Bulls rookie Coby White breaks NBA, team three-point records in 120-102 romp over Knicks

Knicks forward Bobby Portis drilled a three-pointer from the baseline at the third-quarter buzzer, turned to Bulls rookie Coby White — who’d closed out on the shooter, to no avail — and gave a long stare.

Was Portis getting ready to torment his former team again?

Um, no. Other way around.

In a huge, record-setting way.

After Portis’ buzzer beater tied the game 85-85, the Bulls (4-7) went on a giant fourth-quarter run thanks to the deep shooting of White. The 19-year-old guard made seven threes in eight attempts and scored 23 of his career-high 27 points in the final period of a 120-102 victory at the United Center.

The seven threes were — get a load of this — the most in a quarter by any player in Bulls history.

White also became — get a load of this, too — the youngest player in NBA history to make seven threes in a game.

“I just got hot, I guess,” he said. “I had been shooting it bad, so it was good to see that first one fall. And I just got in a rhythm.”

The first time the teams met this season, the Bulls blew a big fourth-quarter lead and were shot down by Portis in the closing minutes.

Losing again to the Knicks (2-9) — owners of the worst record in the Eastern Conference — would have been bad enough. Getting shown up again by Portis, who has averaged under eight points per game since lighting up the Bulls for 28 at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 28, would have been too much.

“We’re not letting that happen,” the Bulls’ Wendell Carter Jr. told the cameras heading into the rematch. “Bobby’s going to come in and want to put on a show. I’m not going to have it. I hope he watched this. I ain’t having that.”

White didn’t have that, either. But the smiling, big-haired North Carolina product did have whatever the heck he wanted — and he did it with his college coach, Roy Williams, in the stands.

“It was fun, man,” he said.

In the fourth quarter and then again after it, Bulls fans chanted White’s first name: “CO-BEE! CO-BEE!”

Is there a new star in town? For one night, there was no doubt about it.

Bye, Felicio

Big man Cristiano Felicio fell during Monday’s practice and broke his right wrist, coach Jim Boylen said. It’s expected to mean anywhere from four to eight weeks out of action.

That won’t help the 6-10 Brazilian do something — anything — to contribute to the Bulls’ cause, nor will it help him distinguish himself in the league for anything other than having a nice, juicy contract. Feliciano, who has yet to appear on the active roster this season, is in the third year of a four-year, $32 million deal.

An MRI exam scheduled for Wednesday should give the Bulls a better idea of how long of a recovery is in store.

“I’m very disappointed for him,” Boylen said. “Hopefully we can get him back soon.”

This and that

Bulls guard Kris Dunn had his NBA-leading seventh multi-steal game of the season. He now leads the league with 25 steals.

• For the 11th straight game to start the season, the Bulls’ opponents had at least 15 turnovers. The Bulls are the first NBA team in four years to open a season with such a streak.