Aussies Abroad: Giddey wins epic Boomers battle

Josh Giddey has won the shootout against compatriots Dyson Daniels and Jock Landale, recording his first triple-double of the season during the NBA Cup clash between Chicago and Atlanta.

"Great win, we needed it, in front of a packed crowd, unbelievable win," Giddey said on his way back to the locker rooms after the 125-117 overtime triumph.

All three Boomers stars received good early minutes at United Center in 'The Windy City' and repaid their respective coach's calls.

Giddey pulled down a rebound and scored a lay-up inside the opening 90 seconds in a sign of things to come. Both he and the Hawks' Daniels finished the first quarter with four points, while Landale, who was still wearing a protective mask after breaking his nose against Orlando on opening night, had five.

The Bulls enjoyed a 33-24 lead going into the second term and a Giddey three extended the advantage to 10 points, before they entered the main break up 60-53.

Chicago blew a 22-point second-half lead last time out against San Antonio and Atlanta trailed by just one at three-quarter time, 84-83.

But Bulls (2-9) fans finally went home happy having snapped an eight-game losing streak and leave the Hawks 7-6.

Chicago's Norman Powell led all scorers with 33, while Giddey finished with 15 points, including 3-of-7 from three-point range, 10 rebounds and 14 assists for a 32nd career triple-double.

Daniels, the 'Great Barrier Thief', had six points, nine boards, four assists and two steals, while Landale, who fouled out with just under eight minutes to go in the final quarter after a hard foul on Giddey, registered 12 points and five rebounds.

"He's a hack and I kind of knew it was coming," Giddey said with a grin.

"He texted me as well straight after the game that he wished he fouled me harder.

"I'm lucky it was a flagrant and got him fouled out of the game ... I didn't expect anything else from him."

Another Aussie, Tyrese Proctor, enjoyed a career-high scoring night for Cleveland in Miami.

The 22-year-old banked 12 points in the first period and finished the Cavaliers' 133-121 loss with 22, two nights after scoring 15 in a win over New York.

Bam Adebayo finished with 37 points and 14 rebounds, Giannis Antetokiunmpo also scored 37 as the Heat (6-6) won their third in a row.

Donovan Mitchell scored 25 points and James Harden chipped in with 16 for the Cavs (6-7).

Earlier on Friday (Saturday AEDT), the defending champion Knicks suffered a 106-104 defeat at Indiana.

Despite double-doubles from Jalen Brunson (33 points, 11 assists) and Karl-Anthony Towns (23 points, 15 rebounds), New York drop to 6-6 after consecutive losses and the Pacers improve to 5-8.

There were also wins for Orlando, San Antonio, Houston, Portland, the Los Angeles Clippers and Memphis.