NEW YORK (AP) — Cam Thomas scored 10 of his 32 factors within the fourth quarter to assist the Brooklyn Nets beat the Chicago Bulls 120-112 on Friday night time.
Thomas scored eight straight factors to provide the Nets a 118-109 lead with 1:52 left.
Cam Johnson added 14 factors in Brooklyn’s second straight victory. Nic Claxton and Keon Johnson every had 12 factors, and Ben Simmons had eight factors, 11 assists and eight rebounds.
Nikola Vucevic led Chicago with 28 factors on 10-of-11 capturing and 11 rebounds. Zach LaVine and Coby White every added 21 factors, with White going 5 of 9 from 3-point vary.
Takeaways
Bulls: Chicago trailed by 10 within the third quarter with 9:35 remaining earlier than beating the Nets 30-17, because of Vucevic’s 13 factors.
Nets: Thomas entered the day because the NBA chief in fourth-quarter scoring with a mean of 12.2.
Key second
Brooklyn led by one with 4:03 left when Thomas outscored the Bulls 10-2 to increase the lead 118-109. Thomas hit a pair of free throws and adopted LaVine’s layup with a layup of his personal to make it 112-109. He then scored a 3-point basket on Brooklyn’s possession following a miss by Ayo Dosunmu. Chicago missed its subsequent three pictures as Thomas nailed a 3 to seal it.
Key statistic
Vucevic flirted with perfection, hitting his first 10 pictures from the sphere. His solely miss was a 3-pointer halfway by means of the fourth quarter.
To be continued
The Nets host Detroit on Sunday, whereas the Bulls return residence to face Utah on Monday night time.
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