The Bulls have kept up the chase all this season, Washington, Sacramento, New Orleans and Phoenix, all seeming to wash away their hopes like going over Niagara Falls, and then came Saturday’s 129-121 victory over the Portland Trailblazers.
“We’ve talked about it enough,” said Zach LaVine, whose 36 points held off a 40-point barrage from Portland’s Damian Lillard. “We know how to play that way and showed it before. So now we’ve just got to do it consistently and come in the next game with the same mentality and keep it up. We’ve got to stay with what we’re doing, the same mindset.
“Offensively, we’re good enough to get back in any game,” said LaVine about a 17-point third quarter Bulls deficit. “We started playing for each other and scrambling on the defensive end. Our energy got brought up. We’ve got three guys who can get 40 any night. Whenever you play against someone like (Lillard) the competitor comes out in you. You have to have that mindset every game. I think that’s what’s been holding us back.”
Blackhawks melt down early in blowout loss to Kraken
The Blackhawks’ sellout crowd of 20,075 watched the Hawks allow six goals in the first 14 minutes of an 8-5 defeat Saturday, overshadowing Patrick Kane’s late goal in his return from injury. Once the game began, the Hawks delivered their worst performance in a season full of bad ones, losing 8-5 to the Kraken after surrendering six goals on seven shots in the first 14 minutes of the game. The result ended a three-game winning streak.
While quarterback Justin Fields had a record-breaking day as the Bears offense continued to ascend, the defense once again struggled throughout a 35-32 loss to the Dolphins Sunday at Soldier Field. With 178 rushing yards, Fields broke the record for most rushing yards by a quarterback in a regular-season game in NFL history held by Michael Vick, who ran for 173 yards Dec. 1, 2002 against the Vikings. He also broke the record for the longest TD run by a quarterback in Bears history on a 61-yard score in the third quarter.
Right-hander Keegan Thompson did his part to keep the sluggish White Sox offense in the doldrums, pitching five innings of one-run ball and the Cubs pinned five runs on veteran right-hander Johnny Cueto in a 5-1 victory Saturday before a sellout crowd of 37,820 at Guaranteed Rate Field.
On October 26, 1984, Michael Jordan made his NBA debut with the Chicago Bulls. Of the 25 ticket stubs that are still around today, there is only one known full, unused ticket from the season opener against the Washington Bullets. The historic piece of sports memorabilia comes courtesy of a former Northwestern student and Washington, D.C. native that was gifted two seats to the game by Bullets executive Jerry Sachs. With no one to take his extra ticket, he went to the game alone and held on to his spare, unused ticket for the last 38 years.
DeMar DeRozan scored 26 points and the Chicago Bulls beat the Houston Rockets 133-118 on Monday night. DeRozan, who scored 38 points in Sunday’s win over the Lakers after missing three games due to the NBA’s COVID-19 protocols, received help from five teammates who scored in double figures.
The Bulls never trailed and led by 25 during the first half. They have won two consecutive games and six of their last eight.
The Blackhawks completed the comeback on Friday afternoon to pull a 3-2 win over the Blues after trailing 2-0 at the first intermission.
Alex DeBrincat scored the game-winner in overtime to complete the comeback bid, following regulation goals from Jujhar Khaira in the second and Brandon Hagel with just over five minutes to play in the third. Kevin Lankinen made 23 saves in his second win of the year.
An impressive display of complementary football fueled the Bears to an exciting 20-9 win over the Raiders Sunday at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. With their second straight win—and first in three road games this season—the Bears improved to 3-2, one game behind the first-place Packers (4-1) in the NFC North.
White Sox destroy Cubs 17-13 and win Crosstown Cup
The White Sox offense came alive in the bottom of the third with back-to-back doubles by Luis Robert and José Abreu, making that José’s second RBI of the game. Moncada drove in another with a bloop to center (he’s good, just stop), halving the deficit. And then, just like that …
It’s a whole new ball game. Two more reached base following an Andrew Vaughn HBP and a Tim Anderson … WALK?! And then the White Sox took the lead following probably the most embarrassing error by a shortstop ever. And Eloy drove in two more, making it 9-6.
ReyLo shut it down again in the top of the fifth, and the Sox poured on four more with Robert, Moncada, and Yaz RBIs putting them WELL into double digits. The inning ended the way many innings seem to end this year, a Leury García ground out with RISP.
In the top of the seventh, Mike Wright gave up a solo HR to Michael Hermosillo. If you don’t know who either of those guys are, that’s fine, it doesn’t matter, because the White Sox were still up by six. By the bottom of the seventh, the White Sox were back to double the Cubs’ total thanks to an Andrew Vaughn RBI. Jake Lamb came in to pinch-hit for Tim Anderson, and he popped out to Andrew Romine, who actually caught the ball this time.
Crochet came in in the top of the eighth, inheriting two base runners from Wright and giving up three runs on Ian Happ and Jason Hayward doubles. Crochet closed out the inning with the Sox still up, 14-10. At this point, many White Sox fans were asking, what is happening?
And then, just like that … it’s a brand new ball game. Well, not really, but if this also sounds familiar it’s because Yasmani Grandal hit ANOTHER three-run homer.
And finally, FINALLY, after over FOUR HOURS, the 2021 Crosstown Cup belongs in the hands of its rightful owners, the Chicago White Sox.
Thank you for attending the Yasmani & ReyLo Show, have a good night.
In a season full of exciting moments, where the White Sox have built a 10-game lead in the American League Central over the Indians, Sunday’s 5-3 loss to the Yankees before 37,696 at Guaranteed Rate Field probably would not be included on that particular highlight reel.
Over the Blackhawks’ long and storied history, only Stan Mikita, Bobby Hull and Denis Savard had scored 1,000 points for the franchise On Sunday night, Patrick Kane’s name was added to that hallowed list. Scoring 1,000 points is such a rare accomplishment in the franchise’s history it had been nearly 30 years since it last happened. Kane, 31, was not quite 16 months old when Savard, the last to do it, assisted on a goal by Al Secord to record his 1,000th point at the Chicago Stadium on March 11, 1990.
WWE Survivor Series has come to a close, and it was an evening where Raw, Smackdown, and NXT all battled to find out which was the dominant brand. And surprisingly, it ended up being NXT, the “developmental” brand at WWE. This year’s show took place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.
