The Warriors come to slap the Bulls: +32!

Things are looking up for the Warriors. 24 hours later takes down the Cavaliers on its home floor, Golden State wandered Sunday against a struggling Chicago team (91-123). The Bulls did not lead for even a second of the match, as much due to their work as the good work of the guests who gave them a very complicated evening.

And it didn’t take long for the trend to take shape. The home team started with two missed shots for 3 points, the Warriors with 5/6 from behind the arc! Quinten Post is left alone and should not be asked to initiate hostilities. An interception and a dunk Jimmy Butler IIIagain on the floor, brings the deficit to +13 after only five minutes of play (10-23). Chicago is regaining momentum on offense, but Steve Kerr’s rotations are effective Moses Moody, Brandin Pod Ziemia or De’Anthony Melton from the bench. The first quarter ends as it began, with three more long shots by Golden State. No success in this exercise since Jevon CarterThe Bulls would already be close to sinking (25-38).

Josh Giddei offers some flashes. But the desire is much higher in the ranks of the Warriors. The shooting success is somewhat lower here, and the Californians let some balls go. But their defensive intensity and their dominance on the rebound, like Moody on the offensive rebound and then the blind pass from behind to Guy Santos. There is hardly more than Matas Buzelis to shake up Chicago a little with a big poster on the Post to bring his team back under ten points. Ali immediately commits a third foul and the shot falls, 46-60 for Golden State at the break.

MATAS BUZELIS THROW!

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Final 32-7

Halftime doesn’t change anything for the Bulls, still sluggish in attack. And the Warriors don’t tone down. They signed a new 13-3 to increase the score and crossed the lead of 20 points (54-75). He made the United Center wait until the end of the third quarter to regain its voice. Chicago is picking up some speed thanks to the Giddy-Carter tandem, and that changes everything for Billy Donovan’s offense. Giddy hit two 3-pointers, followed by Carter: Chicago responded with a 14-0 run in just two minutes. The previous one-sided match seems to be back on track (76-86).

The gap is reduced to eight units on the new action from the back base. But Podziemski, very good off the bench, puts out the fire with his fifth long-range strike of the night. The fire is now spreading in the Bulls defense. Who better than Jimmy Butler to make sure that is encouraged in Cbicago? The veteran capped his comeback with eight quick points and led the way for a resurgent Warriors. Post, Butler, Will Richard, or even Melton… They all go for their threes in the fatal 24-2 in Chicago. In five minutes, the home team went from hoping to return to defeat (81-111), which lasted until the last signal (91-123).

WHAT TO REMEMBER

– The Warriors handled the absence of Stephen Curry well. After two losses against the Thunder, no doubt in OKC, and against the Sixers by a very small point, Golden State ends what should be a period of unavailability of its star with another success outside of its bases. Even with the most prolific shooter in history, the Bay franchise is coming off one of its best 3-point performances of the season with an excellent 22/47.

– The welcome return of Jimmy Butler. Moving to Illinois was too tempting. So Butler returned after two games rehabilitating his knee. And he was very solid with 19 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals in 29 minutes of play. The veteran was one of the main players in Golden State’s key run in the fourth quarter. His return to the game took the main victim: Jonathan Cumminga, who went from starting in Cleveland (due to an unsuccessful performance) to… 0 minutes.

– Bulls’ seventh straight loss. We believed that a good start to the season could be a sign of Chicago’s rebuilding. But Tauruses definitely remain Tauruses, who have fallen headlong into their doubts and their inconsistency. On Sunday, they showed a poor performance, with 36% shooting, including an ugly 13/38 for the trio of Gidi – White – Vucevic. And what was supposed to happen is now confirmed: Chicago drops out of the Top 10 in the East.

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How to read statistics? Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / attempt 3 points; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; O = offensive rebound; D=defensive jump; T = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; +/- = Difference of points when the player is on the field; Points = Points; Rating: player rating calculated based on positive actions – negative actions.