Bulls’ Coby White beats Anthony Edwards and Timberwolves with peak Michael Jordan feat

The entire 2023-24 season will be a coming out party for Chicago Bulls guard Coby White. As the team’s starting point guard, White continues to solidify his status as the league’s most improved player, and his performance in the Bulls’ 129-123 overtime victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night was another milestone for the team. A feather. his hat.

Despite trailing by as many as 23 points, White embodied John Cena’s never-give-up spirit. White scored 21 of the Bulls’ 32 points in the fourth quarter and finished with 33 points, five rebounds and seven assists, hitting seven of his 13 three-pointers on the night. In the process, White etched himself into Bulls history with such a stellar performance.

According to StatMuse statistics, Coby White became one of the four Bulls players to score at least 33+, 5+ rebounds, 7+ assists, and 7+ three-pointers in a single game. Other players include Michael Jordan, Zach LaVine, Ben ·Gordon and Denzel. Valentine is the only player to do so. What puts White in even thinner air is that only he and Jordan have won while dropping those numbers.

LaVine surpassed those marks on three separate occasions, but he lost all of those games, while Gordon and Valentine also failed in their efforts.

At the same time, when the Bulls defeated the Bulls 132-107 on January 18, 1990, Michael Jordan, who was not known for his three-point shooting, made 7 of 7 shots from beyond the arc and scored 44 points. , 12 rebounds and 8 assists. of the Golden State Warriors.

Coby White was just a man on a mission in the fourth quarter. He took advantage of the Timberwolves’ lax defense and used his insane range to pull them to the three-point line. White pulled up four long-range bombs, two of which came from Stephen Curry’s range and two of which came as a result of a series of nasty plays from Bulls defenders.

White may have been scoreless in overtime, but he did enough to keep the Bulls in the game, with DeMar DeRozan shouldering the load and helping his team cross the finish line as winners. He’s only 23 years old, so this could be just the beginning of him becoming one of the best defenders in the league.