Raptors' season over after blowing 19-point lead in defeat to Bulls in play-in tournament

Zach LaVine took over in the second half as the visiting Chicago Bulls rallied past the Toronto Raptors 109-105 on Wednesday to win their single elimination play-in game.

LaVine scored 30 of his 39 points in the second half for Chicago, which trailed by as many as 19 points in the game. Former Toronto guard DeMar DeRozan scored 23 and pulled down seven rebounds.

Chicago will face the Heat in Miami on Friday in the second round of the play-in tournament.

Atlanta had already emerged as the seventh seed after the Hawks beat Miami 116-105 on Tuesday in their first-round play-in game.

Fred VanVleet had a double-double with 26 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists for Toronto, including seven three-pointers. The Raptors hosted the game after finishing the regular season ninth in the NBA's Eastern Conference.

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All-star forward Pascal Siakam scored 32 with nine rebounds for the Raptors and Scottie Barnes added 19.

VanVleet sank a buzzer-beating three-pointer before intermission, bringing the 19,800 fans at Scotiabank Arena to their feet and gave the Raptors a 58-47 lead, their largest of the game up to that point. It also improved VanVleet's shooting from beyond the arc to 4 of 5 after 24 minutes, better than the entire Bulls lineup, who had gone 2 for 11 from three-point range in the half.

The Raptors didn't let up in the third, starting the quarter on a 10-3 run to open up an 18-point lead.

LaVine scored 11 points in the final three minutes of the third quarter — including eight in a row — to cut Chicago's deficit to nine. Despite the outburst from the Bulls all-star guard, Toronto entered the fourth quarter with an 81-72 lead.

After a back-and-forth start to