US EditionBuzelis and Vucevic Score 24 Apiece to Lead Bulls to 136-125 Victory over Short-Handed Cavaliers
Chicago Bulls scored with seven players in double figures and shot 52% from the field to overcome a Cavaliers team missing key starters due to illness and injury.
- On Friday night in Cleveland, the Chicago Bulls defeated the Cavaliers 136-125, pulling away in the fourth quarter led by Matas Buzelis and Nikola Vucevic.
- Cleveland was shorthanded because Donovan Mitchell and Craig Porter Jr. were unavailable due to illness, Evan Mobley, Sam Merrill, Larry Nance Jr. and Max Strus were sidelined, and Luke Travers arrived two hours before tipoff.
- Chicago's balanced scoring included seven players in double figures, Josh Giddey adding 17 points, seven assists and six rebounds, while Nikola Vucevic contributed key late points.
- The result also prompted the Cleveland Cavaliers' loss dropped them to 15-14 and extended their skid, with boos from the home crowd.
- Up next the Bulls visit the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday while Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson said, it's 'kind of the style of the East right now' amid boos from Cleveland fans.
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CLEVELAND — Nikola Vucevic sure didn’t look fresh.His shoulders were covered with cupping marks, his size 17s were soaking in an ice bucket and he had a towel draped over him.But these looks were deceiving.For a second consecutive game, Vucevic looked like the early-season version — the one who hit game-winners, could fall out of bed and score 20 and played a pivotal role in victories.In the Bulls’ 136-125 victory over the Cavaliers, he scored 2…
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Buzelis and Vucevic score 24 apiece to lead Bulls to 136-125 victory over short-handed Cavaliers
Matas Buzelis and Nikola Vucevic each score 24 points as the Chicago Bulls pull away in the fourth quarter for a 136-125 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Undermanned Cavs fail to weather storm, lose third straight to Chicago Bulls, 136-125
With just 10 players in uniform, the Cavs opened the game on a spirited 11-0 burst, as first-time starter Tyrese Proctor accounted for six of those points. That was one of the few highlights of the evening.
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Joplin GlobeChicago 136, Cleveland 125
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