Zach LaVine scores a career-high 50 points, but the Chicago Bulls let a 13-point halftime lead slip away in a 120-108 loss to the Atlanta Hawks

ATLANTA — Zach LaVine scored a career-high 50 points, including 39 in the first half, but the Chicago Bulls let a 13-point halftime lead slip away in a 120-108 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night.

Trae Young scored 42 points and Clint Capela had 22 points and 10 rebounds for the Hawks, who snapped the Bulls’ three-game winning streak. Nikola Vucevic had 25 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulls.

LaVine, who set the NBA high for points in the first half this season, scored 25 straight in the second quarter, but the Hawks didn’t go easily, taking an 86-84 lead entering the fourth.

It appeared the Bulls were in good shape when LaVine hit a layup to put them up 88-86 with 11 minutes, 7 seconds remaining. But Danilo Gallinari, who finished with 20 points in a reserve role, drilled a straightaway 3 at the 5:48 mark. Young fed Capela for an alley-oop dunk two possessions later to make it 104-101 in favor of the Hawks.

Another straightaway 3 from Gallinari and a bank shot from Young put the Hawks ahead 111-103 with 3:26 to play. LaVine came out of a timeout and committed a traveling turnover, and the Hawks took a comfortable 10-point lead on Capela’s dunk with 2:42 remaining.

Bulls guard Zach LaVine goes up for a dunk against the Hawks during the first half Friday in Atlanta. LaVine scored a career-high 50 points, but the Bulls lost 120-108. (Ben Margot / AP)

Gallinari followed with a 3 from the left wing to put the Hawks up 116-106 in the final minute to extend a 19-4 run and end any remaining suspense.

LaVine, an All-Star guard, outscored the Hawks 10-4 by the 9:46 mark of the first and made it 14-10 with a fast-break alley-oop layup. He scored 39 of his team’s first 62 points as the Bulls took an 11-point lead with 2:51 left in the second. LaVine was 13 for 18 from the field and 7 for 9 on 3s in the first half.

LaVine, the first Bulls player to score 30 in the first half since Michael Jordan had as many on Feb. 24, 1997, against the Portland Trail Blazers, had another crowning achievement this season. He began the game as one of three players to average 25 points while shooting 50% from the field, 40% on 3s and 85% on free throws.

Young hit a straightaway 3 and a runner to cut the deficit to six early in the third and hit another runner in the lane to make it 73-69 midway through the third. The Hawks finally broke through, taking the lead on Onyeka Okongwu’s putback in the final minute of the period.

LaVine’s previous season high was 46 on Feb. 10 against the New Orleans Pelicans.