with a 3-point shot with 2:28 remaining in regulation time. A Davis dunk tied the game at 83. Jrue Holiday missed a jump shot with four seconds remaining and the Bulls failed to get a shot off after calling timeout with 2.1 seconds remaining.

A Cousins 3-point field goal with 5:47 remaining in the fourth quarter gave the Pelicans a 77-71 lead. A Markkanen 3-pointer drew Chicago back to within two points, but the Bulls failed on a pair of chances to draw even with less than four minutes to play.

The Pelicans opened the fourth quarter on an 8-0 run and took a 65-64 lead on a Miller 3-pointer.

NOTES: Pelicans C Alexis Ajinca (right knee injury), C Omer Asik (Illness), F Solomon Hill (left hamstring tear), G Frank Jackson (foot fracture) and G Rajon Rondo (core muscle injury) were all inactive for New Orleans. ... Bulls starting F David Nwaba left Saturday's game in the third quarter with a right ankle sprain. ... Bulls F Bobby Portis served the final game of his eight-game suspension for punching teammate Nikola Mirotic in practice two weeks ago. When asked if Portis would play Tuesday against the Toronto Raptors, Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said, "We'll see." Portis practiced with the Bulls this week and will have two practices before Tuesday's game ... Mirotic continues to make progress as he increases his workload. Mirotic, who is out 4-6 weeks with facial fractures, has yet to return to basketball activities. ... G Zach LaVine (knee) and G Cameron Payne (foot) were also inactive for Chicago.