The Bulls Sunday had more grit and ended up grinding out a 108-104 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.
Doug McDermott scored a career high 31 points, but it was Jimmy Butler with two big jump shots in the last minute after the Grizzlies had rallied back from a seven-point fourth quarter deficit to tie the game with under a minute left.
The second straight Bulls win got them back to .500 at 21-21. The Grizzlies fell to 25-18. In addition to McDermott’s big night, the Bulls got 16 points, eight rebounds and six assists from Butler, 18 points and eight assists from Taj Gibson, 12 points, seven rebounds and three blocks from Robin Lopez and 14 points and seven rebounds from Michael Carter-Williams.