Former UNC basketball star Coby White scores 19 points en route to 109-107 Bulls victory over playoff-bound Mavericks
Coby White might just be the hottest rookie in the NBA right now not named Zion Williamson.
The former Tar Heel and current Chicago Bulls point guard has scored 142 points over his past five games, and led his team to two victories in the last four. He didn’t score more than 14 points in any of the eight games prior, each of which the Bulls lost by at least six points.
Apparently, something clicked in a February 22nd game against the Phoenix Suns, though. White notched a career-high of 33 points in that game, and he matched it the next night in a 126-117 victory over the Washington Wizards. He topped those performances two nights later against the Oklahoma City Thunder when he scored 35 points and hit six three-pointers. He scored 22 points, and hit four more three-pointers against the Knicks over the weekend.
This rook means business. He led the Bulls in scoring in tonight’s win over the Mavs 💪@CobyWhite’s stat sheet:
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) March 3, 2020
19pts / 6reb / 5ast / 1stl pic.twitter.com/yMqnuOeRgO
On Monday night, White scored a team-high 19 points, and led Chicago to a 109-107 victory over a 37-win Dallas team that’s destined for an appearance in the 2020 playoffs. He hit 8-of-20 shots from the floor, and 3-of-9 from beyond the arc to go along with six rebounds and five assists. He logged 32 minutes off the bench on a night that superstar Zach Lavine wasn’t in the lineup.
White is averaging 20 points, four rebounds and four assists over the past month of the season. He’s shooting better than 40 percent from three-point range during that span, and 93.5 percent from the free throw line.
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