Bulls beat Nets 118-102
Jimmy Butler III scored 22 points, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Brooklyn Nets 118-102.
The Bulls took control with an 18-2 run bridging the first and second quarters and led by as many as 24.
Doug McDermott scored 25 points (7 during an 11-0 run in the first quarter) with 5 3-pointers off the bench.
For the Nets, Bojan Bogdanovic scored 26 points (11 in the third quarter), and Sergey Karasev went 1 for 7 from 3. Thaddeus Young had 16 points and 14 rebounds.
The Bulls shot 48.9% from the field and 45.8% from 3 to the Nets’ 46.5% and 28.6%. The Nets gave up 16 offensive rebounds, about 6 more than usual for the shots the Bulls missed. The Bulls outscored the Nets 60-27 off the bench. The Nets were outscored 40-20 in 13 minutes with Robinson, Larkin, Brown, Kilpatrick and McCullough on the floor together.