Brooklyn Nets at Chicago Bulls
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Bulls beat Nets 124-102 to split home-and-home set
The Nets won the opener 112-109 on Friday night in Brooklyn.
Nikola Vucevic added 17 points, 11 rebounds and six assists for Chicago. Matas Buzelis also scored 17 points.
Nolan Traore scored 16 points for Brooklyn. Danny Wolf and Jalen Wilson each had 14. The Nets have lost nine of 11.
Dosunmu had 3-pointers at the beginning and end of a 10-0 run late in the first quarter to help the Bulls take a 39-22 lead into the second. Chicago led 70-51 at the half and the advantage stayed above 20 points for most of the second half.
The Bulls average more than 20,000 fans at the United Center, but there were plenty of empty seats at tip-off, which came 30 minutes after the Los Angeles Rams and Bears kicked off their NFC division round game a few miles away at Soldier Field. The Bears’ first touchdown occurred just before an early timeout and got a loud roar from the crowd when a replay was shown on the video board.
Bulls: Host the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night.
Regular Season Series
BKN leads series 2-1
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 102 - 124 |
| 4th 0.0 | |
End of the 4th Quarter | 102 - 124 |
| 4th 13.7 |  |
Kevin Huerter makes 1-foot layup (Lachlan Olbrich assists) | 102 - 124 |
| 4th 31.4 |  |
Tyrese Martin makes 26-foot three point jumper (Terance Mann assists) | 102 - 122 |
| 4th 37.6 | |
Tyrese Martin defensive rebound | 99 - 122 |
Statistics
 BKN |
 CHI |
|
|---|---|---|
| 38-83 | FG | 49-94 |
| 46 | Field Goal % | 52 |
| 16-37 | 3PT | 20-46 |
| 43 | Three Point % | 43 |
| 10-15 | FT | 6-9 |
| 67 | Free Throw % | 67 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Defensive Rebounds | 34 |
| 33 | Assists | 41 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 2 |
| 11 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 10 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Fast Break Points | 13 |
| 40 | Points in Paint | 58 |
| 15 | Fouls | 18 |
| 2 | Largest Lead | 27 |
| 4 | Lead Changes | 4 |
| 3 | Percent Led | 96 |
Chicago Bulls Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Zach Collins, F | Out | Jan 14 |
| Noa Essengue, F | Out | Dec 3 |
Brooklyn Nets Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Haywood Highsmith, F | Out | Jan 19 |
Game Information
Location: Chicago, IL
Attendance: 19,753 · Capacity:
2025-26 Atlantic Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston |
27 | 16 | .628 | - | W1 |
 New York |
26 | 18 | .591 | 1.5 | W1 |
 Toronto |
27 | 19 | .587 | 1.5 | W2 |
 Philadelphia |
24 | 19 | .558 | 3 | W1 |
 Brooklyn |
12 | 30 | .286 | 14.5 | L3 |
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