Chelsea captain Millie Bright has praised her side's 'unbelievable mentality' and embraced the challenge of facing Barcelona in the UEFA Women's Champions League semifinals as they continue their hunt for a historic quadruple.

Goals from Sandy Baltimore, Nathalie Björn and Mayra Ramírez booked Chelsea a ticket to the UWCL semifinal on Thursday as the London side overturned a 2-0 deficit against Manchester City.

Chelsea now face an even bigger challenge in the form of three-time champions Barça as they look to beat the Liga F side that have halted their hunt for European success over the past two seasons.

When asked about facing the reigning champions, Bright's response was simple.

"We are a new team, we are on a new journey, we are in a new era," she said. "Bring it on."

The opportunity for a quadruple is on the table for Chelsea after they beat City to win the Women's League Cup in March and sit eight points clear at the top of the WSL table. Their FA Cup campaign is ongoing as they prepare to face Liverpool in the semifinals on April 12.

Former Chelsea midfielder Karen Carney backed the Blues in their quest for European success after their triumphant comeback win in the quarterfinal.

"The quadruple mentality is back on," Carney said on TNT Sports.

"They are not stopping, they are a train and when they are on it, you can't stop them. They will be thinking 'we want that quadruple and we are not going to stop.'"

Chelsea were ruthless against City on Thursday in their attempt to keep their European dream alive. The home side registered 11 shots on target to win the match in the first half despite the uphill climb they faced to overturn Vivianne Miedema's first leg double.

"We were never in doubt. We had full confidence in ourselves. We could have had way more than three goals," Bright said.

"[We have an] unbelievable mentality and desire to come back. It was a true Chelsea performance."

Dani Alves won his appeal against a sexual assault conviction as a Spanish court overturned the ruling on Friday.

Alves was found guilty in February 2024 of raping a woman in a nightclub in December 2022 and sentenced to four years, six months in prison.

He denied wrongdoing during the three-day trial.

The former Brazil and Barcelona player was released from prison in in March 2024 while waiting for his appeal to be heard by a higher court.

That court ruled on Friday that there was "insufficient evidence" to rule out Alves' presumption of innocence.

NEWARK, N.J. -- Ever since Cooper Flagg scored 42 points against Notre Dame in January, setting an ACC record and cementing his Player of the Year candidacy, it has been difficult to be truly surprised by anything from the freshman phenom.

That changed Thursday night, as Flagg put forth a virtuoso performance, finishing with 30 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks to lead Duke past Arizona 100-93 in the Sweet 16.

"That was one of the best tournament performances I've ever coached or been a part of," Duke coach Jon Scheyer said after the game.

The Blue Devils will face Alabama on Saturday in the Elite Eight.

Flagg was in legitimately rarefied air Thursday night. He became the first Duke player with 30 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in an NCAA tournament game since assists became an official statistic in 1984, according to ESPN Research, and just the second player with at least 30 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks in an NCAA tournament game since blocks became official in 1986. The other player to do it was UCLA's Ed O'Bannon in 1994.

Flagg also became the first player with 30-5-5 and one or fewer turnovers since Chris Mullin in 1985.

"He just did what he was supposed to do, and he'll move on and get ready for Alabama," Scheyer said. "I think that's the beauty of it with him. He doesn't get caught up in all that.

"What I've wanted from him is not to defer. I've just wanted him to fully be him, and I thought he was that. He was in his element tonight. He was him. He had just a great personality. He was loose, talking, competitive, the whole thing. So yeah, he impresses me all the time."

Early on, Flagg was quiet offensively, with just three points through 12 minutes. But he scored on back-to-back layups, hit a couple of tough shots and began to be more aggressive.

"I think just playing with really good energy, trusting our game plan, trusting my teammates," Flagg said. "They put me in some really good spots tonight. Coach, as well, put me in some really good spots. I think just making the right play and just letting the game happen."

Arizona had gone punch for punch with Duke for the first 19 and a half minutes, just one stop from going into halftime tied at 42. Then Kon Knueppel hit a 3; Caleb Love missed a shot with seven seconds left; Mason Gillis grabbed the rebound and got the ball to Flagg, who pulled up from several feet behind the 3-point line and buried the shot as time expired.

Suddenly, a tied score became a six-point Duke lead heading into the break -- and a quick 14-5 Duke run coming out of halftime put the Blue Devils up 15, and the game was essentially out of reach.

Arizona wouldn't get closer than five the rest of the game.

"We talk about inflection points, and the end of the half is a really big inflection point," Knueppel said.

Added Scheyer: "That was critical in that moment."

Duke hit 100 points for the fifth time this season and the fourth time since mid-February. The Blue Devils shot 60% from the field, 58% from 3 and 85% from the free throw line.

It's the second time they beat Arizona this season; they scored a 69-55 win over the Wildcats in November.

"They're a team that they come down, they have a plan, they know what they want to get, and they're able to get to it consistently, which is hard to do," Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd said. "We're not a bad defensive team, but they make you feel like it for long stretches today.

"They've done a really good job creating certainty, and all their young guys have gotten better. Their vets like [Tyrese] Proctor, Sion James -- he's impressive -- have gotten better. Even Pat Ngongba has gotten better over the course of the year. They've got a lot of good pieces, and they all fit together."

Love played the final game of his college career, and it was perhaps the best he has played since arriving at North Carolina in 2020. He had 35 points, single-handedly keeping the Wildcats within striking distance for long stretches in the second half.

Love became the first player with 35 points and no turnovers against a 1-seed in the NCAA tournament since Michael Finley in 1994, according to ESPN Research. He also became the second player in NCAA tournament history to have a 30-point game with two teams.

"Caleb is a great person, and he's been through a lot," Lloyd said. "I hope everybody takes a step back, whether they've been a hater or whatever or [piling on], and give this guy a real chance because he's special. ... Been through it, and he's come out the other side of it better."

SAN FRANCISCO -- Darrion Williams could barely make a shot for the first 30 minutes. He didn't miss when it mattered most, sending Texas Tech to an improbable spot in the Elite Eight.

Williams scored the go-ahead basket with 7.3 seconds left in overtime after tying the game with a 3-pointer in the closing seconds of regulation to lead Texas Tech to an 85-83 win over Arkansas on Thursday night.

"The heart of the team is Darrion Williams, and he's just a resilient guy," coach Grant McCasland said. "I mean I can't even explain it. I put faith in him because I do believe that he'll find a way in one-game scenarios to do whatever it takes to win. I honestly do. Whatever it takes."

The first overtime game of March Madness came thanks to a furious comeback by the third-seeded Red Raiders (28-8) from 13 points down with less than five minutes left against coach John Calipari's 10th-seeded Razorbacks (22-14).

Texas Tech advances to play top-seeded Florida in the West Region final on Saturday with a chance at the school's second Final Four trip after losing the title game to Virginia in 2019.

That idea seemed far-fetched for most of this game as Arkansas broke out to a double-digit lead early and was in control most of the way, leading by as many as 16 points in the second half, making the Red Raiders' comeback the third-largest ever in the Sweet 16. According to ESPN Research, Arkansas had the lead for 38 minutes, 53 seconds, whereas Texas Tech led for 3 minutes, 20 seconds.

"In the huddle, Coach kept saying, 'We're going to find a way to win this,'" guard Christian Anderson said. "No matter how much we're down, I think it was like 16 [points] with 10 minutes left or something. As a team we kind of had that look, like, 'We're not losing this game no matter what.' No matter if it's defensive, offensive rebounds -- we got to get defensive rebounds, steals. I know we had to find a way to make it happen, and at the end we did."

Williams helped will the Red Raiders down the stretch after opening the game by missing 13 of his 15 shots in front of a large contingent of his friends and family that came from Sacramento, California, for the game.

But the Red Raiders closed regulation with a 16-3 run behind three 3-pointers from Anderson and three baskets from Williams. The biggest came when Williams rattled in a 3 with 9.7 seconds left after Jonas Aidoo had missed the front end of a one-and-one.

Williams had missed eight of his first nine attempts from 3 before that make.

"Obviously they weren't going in, but I was shooting open ones," Williams said. "They'll fall."

JT Toppin then scored to start overtime and give Texas Tech its first lead since the opening minutes. It went back and forth from there, with D.J. Wagner tying it for Arkansas with 34 seconds left.

Williams then scored down low to give Texas Tech the lead and Wagner's last shot hit the front rim, sending the Red Raiders into a wild celebration at midcourt as Williams pointed to the crowd.

"If we would've just rolled over and let them beat us by 30, season would've been over, and none of us wanted that," Williams said.

Calipari could only walk off the court with pursed lips and a sigh as his first season at Arkansas ended in heartbreak after he fell just short of being the first coach to take four schools to the Elite Eight.

Thursday's loss marked the largest blown lead in the NCAA tournament by a Calipari-led team.

"We're all disappointed here," Calipari said. "But I told them, there's nothing them individually or my team could do to disappoint me because of what they've done this year. I'm so proud of them."

Anderson scored 22 points to lead Texas Tech, while Toppin and Williams added 20 apiece.

Johnell Davis scored 30 points for the Razorbacks and Karter Knox added 20.

ESPN Research and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

The first half of the Elite Eight is set.

The Duke Blue Devils and Alabama Crimson Tide, who each scored at least 100 points in their wins on Thursday, will face off Saturday. And the Texas Tech Red Raiders mounted the second-biggest comeback in Sweet 16 history for the chance to take on the Florida Gators.

Find analysis from our reporters on-site in Newark, New Jersey, and San Francisco below, plus a play-by-play of the major highlights and nuggets from all four games.

Jump to: Results and analysis | Relive the action

Thursday results, analysis

(10) Arkansas vs.
(3) Texas Tech

Final: Texas Tech defeated Arkansas 85-83 in OT

How Texas Tech won: For most of the second half, Arkansas looked like it was cruising to the Elite Eight in its first season under John Calipari. The Razorbacks led by as many as 16 points and had a 13-point lead with 4:43 to go -- then Texas Tech caught fire. A 10-0 Red Raiders run made it a three-point game with 2:06 remaining, setting the stage for a memorable finish in San Francisco. A Darrion Williams 3-pointer tied the score with nine seconds left and Arkansas' erratic, last-ditch effort to win in regulation failed. Williams delivered, again, in overtime with the game-winning bucket with seven seconds left. Texas Tech's win stands as, perhaps, the game of the tournament with JT Toppin, Christian Anderson and Williams all scoring at least 20 points in the second-largest Sweet 16 comeback in NCAA tournament history. -- Kyle Bonagura

Texas Tech's key to Elite Eight matchup against Florida: Composure from Elijah Hawkins. Texas Tech's comeback from a double-digit deficit in the second half demanded an abundance of resilience -- the Red Raiders won that game because their top players made key plays down the stretch. But it wasn't the best night for their point guard. Hawkins finished 1-for-10 from the field with five rebounds and five turnovers after averaging 15.0 points, 8.5 assists and 1.0 rebounds in the first two rounds. His poise helped Texas Tech reach this stage, but he just never seemed comfortable Thursday. Hawkins will have to put that effort behind him to get ready for Florida on Saturday. -- Myron Medcalf

(4) Arizona vs.
(1) Duke

Final: Duke defeated Arizona 100-93

How Duke won: Duke had Cooper Flagg and Arizona didn't. It was a virtuoso performance from the freshman phenom, who finished with 30 points, six rebounds, seven assists and three blocks -- also hitting the buzzer-beating 3 at halftime that gave the Blue Devils a six-point lead. The Wildcats didn't have an answer for him, using several different players to guard him at various points. They wouldn't get closer than five in the second half, which didn't happen until the final couple of minutes. The Blue Devils had too much offensively. They shot 60% from the field, 58% from 3 and ended up closing the free throw gap that the Wildcats created in the first half. Expect more points when Duke faces Alabama in the Elite Eight on Saturday night -- both teams reached 100 on Thursday. -- Jeff Borzello

Duke's key to Elite Eight matchup against Alabama: Khaman Maluach's continued growth. Maluach's first exposure to basketball was at a basketball camp operated by Luol Deng, the former Duke and NBA star, in 2019. The 7-foot-2 standout and projected lottery pick has displayed impressive growth as a freshman with the Blue Devils, but it's clear he is still learning. On Thursday, he picked up his fourth foul with eight minutes to play against Arizona because he was careless as he tried to force a turnover. Maluach is gifted, but he has to be more cautious, so he is available when Duke needs him. On the flip side, he did demonstrate the skills that have made him a pivotal player for the Blue Devils, scoring on putbacks and alley-oops and post-ups while altering shots and blocking others. He has left his mark and continues to grow -- the latter could be the reason Duke reaches the Final Four. -- Myron Medcalf

(6) BYU vs.
(2) Alabama

Final: Alabama defeated BYU 113-88

How Alabama won: The Crimson Tide put on an unprecedented shooting display, setting the NCAA tournament record for made 3s -- with more than seven minutes still on the clock. They finished with 25 made 3-pointers, beating the record of 21 set by Loyola Marymount in 1990. Mark Sears played like the first-team All-American that he is, making 10 3s and finishing with 34 points and eight assists to become the first player in NCAA tournament history to have eight 3s and eight assists in a game.

