Hawks Fall to Bulls 125-117 in Overtime Despite Jalen Johnson's Triple-Double

Matas Buzelis hit a 3-pointer with 24 seconds left in overtime Friday night, and the Chicago Bulls held on to beat the Atlanta Hawks 125-117 at United Center.

Jalen Johnson had 27 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists for Atlanta in 40 minutes, his first triple-double of the season. He went 11-of-26 from the field.

Norman Powell scored 33 for Chicago, 9 of those in overtime. Josh Giddey answered Johnson with a triple-double of his own: 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 14 assists. The Bulls (2-9) won the extra period 15-7.

Atlanta lost 124-114 at home to the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday, so this was a second straight loss. The Hawks are 7-6, and 1-1 in Emirates NBA Cup group play.

Chicago led 33-24 after one quarter. An Isaac Okoro 3-pointer with 9:25 left in the second made it 46-28, the biggest lead either team had all night.

The Hawks trailed 60-53 at halftime and outscored Chicago 30-24 in the third quarter. Luguentz Dort stole the ball from Giddey and scored on a layup with 40 seconds left in the period to tie it at 83.

Chicago led 98-87 with 8:23 left in regulation. CJ McCollum made a 3-pointer at the 4:24 mark and a pull-up jumper 23 seconds later to tie it at 103, and Johnson's running dunk off a Dyson Daniels pass tied it again at 110 with 1:08 remaining.

That was the last basket of regulation. Powell missed a floater with 4 seconds left, and on Atlanta's final possession Aaron Wiggins lost the ball out of bounds.

Onyeka Okongwu's driving layup to start overtime gave the Hawks a 112-110 lead. They never led by more than that. Powell answered with a three-point play, and Buzelis' 3-pointer later put the Bulls up 123-117.

Hawks coach Quin Snyder said he did not think the comeback had worn his team down.

"Powell hit some tough shots in the overtime, which I thought we defended pretty well," Snyder said. "We made a couple of adjustments that our guys executed that I thought were really good. And I think as much as anything, you put yourself in a position where you got to make a lot of plays, and we made enough to get where we were."

"But there's kind of that — that game goes back and forth, and it went back one too many times," Snyder continued.

Atlanta made 8 of 40 3-point attempts (20%). Chicago made 20 of 50 (40%).

The Hawks outscored the Bulls 66-46 in the paint, 26-8 on fast breaks, and 24-7 on second chances, and Chicago's 25 turnovers turned into 34 Atlanta points.

McCollum came off the bench for 20 on 9-of-16 shooting. Okongwu finished with 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 blocks. Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 16 but went 1-of-11 from 3-point range, and Dort had 10 points and 4 steals.

Jock Landale scored 12 points and fouled out. His sixth foul was a flagrant 1 with 7:54 left in the fourth quarter.

Rookie Kingston Flemings played 17 minutes and left the game with back tightness. He did not return.

Powell shot 12-of-19, including 4-of-8 from 3-point range. Jalen Smith had 15 points and 12 rebounds for Chicago, and Okoro also scored 15. Hawks Roundtable has made the case for Atlanta to pursue Powell and Smith.

Atlanta plays at Milwaukee on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET.