Chuck Checks In - 01.01.2023 - NBA.com

FINAL FROM THE UNITED CENTER: Cleveland 103 Bulls 102. (Bulls: 16-20, 9-9 astatine home).

LEADING SCORERS: Bulls: DeRozan: 21 pts. Cavs: LeVert: 23 pts.
LEADING REBOUNDERS: Bulls: Vucevic: 11. Cavs: Allen: 10.
LEADING ASSISTS: Bulls: DeRozan and Drummond each with 3. Cavs: Mitchell: 6.

CCI STAT OF THE GAME: The Bulls dished retired conscionable 14 assists and committed 15 turnovers.

CCI RECAP: DeMar DeRozan's off-balance close broadside jumper arsenic clip expired was disconnected the mark, enabling Cleveland to drawback a 3 crippled losing streak and successful the process, triumph for the 2nd clip successful arsenic galore games successful Chicago.

The Cavs survived contempt the lack of 2 starters successful Darius Garland and Evan Mobley and committing 21 turnovers starring to 20 Bulls points.

Ayo Donsumu played a coagulated crippled with 19 points and 5 steals. Nikola Vucevic recorded his 17th double-double of 11 points and 14 rebounds. DeRozan, Zach LaVine and Vucevic combined for lone 47 points .

Caris LeVert and Kevin Love combined for 46 Cleveland points. Donovan Mitchell was held to 15 points. He besides committed 7 turnovers.

Robin Lopez made his lone 3 constituent tract extremity effort of the season. It turned retired to beryllium a quality maker. Lopez is simply a vocation 29% shooter beyond the arc.

NEXT: At Cleveland Monday.

CCI 24 SECONDS NBA NEWS AND NOTES

Indiana 131, Los Angeles Clippers 130. Tyrese Haliburton scored 14 points successful the last 4 minutes arsenic the Pacers improved to 20-17.

New York 108, Houston 88. The Knicks ended a 5 crippled losing streak.

Dallas 126, San Antonio 125. Luka Doncic scored 51 points. The Mavs person won 5 straight. Doncic has scored astatine slightest 50 points successful 3 of his past 5 games.

Brooklyn 123, Charlotte 106. The Nets triumph streak stands astatine 11 games.

Miami 126, Utah 123. The Jazz are nether .500 for the archetypal clip this season. Bam Adebayo had an awesome 32-8-5 game.

Detroit 116, Minnesota 104. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 17 of his 28 points successful the 3rd quarter. The Pistors seat contributed 65 points.

Philadelphia 115, Oklahoma City 96. Joel Embiid recorded his 5th vocation triple-double: 16-13-10.

Memphis 116, New Orleans 101. Ja Morant had 32 points and 8 assists.

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