Scotty Pippen Jr. scores career-high 30 points in Grizzlies’ 142-131 win over Bulls

Scotty Pippen Jr. had a career-best 30 points with 10 assists to lead the Memphis Grizzlies past the Chicago Bulls 142-131 on Saturday night.

Jaylen Wells added 26 points as Memphis won its second straight.

Pippen, playing in the arena where his Hall of Fame father’s retired number hangs, had 26 points in the first three quarters for Memphis, which has won three of its last four.

Memphis led 109-98 after three quarters and opened the game with an 8-3 run in the opening minutes of the final period.

Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 23 points and Santi Aldama added 10 points and 10 rebounds for Memphis, which led 64-60 at halftime and outscored the Bulls 49-35.

The Bulls fell despite 29 points from Zach LaVine, which included 26 in the second half, and 26 points and eight rebounds from Nikola Vucevic.

Grizzlies: Memphis improved to 5-3 in Ja Morant’s absence. The two-time All-Star remained sidelined with a hip injury.

Bulls: Taking more 3-pointers has been a priority this season, but Chicago was unable to win despite shooting 45.2% (19 of 42) from 3.

Up 91-84 midway through the third quarter, Memphis got back-to-back 3-pointers from Jay Huff and Luke Kennard to push the lead to double digits and force a Chicago timeout. The hosts got deficits below 10 points just twice the rest of the night.

The Bulls shot 37% from the floor and managed just 22 points during the first quarter as Memphis took a lead it never lost.

The Grizzlies host Portland on Monday night and Chicago visits Washington on Tuesday.