Bulls 116, Raptors 106
CHICAGO -- Forward Doug McDermott scored a career-high 30 points and the Chicago Bulls rallied for a 116-106 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night.
Guard Derrick Rose scored 26 points and center Pau Gasol added 18 points and 11 rebounds as Chicago (28-26) snapped a five-game losing streak.
Guard Kyle Lowry had 27 points and eight assists to lead the Raptors. Center Jonas Valanciunas contributed 25 points and 12 rebounds. Guard DeMar DeRozan added 22 points for Toronto (35-18), which dropped its second straight game.
Chicago posted its eighth consecutive win against Toronto and improved to 3-0 against the Raptors this season.
McDermott, who made 13 of 17 shots from the field, took charge in the fourth quarter. On back-to-back possessions, he drove the baseline for a dunk and buried a 3-pointer from the left corner to increase the Bulls' lead to 12 points with 8:38 remaining.
Toronto rallied to trim the deficit to 105-103 on a jump shot by forward Patrick Patterson with 3:30 to go. The Bulls responded with a driving layup by Rose and a 3-pointer by McDermott.
Chicago entered the fourth quarter with an 89-81 advantage after outscoring Toronto 37-23 during the third quarter. Rose capped a 16-2 run midway through the third quarter with back-to-back baskets. The Raptors missed all five of their 3-point attempts during the third quarter.
Toronto led 58-52 at halftime after leading by as many as 13 points early in the second quarter. Bulls forward Bobby Portis scored the final four points of the first half to trim the deficit to six.
After Raptors guard Cory Joseph missed a jump shot, Bulls guard E'Twaun Moore grabbed a rebound and heaved a pass to Portis for a breakaway dunk with 0.8 of a second remaining in the first half.
A 21-6 run helped Toronto to gain a 35-24 lead at the end of the first quarter. DeRozan, Lowry and Patterson hit three consecutive 3-pointers to help the Raptors grab the early lead.
NOTES: G Justin Holiday joined the Bulls but was not available to play because his physicals were not completed before the game, coach Fred Hoiberg said. Chicago acquired Holiday from the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday as part of a three-team trade that included the Utah Jazz. Holiday, 26, averaged 2.4 points in 26 games for the Hawks this season. ... Raptors F James Johnson returned to the lineup after missing the previous four games because of a sprained left ankle. ... Bulls G E'Twaun Moore started his 10th consecutive game. Moore, 26, started three games during the previous two seasons. ... Raptors coach Dwane Casey said he conducted the first two practices after the All-Star break as a two-day minicamp. "The players get into it and enjoy it," he said.