Lakers rally to tip Bulls

Kyle Kuzma had 22 points, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 11 of his 21 in the fourth quarter and the Lakers rallied from a 19-point deficit in the second half for a 103-94 victory over the Chicago Bulls last night in Los Angeles.

Brandon Ingram had 17 points, five rebounds and five assists as the Lakers won consecutive games for the second time this season.

Los Angeles had a miserable first half and trailed 61-42 early in the second, but put together a 38-19 run. Caldwell-Pope’s layup with 3:08 to play gave the Lakers their first lead since the first quarter.

Caldwell-Pope added back-to-back 3-pointers to get the LA crowd on its feet. After Ingram made a difficult layup with 1:16 left, Caldwell-Pope alertly kept a loose ball alive after Lonzo Ball missed a 3-pointer, allowing the Lakers to seal their first win over the Bulls at Staples Center in three tries.

Denzel Valentine scored 17 points and Antonio Blakeney added 15 — all in the first half — for the Bulls, who dropped to 3-12 with their seventh loss in eight games. Kris Dunn had 12 points and six assists in his second start of the season for Chicago.

Elsewhere in the NBA — Milwaukee Bucks forward Mirza Teletovic is expected to miss four weeks following arthroscopic surgery to repair cartilage in his left knee. He has missed the last six games.