The Bulls hold off the Nets

The Chicago Bulls did enough to steal a victory against the Brooklyn Nets, and will be happy with their 111-107 win.

Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan combined for 60 points in the win, with both of them having a good time on the court.

The win will be bittersweet for the Bulls, though, as they saw Alex Caruso go out of the game with a hamstring injury after playing only eight minutes.

Kevin Durant had 28 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists for the Nets, while LaMarcus Aldridge finished with 20 points and 7 rebounds. James Harden had 14 points, 7 rebounds and 14 assists, but shot 5 of 21 from the field – which was never going to be good enough to carry the Nets to a W.

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The Golden State Warriors fell behind big against the San Antonio Spurs, but made a game of it in the fourth quarter. 

The Warriors, playing the second game of a back-to-back, couldn’t buy a bucket at the end of the game after almost coming back from a huge deficit.

They started with an 18-4 run, which also saw Draymond Green gave them the 104-103 lead with 2:39 left in the game after being down 22. They pushed that to 106-103 but the Spurs hit back and took a 108-106 lead with jus t over a minute left. 

The Spurs then clamped down and played good defense, and with 24.7 seconds left Juan Toscano-Anderson split a pair of free throws to make it 110-107. He was 1 of 4 from the charity stripe. Derrick White then made a pair of free throws to make it 112-107 and the Warriors couldnā€™t find the bucket anymore.

Steph Curry struggled mightily from the field again, and started off 1 of 15 before finishing the game making only 7 of 28 field goals for 27 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. 

White was the Spursā€™ key player down the stretch, and he led the Spurs in scoring with 25 points, 3 assists and 3 steals while Dejounte Murray had 23 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals.

Nikola Jokic put on a show worthy of Madison Square Garden

A lot of people call Madison Square Garden the Mecca of basketball, and the leagueā€™s best players often put up good performances there.

Unfortunately for the Knicks, this was the case again as Nikola Jokic ran roughshod over them.