Nikola Vucevic continued his latest dominance of the Golden State Warriors on Sunday afternoon, exploding for a career-best-tying 43 factors to raise the host Chicago Bulls to a 132-118 victory that ended an 11-game shedding streak to the defending champs.
Vucevic hit 18 of his 31 photographs and half his 10 3-point makes an attempt, giving him 14 extra factors than he’d scored in any earlier sport this season.
The 43 factors matched the whole he had towards the Bulls as a member of the Orlando Magic in February 2021.
Vucevic has scored 20 or extra factors in seven of his final 11 video games towards the Warriors, with three video games of 30 or extra and now one in every of 40 or extra.
The large man additionally discovered time for a game-high 13 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals.
Klay Thompson bombed in eight 3-pointers in 15 tries to account for all however two of his team-high 26 factors for the Warriors, who fell to 4-17 on the highway.
Stephen Curry put up a 20-point, 10-rebound double-double for Golden State, whereas Jordan Poole had 15 factors, Anthony Lamb 14 and Andrew Wiggins 11.
Coming off a 144-113 romp at San Antonio earlier than an NBA-record crowd on the Alamodome, the Warriors rallied from a 35-20 deficit after one quarter right into a 62-59 halftime lead on the energy of a 42-point second interval.
But the Bulls, looking for to snap a three-game shedding streak, regained their early type within the second half, grabbing the lead for good on Patrick Williams’ free throw simply earlier than the midpoint of the third interval.
Chicago went on to steer by six at interval’s finish, then rapidly grabbed command within the last quarter behind a pair of Vucevic’s 3-pointers, the second of which put Golden State in a 106-91 gap.
Zach LaVine backed Vucevic with 27 factors, 9 rebounds and 6 assists for the Bulls. Coby White chipped in with 15 factors, Ayo Dosunmu with 12 and Williams with 10.
Alex Caruso additionally contributed big-time to Chicago’s first win over Golden State since March 2017, recording a game-high-tying seven assists to go along with 12 factors and 9 rebounds.
The Bulls outshot the Warriors 50.5 % to 49.4 %. White and Dosunmu mixed to go 11 for 16.
—Field Level Media/Reuters
