The Los Angeles Lakers (13 - 34) beat the Chicago Bulls (30 - 18) in thrilling fashion Thursday 123 - 118 in double overtime. Chicago entered the fourth quarter lucky to be down just four points after being badly outplayed by Los Angeles. While every shot seemed to be falling for the Lakers, the Bulls could n't buy a basket - - until the very end. Former Laker Pau Gasol tied the game at 98 with just eleven seconds to go, the first tie of the game. The Bulls took 47 minutes to finally look like themselves, but that was enough to force overtime. Los Angeles finally woke back up in the second overtime thanks to clutch performances with Wayne Ellington, Jordan Clarkson, and Jordan Hill. Chicago fought hard, but ran out of gas in the second overtime. Jimmy Butler tied a career - high with 35 points, including 16 - 18 from the free throw line. However, Butler came out of the game late in the second overtime period and had a trainer examining his knee. Chicago wanted anything but a second straight overtime game on the road, especially when it has a quick turnaround with a game in Phoenix on Friday. Los Angeles came into Thursday's game on a nine - game losing streak, one shy of the longest such streak since the Lakers moved to L.A. Jordan Hill had a huge game for the Lakers, pouring in 26 points to go along with 12 rebounds. The Lakers will begin a four game Eastern Conference road trip Sunday in New York.
["TeamStat(G,'Lakers') has 34 Losses ,has 123 Total points ,has 13 Wins ."
 "TeamStat(G,'Bulls') has 18 Losses ,has 118 Total points ,has 30 Wins ."]