CHICAGO \u2014 The Nets have their first winning streak of the season.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn cruised to a 113-103 victory in Chicago before 20,633 at the United Center, that was their second in a row, and far easier than it sounds.<\/p>\n
The Nets (5-16) led by 19 in the fourth quarter and had the game well in hand against an injury-riddled Bulls team.<\/p>\n
Michael Porter Jr. poured in a game-high 33 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, continuing to play at an All-Star level as if he weren\u2019t on a tanking team.<\/p>\n
Noah Clowney had 20 points and seven boards while Nic Claxton put together another all-around performance with 14 points, nine assists, eight rebounds, three blocks and two steals. <\/p>\n
But most of all, it was a solid defensive outing that strangled the short-handed Bulls.<\/p>\n
Josh Giddey led the depleted Bulls with a triple double, 28 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. <\/p>\n
Chicago played without Coby White, Tre Jones, Kevin Huerter and Isaac Okoro. <\/p>\n
And the Nets didn\u2019t care a whit, shooting a season-high 19-of-46 from 3-point range while using improved ball pressure to hold Chicago to 7-of-30 from deep.<\/p>\n
Porter scored 14 in the first quarter to get Brooklyn out of the blocks quickly.<\/p>\n
Michael Porter Jr., who scored a game-high 33 points, shoots a 3-pointer during the Nets\u2019 113-103 road win over the Bulls on Dec. 3, 2025. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Clinging to a 20-18 lead with 3 minutes left in the first, the Nets mounted a 19-4 blitz that spanned the periods.<\/p>\n
Danny Wolf hit a 3-pointer off a feed from fellow rookie Drake Powell to cap the run and make it 37-24 with 10:10 left in the half.<\/p>\n
Porter padded the cushion to 45-30 on a technical free throw.<\/p>\n
Noah Clowney, who scored 20 points, drives to the basket during the Nets\u2019 road win over the Bulls. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Brooklyn saw the lead whittled to 10 at the half, and Giddey found Julian Phillips for a 3-pointer that made it 56-51 with 10:19 in the third quarter.<\/p>\n
But the Nets immediately responded with another run, this time 14-2 to extend the lead. <\/p>\n
Porter drilled another 3-pointer off a Claxton pass to pad it to 70-53 with 8:10 remaining in the third.<\/p>\n
Egor D\u0451min, who scored 10 points, dribbles up court during the Nets\u2019 road win over the Bulls. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Clowney\u2019s 3-pointer pushed it to 97-78 with 8:46 to play.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn controlled the rest of the night. But they fell to fifth in the lottery standings. <\/p>\n
They\u2019re 1 \u00bd games behind Washington and Indiana, and now a half-game behind fourth-place Sacramento after the Kings\u2019 loss.<\/p>\n
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The Nets host Utah on Thursday on the second night of a back-to-back. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO \u2014 The Nets have their first winning streak of the season. Brooklyn cruised to a 113-103 victory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,355,99,9128,5235,4600,21,9,24,63,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-60422","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-nets","11":"tag-brooklyn-news","12":"tag-chicago-bulls","13":"tag-egor-demin","14":"tag-michael-porter-jr","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-city","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}