Josh Giddey scored a team-high 21 points, five Chicago reserves combined for 58 more and the Bulls held off the host Orlando Magic 110-98 on Saturday night for a second straight season-opening win.

Jalen Smith and Ayo Dosunmu led the Chicago bench crew with 16 and 15 points, respectively, helping the Bulls' backups outscore their Magic counterparts 58-35.

The Bulls' reserves were outscored 50-35 by the Detroit bench in their opening win over the Pistons on Wednesday.

Starters Nikola Vucevic (15 points) and Tre Jones (13), and reserves Patrick Williams (12) and Kevin Huerter (11) made it seven players -- including four backups -- in double figures for the Bulls, who outshot the hosts 47.0% to 39.1% overall and 37.0% to 12.5% on 3-pointers.

Despite 7-for-21 shooting, Paolo Banchero was t

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