The Indiana Pacers defeated the Chicago Bulls, 125-122, at United Center on Sunday afternoon.

The Pacers (29-36) took another step toward fighting for a Play-In spot and took care of a direct opponent, the Bulls (29-36), with a solid win after overcoming a slow start to the contest. Chicago looked better in the early stages and jumped out to a 35-30 score in the opening 12 minutes of action, but the Pacers responded quickly and grabbed the lead following a 37-25 score in the second quarter, racing out to a seven-point advantage at the break. Chicago didn’t give up and looked like the better team in the second half, outscoring their rivals by 29-28 in the third quarter and 33-30 in the final 12 minutes of action, but that was not enough to mount the comeback. Even though the Bulls came up close to turning things around, the Pacers held on and escaped with the victory. The Pacers moved to 11-21 away from home with the win, while the Bulls fell to 18-15 at home.

Tyrese Haliburton was doubtful to play due to a calf injury, but he started and finished with 29 points and 11 assists, leading the team to victory. Myles Turner ended with 16 points, three rebounds and three blocks, and Jordan Nwora delivered 10 points with five rebounds and two dimes. Bennedict Mathurin had 17 points with four boards and three asissts, Chris Duarte chipped in with 15 points and Oshae Brissett had 10 points, all three from the bench.

Zach LaVine was dominant for Chicago and scored a game-high 42 points while adding four rebounds and four assists, while DeMar DeRozan finished with 23 points, five rebounds and three assists. Nikola Vucevic stuffed the stat sheet and delivered 12 points, nine rebounds, five assists, three steals and two blocks. Patrick Williams ended with 14 points.