Coby White, Bulls and Victor Wembanyama
W ith the Chicago Bulls clinging to a one-point lead late in Monday night's game against the San Antonio Spurs, guard Coby White took matters into his own hands. Moments after mak
The Bulls outscored the Spurs 32-15 in the game's final quarter as Chicago rallied from a 79-60 second-half deficit. After the Bulls trailed 97-82 early in the fourth quarter, White gave Chicago its first lead of the game by beating Wembanyama with 47.1 seconds remaining.
After the Spurs' 7-3 superstar blocked eight shots Monday, White got some revenge with a vicious dunk to cap a furious Bulls rally in the fourth quarter.
Dunking on Victor Wembanyama is not an easy thing to do, especially if you're almost a foot shorter than him. Zach LaVine noted after the game that the Bulls had been joking about trying to dunk on him, and Coby White was actually able to pull it off.
Victor Wembanyama has nearly a foot on Coby White, but it didn't matter in the late stages of the game on Monday night. The Bulls had a huge possession late as they were up by one point, and White was able to make a three-point game with a monster dunk over Wembanyama.
The Chicago Bulls beat the San Antonio Spurs 114–110 on Monday night. Coby White finished with 23 points, including two huge baskets over Victor Wembanyama in the final minute of the game.
Zach LaVine and Coby White scored 33 points each and Nikola Vucevic notched a double-double with 22 points and 12 rebounds to lift the Chicago Bulls to a 139-126 win against the visiting New York Knicks on Saturday.
The letdown came on quickly for the Chicago Bulls after two emotional wins at home this week. They dropped a 129-113 loss to the Indiana Pacers.
Coby White #0 of the Chicago Bulls dunks the ball over Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs during the second half at the United Center on
"It was electric in there," Coby White said postgame after scoring 33 points. "We talked about it before the game. If it’s one game to feed off energy, it’s going to be this game. We knew Derrick Rose was going to bring the whole Chicago out.
Coby White narrowly missed his first career triple-double, finishing with 23 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, and Torrey Craig scored 18 points after halftime and the Chicago Bulls held on to beat the Charlotte Hornets 115-108 in overtime.