BYU, which entered the contest ranked in the top 10 nationally in 3-pointers per game, simply couldn't keep up. The Cougars went just 1-for-13 from 3 in the first half and couldn't string together enough stops defensively in the second half to get closer than seven points.

Alabama will have to hope it saved enough made 3s for Saturday, when the Tide will look to get to their second consecutive Final Four. -- Jeff Borzello

Alabama's key to Elite Eight matchup against Duke: Guards must continue to take pressure off Mark Sears. Midway through the season, Nate Oats benched Sears for the second half of an SEC game. The conversation around that moment centered on the head coach's relationship with his star player, but there was another factor at play: Sears was frustrated because teams were relentless as they tried to stop him. That defensive approach against Alabama doesn't work when both Chris Youngblood and Aden Holloway make an impact, though, which is exactly what happened in Thursday's historic blowout of BYU. While Sears was unstoppable, both Holloway (23 points) and Youngblood (19 points) made it impossible for BYU to focus solely on the AP All-American. If Sears continues to get help from his backcourt mates, Alabama might not lose another game. -- Myron Medcalf

(4) Maryland vs.
(1) Florida

Final: Florida defeated Maryland 87-71

How Florida won: Florida let Maryland stick around for a half but quickly showed its superiority after that in what turned into a drama-free 16-point win in San Francisco. Will Richard led the Gators with 15 points, but they had five players in double figures, showcasing the depth that helped them earn a No. 1 seed. The lopsided win came despite iffy ball security, though, as Florida turned the ball over 17 times. The Gators outscored Maryland in the paint (38-30), got 29 points from their bench and shot the ball well from deep (11-of-28) in a comprehensive win to advance to the Elite Eight. -- Kyle Bonagura

Florida's key to Elite Eight matchup against Texas Tech: Alex Condon staying on the floor. During a February matchup against Mississippi State, Condon suffered a sprained right ankle. The injury affected the 6-foot-11 big man throughout the season and he tweaked the same injury in the first half of Thursday's win over Maryland. Florida was noticeably less efficient and effective while Condon remained on the sideline earlier in the game, and when he returned, the Gators widened the gap against the Terrapins. Per EvanMiya.com, Condon is the 15th-most impactful player in college basketball -- he is ranked ahead of stars like Hunter Dickinson and Ryan Kalkbrenner in the site's BPR ratings. As Thursday showed, the Gators will need Condon healthy and available on Saturday to reach their peak. -- Myron Medcalf

Relive the live action

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Grizzlies star Ja Morant missed his sixth straight game Thursday night because of a strained left hamstring as Memphis fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder, 125-104.

Morant, who averages 22.3 points, has played in just 43 of the team's 73 games this season.

Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins said Morant was injured on March 14 against Cleveland, and he's considered day-to-day.

"Last two weeks, he's made a lot of great progress," Jenkins said. "And he's working his tail off to get back out there."

The Grizzlies are in the hunt to earn home court in the first round of the playoffs. They're in fifth place in the Western Conference, 3 games behind Houston for second place.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

NEW ORLEANS -- Golden State star Stephen Curry returned to practice and is listed as questionable to return from a pelvic contusion against the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday.

Coach Steve Kerr said the Warriors scrimmaged for six minutes and that Curry participated and looked good. Curry also went through an individual workout after practice, and the team will see how he feels Friday.

"He looked really good," Kerr said. "He is going to go through his individual workout like he did the other day. That is where he can really feel and test certain things.

"I am optimistic [he will return Friday]."

Curry has missed the past two games since crashing to the floor and suffering the pelvic contusion in last Thursday's win over Toronto. Without Curry, the Warriors opened their six-game road trip with losses at Atlanta and Miami.

Curry rejoined the team in Miami and went through a non-scrimmage practice Monday. Afterward, he went through an individual workout and Kerr said Curry felt something on a certain move.

Guard Brandin Podziemski said Curry "looked fine" during Thursday's scrimmage.

"I hope he plays tomorrow. We obviously could use him," Podziemski said. "But we rather have him be 100% healthy instead of rushing him back."

WASHINGTON -- By the end, the score was so out of hand that Indiana shut its offense down early. The Pacers started taking shot clock violations with well over a minute to play.

They'd already made history.

The Pacers broke their franchise record for points in an NBA game, beating the Washington Wizards 162-109 on Thursday night. It was also the most points allowed by Washington, the most lopsided defeat in Wizards history and the most points scored by an NBA team this season.

It was the most points by a team in a non-overtime game since Denver beat Seattle 168-116 on March 16, 2008. The Pacers also set a franchise record for 3-pointers (27) and had 48 assists on 59 made field goals.

"It's obviously fun to watch when you're coaching the team making all the shots," Indiana coach Rick Carlisle said. "But there was a spirit of unselfishness which is really what Indiana's about."

It was certainly a team effort, in which there was plenty of playing time to go around. Nine Indiana players finished in double figures, led by Tyrese Haliburton with 29 points. Andrew Nembhard and T.J. McConnell had eight assists apiece.

Indiana shot 64% from the field, a night after losing at the buzzer to the Los Angeles Lakers on a tip-in by LeBron James.

"Last night was rough. It was rough on everybody," Carlisle said. "Today we had a short meeting to turn the page, concentrate on these guys."

That focus was obvious when the Pacers scored 45 points in the first quarter. It was 83-61 at halftime, before a 42-point third quarter made it 125-88.

Indiana might well have surpassed 40 in the fourth as well if it hadn't stopped trying to score on its final three possessions, drawing boos from the crowd. The biggest lead was 59.

"I had a couple go in early that felt awful leaving my hands," Haliburton said. "That's when I knew I had it going tonight."

The Pacers, who scored 177 points in a game while playing in the ABA, had 11 players make a 3-pointer.

CHICAGO -- The bar to clear for anything to register as truly shocking for this season's Los Angeles Lakers is pretty high after their Luka Doncic trade stunned the basketball world last month, but the buzzer-beating results of back-to-back games in the past 48 hours certainly would qualify.

A day after LeBron James was L.A.'s hero with a tip-in to beat the Indiana Pacers as time expired, he was part of the Lakers' unraveling in a 119-117 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night that Josh Giddey won with a 47-foot 3-pointer from beyond half court.

"Devastation," Lakers coach JJ Redick said after the loss. "It's a hell of a way to lose a basketball game."

The Lakers led by as many as 18 points in the fourth quarter and were up by five with 12.6 seconds left after two free throws by Austin Reaves.

Then the wheels came off.

First, Bulls forward Patrick Williams hit a 3 from the corner with 9.8 seconds left to cut L.A.'s lead to 115-113, with James late to close out after shifting toward Nikola Vucevic beyond the arc. Then, James had his inbounds pass stolen by Giddey while trying to find Reaves in the corner, setting up a Coby White 3 with 6.1 seconds left that put Chicago up 116-115.

"Horrible turnover by myself," James said after finishing with 17 points on 8-for-20 shooting, 12 assists, 2 steals and a team-high 4 turnovers.

Reaves said he also contributed to the miscue.

"I think the miscommunication might've been I was trying to hold [his defender] off instead of popping to the ball," he said. "I take just as much as responsibility as I'm sure he did. Hopefully we'll talk about it and figure it out so next time that won't happen."

As huge as Giddey's half-court heave was, the steal was just as consequential.

"He kind of just bounced it," Giddey, who had 25 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists, said of James' errant pass. "I was surprised at how easy I was able to grab it."

L.A. called a timeout and Redick drew up a play to put the ball in Reaves' hands. Much like Reaves' winning shot against the Golden State Warriors on Christmas Day, the Lakers' guard drove straight to the hoop and scored a layup to put the Lakers back up 117-116 with 3.3 seconds left.

Giddey inbounded the ball immediately to Williams, who passed it back to Giddey, setting up his winning shot as James jumped in front of him to contest as he let it go.

"It sucks," said Reaves, who had 30 points on 10-for-17 shooting. "We probably had a high-percentage chance of winning after my layup went in. There's not many half-court buzzer-beaters to lose a game. And it's just, it's frustrating."

