Mitchell Scores 36 As The Cavs Beat The Bulls 119-113 For 12th Straight Win

Dovan Mitchell scored a season-high 36 points, and Cleveland Cavaliers beat Chicago Bulls 119-113 on Monday night to become eighth NBA team to begin a season with 12 straight wins.

Darius Garland scored 17 points for Cleveland, and Evan Mobley h 15 points and 11 rebounds. Cavaliers scored at least 110 points for 11th time.

Garland rolled in a layup with 24 seconds left, and Mitchell me two free throws to help close it out.

Zach LaVine scored 26 points for Chicago, which lost for fifth time in six games. Coby White and Nicola Vucevic each h 20 points.

Bulls opened a nine-point le with 4:26 left in third quarter before Cleveland bounced back late for a second straight game.

Cavaliers: Rallied again, just like y did in a 105-100 win over Brooklyn on Saturday y got a big lift from ir reserves; Georges Niang, Ty Jerome and Caris LeVert each scored 12 points.

Bulls: Point guard Lonzo Ball (right wrist sprain) is longer wearing a brace and is expected to start drills that include dribbling.

Mobley’s alley-oop layup put Cleveland up 52-42 with 7:18 left in second quarter, and it looked as if Cavs were rey to pull away. But Bulls bounced back with a 14-2 run to take 56-54 le.

Chicago committed 20 turvers, compared to just eight for Cleveland.

Cavaliers play in Philelphia on Wednesday, while Bulls face Knicks in New York.