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WATCH: UNC Basketball Pro Knocks Down 32-Foot Three
Coby White has cooled off in recent weeks since setting a Chicago Bulls record with at least three made 3-pointers in 14 consecutive games. But the 2018-19 UNC basketball guard hasn't entirely lost his touch from deep.
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Speaking of deep, although his efforts came up short in Thursday night's 120-104 home loss to the Indiana Pacers (16-14), the full-time Bulls starter pulled up from 32 feet out roughly four minutes into the fourth quarter and drained the attempt to give Chicago the lead, albeit only briefly.
As UNC Barstool joked in the following posted highlight, "Coby White shot that Franklin St.":
It was his first of two threes in the contest. Although his 2-for-7 clip beyond the arc isn't all that eye-popping, it's an improvement from his 0-for-15 mark between Chicago's previous two outings.
White finished with 16 points, five rebounds, and two assists across his 33 minutes of action against the Pacers.
Through the 23-year-old North Carolina native's 33 appearances this season, his fifth with the Bulls since getting drafted No. 7 overall following his electrifying one-and-done UNC basketball campaign, Coby White is enjoying career-high averages with his 17.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 4.9 assists.
That's not to mention his career-best 39.5 shooting percentage from downtown, an impressive number given his abundance of misses the past few games. Moreover, note that he's yet to miss a game on Chicago's 2023-24 slate.
He and the Bulls (14-19) next welcome the Philadelphia 76ers (21-9) to Chicago at 8 p.m. ET Saturday.
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