It was L.A.'s eighth loss in its past 12 games, and the Lakers' defense -- which have given up only 43 points combined to the Bulls over the second and third quarters Thursday -- gave up 44 points in the fourth.

"Give up 44, no matter how many points you put up, it's not good ingredients for success," James said.

The Bulls shot 11-for-14 from 3 in the final quarter.

"I mean, 11-of-14 in an empty gym is really good," Redick said. "So that's unreal shooting."

Redick said it was the third win the Lakers fumbled away this season, citing previous losses to the Atlanta Hawks and Orlando Magic. James said the only way for the Lakers to properly respond is to play a complete game Saturday against the Memphis Grizzlies when they finish their four-game trip.

"There's another game in two days, less than two days, that's how you do it," James said. "That's the NBA. You can't go into a game on Saturday thinking about what happened on Thursday."

CHICAGO -- Josh Giddey could feel it as soon as the ball left his fingertips. In a flash, teammates were mobbing him.

Giddey's buzzer-beating half-court heave capped what might be the wildest finish in the NBA this season and gave the surging Chicago Bulls a 119-117 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night.

"Special moment to do it with these guys, this team," Giddey said.

The Lakers, meanwhile, went from winning at Indiana on a tip-in by LeBron James at the buzzer on Wednesday to losing in gut-wrenching fashion. They are just the fifth team in NBA history to win and lose on a buzzer-beater on consecutive days, according to Basketball-Reference.com. They also took it on the chin again from Chicago after getting blown out by the Bulls in Los Angeles on Saturday.

"Devastation," Lakers coach JJ Redick said. "It's a hell of a way to lose a basketball game."

The Lakers led by 13 midway through the fourth quarter and appeared to be in good shape up 115-110 after Austin Reaves made two free throws with 12.6 seconds left, only to lose for the eighth time in 12 games. They have a day to shake it off before closing out a four-game trip at Memphis.

"We put ourselves in position to win, gave up a lot of 3s in the fourth quarter, still put ourselves in position to win," James said. "Horrible turnover by myself, miscommunication the play before that. AR tried to save us. Tip your hats."

The Bulls made 11 of 14 3-pointers in the fourth. They nailed three in the final 10 seconds, starting with one by Patrick Williams with 9.8 seconds left.

Giddey then stole a pass from James and fed Coby White for a 3 to put the Bulls on top with 6.1 seconds remaining.

Reaves drove for a layup to give the Lakers a 117-116 lead with 3.3 seconds left, Chicago had just enough time to pull out the win.

Giddey inbounded to Williams, got the ball back and pulled up near the Bulls' logo. He held his follow-through right until the shot fell through the net, giving the Bulls their ninth win in 11 games. And this one was easily their wildest in recent memory.

A sentiment shared by guard Kevin Huerter on X after the game.

"Just wow," he wrote. "Craziest game of my life probably."

Just wow. Craziest game of my life probably

Kevin Huerter (@KevinHuerter) March 28, 2025

"We've shown over the last month to six weeks that we can beat anybody," Giddey said. "The way we play the game, I think it wears people down. We get up and down. We run. We put heat on them to get back. A lot of veteran teams don't particularly want to get back and play in transition."

The Bulls looked like a lifeless team a month ago. They traded Zach LaVine to Sacramento before the deadline and seemed to be packing it in after six straight losses left them with a 22-35 record. They're 11-5 since then, and they haven't just been picking on weak teams. They've beaten the Lakers twice and Denver in the past three games and also have a win over Indiana during this stretch.

Giddey and White have been at their best lately.

Giddey delivered his fifth triple-double Thursday with 25 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists. The only Bulls player with more in a season was Michael Jordan with 15 in 1988-89. His feat also makes him the first player with a triple-double and a winning buzzer-beater against the Lakers in NBA history, according to Basketball-Reference.

White finished with 26 points after scoring 35 or more in a career-high three straight games, and the Bulls simply didn't quit. Coach Billy Donovan said that took hold in September, during the players' workouts at the team's facility before the start of training camp.

"We've got to be in great shape to play this way," he said. "They've got to push themselves. I think a lot of that stemmed before training camp started, when they all came back in September. They played most of their pickup games with a 14-second shot clock just to kind of get that mentality down. We tried to go through training camp like that. I think there's advantages by really trying to play in a way that forces these guys to be in great shape."

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.