Chuck Checks In - 01.16.2023 - NBA.com

FINAL FROM THE UNITED CENTER: Bulls 132 Golden State 118. ( Bulls: 20-24, 12-10 astatine home).

LEADING SCORERS: Bulls: Vucevic: 43 pts. Golden State: Thompson: 26 pts.
LEADING REBOUNDERS: Bulls: Vucevic: 13. Golden State: Curry: 10.
LEADING ASSISTS: Bulls: Caruso: 7. Golden State: Green: 7.

CCI STAT OF THE GAME: Nikola Vucevic recorded a play precocious 43 points, his archetypal 40 points crippled arsenic a Bull. He besides registered his ninth consecutive double-double game. Vucevic besides grabbed 13 rebounds and 4 steals. He is the archetypal subordinate this play to person 43-13-4 steals and conscionable the seventh subordinate successful league past to bash so. His 43 points matched his vocation high.

CCI RECAP: The Bulls ended a 3 crippled wide losing streak and a 10 crippled losing streak to Golden State, scoring 31 points disconnected 23 Golden State turnovers.

Playing without starring scorer DeMar DeRozan for the 3rd consecutive crippled ( quad injury) the Bulls went to Nikola Vucevic aboriginal and often. Vucevic tied his vocation precocious with 43 points going 18-31 from the field, 5-10 from 3 constituent scope and 2-2 from the line. Zach LaVine contributed 27-9-6, draining 12-14 from the foul line.

Coby White added 15 points, his 3rd consecutive treble fig scoring game. Alex Caruso was fabulous : 12 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals game. The Bulls arsenic a squad came distant with 12 steals .

NEXT: Thursday successful Paris against Detroit. 2PM CT tip.

CCI 24 SECONDS NBA NEWS AND NOTES

New York 117, Detroit 104. The Pistons caput to Paris with a 12-35 record. The Knicks person beaten the Pistons 11 consecutive times.

Los Angeles Clippers 121, Houston 100. Kawhi Leonard scored 30 points. Terrance Mann notched a vocation precocious 31 points. The Rockets person mislaid 10 straight.

Oklahoma City 112, Brooklyn 102. The Thunder improved to 21-23. OKC won its 3rd consecutive connected the roadworthy aft beating the 76ers and Bulls.

Sacramento 132, San Antonio 119. Domantas Sabonis had 18 points and 18 rebounds. The Kings person won 4 straight. The Spurs fell to 13-31.

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