{"id":469793,"date":"2026-02-10T03:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/469793\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T03:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:51:07","slug":"nets-123-115-bulls-10-feb-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/469793\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets 123-115 Bulls (10 Feb, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK — \u2014 Nic Claxton<\/a> scored 28 points and had 10 rebounds to lead the Brooklyn Nets<\/a> to a 123-113 win over the Chicago Bulls<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Noah Clowney<\/a> added 20 points for Brooklyn, which won its second in a row. Drake Powell<\/a> had 14 points off the bench, rookies Danny Wolf<\/a> and Nolan Traore<\/a> each had 13 and Ziaire Williams<\/a> added 11. <\/p>\n

The Nets won three of the four meetings between the Eastern Conference teams that are rebuilding.<\/p>\n

Anfernee Simons<\/a> scored 23 points for Chicago, which lost its fifth straight. Collin Sexton<\/a> scored 19 off the bench and Matas Buzelis<\/a> had 18. <\/p>\n

The Nets began the third quarter with a 14-5 spurt over the first three minutes to extend their advantage to 15 at 74-59. But Chicago responded with a 30-15 run over the final nine minutes of the quarter to tie it at 89 entering the fourth.<\/p>\n

Two free throws by Isaac Okoro<\/a> two minutes into the fourth gave the Bulls their first lead since early in the second at 93-91. The Nets then had a 12-6 spurt over the next three minutes to regain the advantage, 103-99. <\/p>\n

The teams traded scores the rest of the way, with the most significant being Wolf\u2019s layup with 3:33 remaining and two free throws by Claxton free throws on the next possession that extended Brooklyn\u2019s lead to 115-107.<\/p>\n

Both teams were short-handed. The Nets didn’t have leading scorer Michael Porter Jr<\/a>. (right knee tendinitis) and rookie guard Egor Demin<\/a> (rest), while Chicago missed Zach Collins<\/a> (sprained right toe), Josh Giddey<\/a> (strained left hamstring), Tre Jones<\/a> (strained left hamstring), and Noa Essengue<\/a> (left shoulder surgery). <\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Bulls: Play at Boston on Wednesday night. <\/p>\n

Nets: Host Indiana on Wednesday night. <\/p>\n

\u2014<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK — \u2014 Nic Claxton scored 28 points and had 10 rebounds to lead the Brooklyn Nets…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-469793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}