马克能帮助公牛战胜魔法

佛罗里达州奥兰多。-劳里·马克坎宁的罚球是芝加哥公牛队在周五晚上结束奥兰多魔术队比赛的合适方式。

在比赛还剩1.5秒时，马卡宁被戈登的一个三分球犯规，错失了第一次尝试——公牛队19次尝试中唯一一次失误——并在接下来的两次尝试中以111-109获胜。

魔术队24罚失11球，其中奥古斯汀罚失2球，比赛还剩34秒。“当你回顾比赛的时候，我们失去了很多东西，比如罚球，犯规，错过了对马卡宁的报道，”埃文·福涅尔(Evan Fournier)说。“这是困难的。”

魔术队在全明星赛结束后取得了赛季新高的五连胜。一个胜利之夜将是他们自2010-11赛季中期9连胜以来最长的连胜纪录。

马卡宁得到25分和11个篮板。扎克·拉文为公牛队贡献22分，罗宾·洛佩兹18分，小奥托·波特17分。

拉文说:“那是一场激烈的篮球赛。“我们在投篮，他们也在投篮。”篮球很有趣，只要你能赢。”

魔术的连胜因为他们在终点的失败而结束了。除了对戈登的犯规，教练克利福德在最后一分钟暂停后决定让全明星中锋尼古拉·武切维奇坐在替补席上。公牛队中锋洛佩斯很快就抢下了进攻篮板并得分，使芝加哥队以108-106领先。

克利福德说:“我没有看到他们把洛佩兹放回场上，我们在场上的位置太小了，最后放弃了一个进攻篮板，这是一个和犯规一样大的控球，和罚球失误一样大的控球。”“所以没有人比我犯了更大的错误。”

武切维奇得到19分13个篮板，他很欣赏克利福德的坦率。

“当教练像那样出现并为错误负责时，你会尊重他。这表明他言出必行，”武切维奇说。“但这不能归结为一出戏。作为球员，我们有很多事情没有做。

公牛队赢得了他们的第二个连胜，但只是最近23场比赛中的第五个。

教练吉姆·博伊伦说:“两支球队都有出拳的机会，都有必须克服的缺点。”“这就是你想玩的游戏。”公牛队:本赛季芝加哥公牛队与魔术队的比赛分了四场。

Magic:大卫·斯蒂尔(David Steele)，作为球队的电台或电视声音，宣布了他的第2396场比赛，被奥兰多魔术名人堂(Orlando Magic Hall of Fame)选为第八名成员。

接下来

公牛队:周六晚上主场迎战波士顿。

Magic:周日在多伦多。

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原标题：

Markannen helps Bulls edge Magic

原文：

ORLANDO, Fla. — Lauri Markkannen shooting free throws was a fitting way for the Chicago Bulls to finish off the Orlando Magic on Friday night.

After being fouled by Aaron Gordon on a 3-pointer with 1.5 seconds left, Markannen missed the first attempt — the Bulls' only miss of the game in 19 attempts — and made the next two for a 111-109 victory.

The Magic missed 11 of 24 free throws, two by B.J. Augustin with 34 seconds left. He went into the game as the NBA's 12th-leading free-throw shooter at 87.3 per cent.

"When you look back at the game, we lost on so many things, like free throws, the fouling, the missed coverage on Markannen," said Evan Fournier, who led Orlando with 22 points. "It's tough."

The Magic came out of the All-Star break on a season-high five-game win streak. A win night would have given them their longest winning streak since a nine-game run in the middle of the 2010-11 season.

Markannen finished with 25 points and 11 rebounds. Zach LaVine added 22 points for the Bulls, Robin Lopez had 18 and Otto Porter Jr. 17.

"That was a lot of back and forth basketball," LaVine said. "We're making a shot and they're making a shot. It's fun basketball, as long as you end up with the win."

The Magic's streak ended because of their failures at the finish. Aside from the foul on Gordon was coach Steve Clifford's decision to keep All-Star centre Nikola Vucevic on the bench after a timeout in the final minute. Bulls centre Lopez promptly came up with an offensive rebound and scored, putting the Chicago up 108-106.

"I didn't see they put Lopez back in the game and we ended up too small out there and ended up giving up an offensive rebound, and that was as big a possession as the foul, as big a possession as the missed free throws," Clifford said. "So nobody made a bigger mistake than I did."

Vucevic, who finished 19 points and 13 rebounds, appreciated Clifford's candour.

"You respect when a coach comes in like that and takes accountability for a mistake. It shows he means what he says," Vucevic said. "But it doesn't come down to one play. There were a lot of things we didn't do as players.'

The Bulls won their second straight, but only their fifth in the last 23 games.

"Both teams threw punches and both teams had deficits they had to overcome," coach Jim Boylen said. "That's the kind of game you want to play in."

TIP-INS

Bulls: Chicago split four games against the Magic this season.

Magic: David Steele, who called his 2,396th game as the team's radio or TV voice, was inducted as the eighth member of the Orlando Magic Hall of Fame.

UP NEXT

Bulls: Host Boston on Saturday night.

Magic: At Toronto on Sunday.

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