Bulls Hand Grizzlies One Point Loss

The Bulls marched to the free throw line in the last minute of the game and defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 111-110.

The winning margin came with 1.8 seconds left when Antonio Blakeney made two of three free throws after Memphis took a one-point lead. Blakeney had waved off Cameron Payne so he could line up for the last shot. He was then fouled. Just before that, Cristiano Felicio made two pressure free throws.

Memphis lost its 19th game in a row. The Bulls moved to 24-44.

The Bulls were led by Zach LaVine with 20 points, making 10 of 10 free throws. But he shot four of 12. Bobby Portis had 17 points, Denzel Valentine 15 all on three pointers and David Nwaba and Blakeney 10 each. The Bulls had a season high 63 points off the bench and were 15 of 41 on threes in the maddening game with more than 25 lead changes and ties.

Thursday, March 15  Scoreboard

Toronto 106, Indiana 99

Portland 113, Cleveland 105

Philadelphia 118, New York 110

Charlotte 129, Atlanta 117

Houston 101, Los Angeles clippers 96

Denver 120, Detroit 113

Chicago 111, Memphis 110

San  Antonio 98, New Orleans 93

Utah 116, Phoenix 88

Friday, March 16 Schedule (All Times Central)

Boston at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles Clippers at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

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

Miami at Los Angeles Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 17 Schedule (All Times Central)

Atlanta at Milwajkee, 5 p.m.

Indiana at Washington, 6 p.m.

Houston at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Charlotte at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Denver at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Utah, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Detroit at Portland, 9 p.m.

Sunday, March 18 Schedule (All Times Central)

Oklahoma City at Toronto, noon

Boston at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Houston at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Portland at Los Angeles Clippers, 9:30 p.m.