By R.L. Bynum
Coby White scored all nine of his points in the second quarter as the Chicago Bulls became the first No. 10 seed to win a play-in tournament, rallying from a 19-point second-half deficit to win 109–105 Wednesday night at No. 9-seed Toronto.
The other four UNC alums in the postseason play their playoff openers on Saturday.
Chicago advanced to play at Miami at 7 p.m. Friday (TNT) for the right to face No. 1 Eastern Conference seed Milwaukee as the No. 8 seed. That first-round series would begin Sunday in Milwaukee.
Zach LaVine scored 39 points, and former Raptors player DeMar DeRozan added 23 for Chicago.
White made all four shots, one from 3-point range, in the second period, and finished with a postseason career-high five assists and one steal. He didn’t get off a shot in the other three quarters.
It was the sixth postseason game for White, whose best game was 17 points in a first-round loss to the Bucks in Game 5 of the playoffs last season.
After playing 9½ minutes in the second quarter and 14 in the first half, he only got in for 10:45 in the second half, including only 1 minute, 50 seconds in the fourth quarter. He came in for one offensive possession in the last minute but didn’t touch the ball.
The Brooklyn Nets, with Cameron Johnson and Day’Ron Sharpe, are the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference. They get the league’s first-round series started at 1 p.m. Saturday (ESPN) when they play at No. 3-seed Philadelphia.
Danny Green’s No. 4-seed Cleveland Cavaliers play host to No. 5-seed New York at 6 p.m. Saturday (ESPN).
In an ABC game at 8:30 Saturday night, Harrison Barnes’ Sacramento Kings, the No. 3 Western Conference seed, play host to No. 6-seed Golden State.
Harrison Barnes, Sacramento Kings forward
Age 30 | 6–8, 225 | 11th NBA season | UNC 2010–12 (2 seasons)
Regular-season statistics — 82 games, 15.0 points, 47.3 FG%, 37.4 3FG%, 84.7 FT%, 4.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists
Sacramento finished 48–34, third in the Western Conference
Kings No. 3 seed in first-round Western Conference series with No. 6-seed Golden State
8:30 Saturday at Sacramento, ABC
10 p.m. Monday at Sacramento, TNT
10 p.m. Thursday at Golden State, TNT
3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 23, at Golden State, ABC
If needed:
Wednesday, April 26, at Sacramento
Friday, April 28, at Golden State
Sunday, April 30, at Sacramento
Danny Green, Cleveland Cavaliers guard
Age 35 | 6–6, 205 | 13th NBA season | UNC 2005–09 (4 seasons)
Regular-season statistics — 11 games, 5.5 points, 44.9 FG%, 42.2 3FG%, 1–1 FT, 1.3 rebounds, 0.5 of an assist
Cleveland finished 51–31, fourth in the Western Conference
Cavaliers No. 4 seed in first-round Eastern Conference series with No. 5-seed New York
6 p.m. Saturday at Cleveland, ESPN
7:30 Tuesday at Cleveland, TNT
8:30 Friday, April 21, at New York, ABC
1 p.m. Sunday, April 23, at New York, ABC
If needed:
Wednesday, April 26, at Cleveland
Friday, April 28, at New York
Sunday, April 30, at Cleveland
Cameron Johnson, Brooklyn Nets forward
Age 27 | 6–8, 210 | fourth NBA season | UNC 2017–19 (2 seasons)
Regular-season statistics — 42 games, 15.5 points, 47.0 FG%, 40.4 3P%, 84.28 FT%, 4.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists
Brooklyn finished 45–37, sixth in the Eastern Conference
Nets No. 6 seed in first-round Eastern Conference series with No. 3-seed Philadelphia
1 p.m. Saturday at Philadelphia, ESPN
7:30 Monday at Philadelphia, TNT
7:30 Thursday at Brooklyn, TNT
1 p.m. Saturday, April 30, TNT
If needed:
Monday, April 24, at Philadelphia
Thursday, April 27, at Brooklyn
Saturday, April 29, at Philadelphia
Day’Ron Sharpe, Brooklyn Nets center
Age 21 | 6–9, 265 | second NBA season | UNC 2020–21 (1 season)
Regular-season NBA statistics — 48 games, 4.7 points, 54.4 FG%, 6–11 3FG, 63.6 FT%, 4.2 rebounds, 0.8 of an assist, 0.7 of a block
Regular-season G League statistics — 14 games, 16.3 points, 64.4 2PFG%, 21.1 3FG%, 57.1 FT%, 12.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.6 blocks, 12 double-doubles
Brooklyn finished 45–37, sixth in the Eastern Conference
Nets No. 6 seed in first-round Eastern Conference series with No. 3-seed Philadelphia
1 p.m. Saturday at Philadelphia, ESPN
7:30 Monday at Philadelphia, TNT
7:30 Thursday at Brooklyn, TNT
1 p.m. Saturday, April 30, TNT
If needed:
Monday, April 24, at Philadelphia
Thursday, April 27, at Brooklyn
Saturday, April 29, at Philadelphia
Coby White, Chicago Bulls guard
Age 23 | 6–4, 195 | fourth NBA season | UNC 2018–19 (1 season)
109–105 Wednesday win at Toronto — 25 minutes, 9 points, 4–4 FG, 1–1 3FG, 5 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover, 3 fouls, +1
Regular-season statistics — 74 games, 9.7 points, 44.3 FG%, 37.2 3P%, 87.1 FT%, 2.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists
Chicago finished 40–42, 10th in the Eastern Conference
Up next — 7 p.m. Friday at Miami, TNT; with a win, Bulls would advance to a first-round series against No. 1-seed Milwaukee, with Game 1 at 5:30 Sunday, TNT
Get an explanation of the game score metric here. Michael Jordan produced the all-time-high game score of 64.6 on March 28, 1990, in the Chicago Bulls’ 117–113 overtime win at Cleveland. Jordan had 69 points on 23 of 37 shooting (2 of 6 from 3-point range), made 21 of 23 free-throw attempts and collected 18 rebounds, six assists, four steals and a block.
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