Pelicans Take Preseason NBA Win Over Bulls

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Published on October 13 2015 6:31 am
Last Updated on October 13 2015 6:31 am

Anthony Davis, playing in his hometown, scored 26 points on 10-for-16 shooting to lead the New Orleans Pelicans to a 123-115 preseason win over the Chicago Bulls on Monday night.

Rookie Bobby Portis led the Bulls with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Doug McDermott had 17 and Tony Snell added 15 points for Chicago.

Sean Kilpatrick had 23 points and Tyreke Evans and Ryan Anderson each had 18 for New Orleans. Anderson led the Pelicans with 10 rebounds.

Derrick Rose may be cleared for practice this week as he continues to recover from a fractured left orbital, Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said.

Rose was seen publicly at the Advocate Center for the first time Monday since suffering the injury during the Bulls' first practice Sept. 29.

"Derrick's in the building," Hoiberg said. "It was great to see him today. We'll get with him and watch some individual film after practice. [He] still isn't able to do anything as far as courtwork. Hopefully he'll get the clearance here in the next couple of days, at least get a sweat going and getting a little bit of running."

Hoiberg hoped that Rose would return by Thursday but was unsure of the exact timetable given that the guard still has some swelling around the eye.

"He's still got a little blurred vision in that eye. It's still very swollen," Hoiberg said. "But he's definitely making progress from what I saw [a week ago]."

Hoiberg, who visited Rose at his home last week to go over some video of his new system, said Rose has been able to pick up the new portions of the system but understandably wants to get him back on the floor soon.

 

Monday, October 12 Scoreboard

Memphis 91, Cleveland 81

New York 94, Philadelphia 88

Miami 97, Sasn Antonio 94

Toronto 112, Minnesota 105

New Orleans 123, Chicago 115

Portland 88, Utah 81


Tuesday, October 13 Schedule (All Times Central)

Miami at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Houston at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Denver at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.