Miles Bridges had 26 points and 14 rebounds, helping the Charlotte Hornets beat the Chicago Bulls 112-99 on Saturday night at the United Center.<\/p>\n
Brandon Miller scored 22 points for the Hornets, and Kon Knueppel finished with 18. LaMelo Ball added 17 points and seven assists.<\/p>\n
The Hornets had lost three straight and five of seven. They improved to 5-2 on the second day of back-to-back games.<\/p>\n
Nikola Vu\u010devi\u0107 had 28 points, eight assists and seven rebounds and Matas Buzelis scored 17 for the Bulls, who had won two in a row and seven of nine.<\/p>\n
The Bulls closed out a 3-3 homestand after they beat the Magic 121-114<\/a> on Friday night.<\/p>\n The Hornets trailed by 15 before moving in front with a big third quarter, outscoring the Bulls 32-17 in the period. Miller made three of the Hornets\u2019 seven 3-pointers in the third, and the Bulls shot 21.7% (5-for-23) from the field in the quarter.<\/p>\n Miller\u2019s 3 made it 82-73 with 49.3 seconds left, but Ayo Dosunmu\u2019s driving layup trimmed the Bulls\u2019 deficit to seven going into the fourth. Dosunmu finished with 16 points off the bench.<\/p>\n The Hornets pulled away with a 10-0 run in the final quarter. Miller capped the decisive stretch with a fadeaway jumper that made it 105-87 with 4:01 left.<\/p>\n The Hornets outrebounded the Bulls 52-43 while playing with a depleted frontcourt. Moussa Diabate (wrist), Ryan Kalkbrenner (elbow), Mason Plumlee (groin surgery), Grant Williams (knee surgery) and Tidjane Salaun (ankle soreness) were sidelined by injuries.<\/p>\n Bulls guards Josh Giddey (left hamstring) and Coby White (right calf) each missed their third consecutive game after they suffered injuries in a loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> on Monday night. Jalen Smith left in the third quarter after a collision with Ball, and the Bulls said he was being evaluated for a concussion.<\/p>\n