Raptors' season over after blowing 19-point lead in defeat to Bulls in ...

Zach LaVine took over in the second half as the visiting Chicago Bulls rallied past the Toronto Raptors 109-105 on Wednesday to win their single elimination play-in game.

LaVine scored 30 of his 39 points in the second half for Chicago, which trailed by as many as 19 points in the game. Former Toronto guard DeMar DeRozan scored 23 and pulled down seven rebounds.

Chicago will face the Heat in Miami on Friday in the second round of the play-in tournament.

Atlanta had already emerged as the seventh seed after the Hawks beat Miami 116-105 on Tuesday in their first-round play-in game.

Fred VanVleet had a double-double with 26 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists for Toronto, including seven three-pointers. The Raptors hosted the game after finishing the regular season ninth in the NBA's Eastern Conference.

WATCH l Bulls come from behind to end Raptors' season in play-in game:

Bulls rally in play-in tournament to end season for Raptors

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Toronto's season is over with a 109-105 loss to Chicago in their single elimination play-in game. Zach LaVine scored 30 of his 39 points in the second half while former Raptor DeMar DeRozan added 23. Pascal Siakam had a chance to tie the game with 12 seconds remaining but missed two of his three free throws.

All-star forward Pascal Siakam scored 32 with nine rebounds for the Raptors and Scottie Barnes added 19.

VanVleet sank a buzzer-beating three-pointer before intermission, bringing the 19,800 fans at Scotiabank Arena to their feet and gave the Raptors a 58-47 lead, their largest of the game up to that point. It also improved VanVleet's shooting from beyond the arc to 4 of 5 after 24 minutes, better than the entire Bulls lineup, who had gone 2 for 11 from three-point range in the half.

The Raptors didn't let up in the third, starting the quarter on a 10-3 run to open up an 18-point lead.

LaVine scored 11 points in the final three minutes of the third quarter — including eight in a row — to cut Chicago's deficit to nine. Despite the outburst from the Bulls all-star guard, Toronto entered the fourth quarter with an 81-72 lead.

After a back-and-forth start to the fourth, Chicago closed the gap to three thanks to an 8-0 run, with LaVine responsible for six of those points.

Alex Caruso quieted the sold-out crowd with a three-pointer to tie it 91-91 with 6:26 left on the clock. Barnes came right back with a layup, forcing Chicago head coach Billy Donovan to call a timeout.

On the ensuing possession, Caruso stole the ball from O.G. Anunoby for a breakaway layup.

VanVleet missed a deep three-pointer but the rebound came out to Toronto guard Gary Trent Jr., who passed it back to VanVleet for another chance at the game-tying shot. VanVleet didn't miss on his second chance to tie it 100-100 with 3:10 left to play.

LaVine answered with a two-pointer and then DeRozan grabbed a defensive rebound and scored at the other end to give the Bulls a four-point lead with less than two minutes to go.

Barnes made one of two free throws on the next Raptors possession. Siakam was fouled by Beverley with 50 seconds left on the clock, making one of his two shots at the charity stripe to cut Chicago's lead to two.

DeRozan then hit a free throw with 28.7 seconds remaining, forcing a Toronto timeout. On the ensuing possession, Siakam drove to the net for a two-handed dunk and a one-point Raptors deficit.

Anunoby fouled LaVine after Caruso inbounded the ball to him, sending him to the free-throw line. LaVine hit both shots, giving the Raptors 17.9 seconds to tie the game.

Feeding the ball to Siakam on the inbound pass, Caruso immediately fouled the Toronto all-star forward for three free throws.

Siakam sank his first one, but clanked it with his second and the ball rolled off the rim with his third, keeping Chicago ahead by two.

Nikola Vucevic was fouled on his rebound of Siakam's final free throw and he made both of his free throws for the game's final scores.

WATCH l VanVleet hits buzzer-beater 3-pointer from half-court:

Raptors' VanVleet hits buzzer-beater from half-court against Bulls

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With the first half about to expire, Fred VanVleet hits a 3-point shot from half-court during Toronto's play-in tournament game against Chicago.