Nets hit NBA season-high 25 3-pointers, beat Bulls 118-106
NEW YORK (AP) Spencer Dinwiddie scored 24 points and the Brooklyn Nets made an NBA season-best 25 3-pointers in a 118-109 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Sunday night.
Lonnie Walker IV and Royce O’Neale each made six 3-pointers and Mikal Bridges had four. The previous high this season was 23 by Dallas at Memphis on Oct. 30.
The Nets set a franchise record for any quarter with 11 3-pointers in the second and made 16 in the first half. They finished 25 of 52, falling short of the franchise record of 27 and the NBA mark of 29.
“We were making shots tonight,” Brooklyn coach Jacques Vaughn said. “The ball was being sprayed all over the place and so very unselfishly, and we got rewarded for that.”
Walker and O’Neale each scored 20 points and Bridges had 15 to help Brooklyn improve to 8-8 and follow its 112-97 victory over Miami on Saturday night with its second straight win. Trendon Watford added 11 points and Cam Johnson 10.
“The ball finds energy,” said Walker about himself and O'Neale. “We were shooting well but everyone was shooting, as well. I think the energy as a team, we were all synced up. We were locked in. The game is all about runs. I was hitting. Royce was hitting.
"But we had other players who were playing aggressive, being aggressive, doing the right thing, rebounding, pushing the ball, and the tempo. So collectively we kind of got engaged and picked it up together.”
DeMar Derozan led Chicago with 27 points. Coby White scored 23 points, and Zach LaVine and. Patrick Williams added 20 apiece. The Bulls dropped to 5-13 with their fourth straight loss.
“I've always talked about adversity and challenges and difficulties,” Chicago coach Billy Donovan said. “And to me, I think there's, one, a lot to learn through adversity and, two, the solution to adversity would not be to shut down. If you do do that, that would be the worst thing to do.”
The Bulls had a 36-19 advantage at the end of the first quarter, in which they led by as much as 21. The Nets outscored the Bulls 44-19 in the second quarter and led 63-55 at halftime. The positive 25-point differential was the most in any second quarter in team history, and the 44 points the second-most in a second quarter in franchise history.
“Obviously 25 3s is a lot of 3s,” Donovan said. “It’s hard to overcome when a team makes 25 3s. Give them credit. They were shots that they made through good ball movement, good offense by them to find those other shots that we probably didn’t communicate well enough and didn’t contest well enough. So (it) probably lies somewhere in the middle there. I know there’s a lot more that we could have done.”
Brooklyn was short-handed, playing without Nic Claxton (sprained left ankle), Ben Simmons (impinged left lower back nerve), Cal Thomas (sprained left ankle) and Dennis Smith Jr. (sprained lower back).
UP NEXT:
Bulls: At Boston on Tuesday night in the NBA In-Season Tournament.
Nets: Host Toronto on Tuesday night in the NBA In-Season Tournament.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 |  | Nikola Vucevic vs. Dorian Finney-Smith (Coby White gains possession) | ||
| 11:48 |  | +2 | Zach LaVine makes two point alley-oop layup (DeMar DeRozan assists) | 2-0 |
| 11:29 | | Cameron Johnson misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 11:27 | | DeMar DeRozan defensive rebound | ||
| 11:14 | | +2 | Patrick Williams makes two point driving bank jump shot (Coby White assists) | 4-0 |
| 10:56 | | Spencer Dinwiddie misses three point stepback jump shot | ||
| 10:52 | | Nikola Vucevic defensive rebound | ||
| 10:44 | | Cameron Johnson personal foul (Patrick Williams draws the foul) | ||
| 10:34 | | Coby White misses three point jump shot | ||
| 10:32 | | Dorian Finney-Smith defensive rebound | ||
| 10:19 | | Dorian Finney-Smith misses two point driving layup | ||
| 10:17 | | Nikola Vucevic defensive rebound | ||
| 9:57 | | +3 | Patrick Williams makes three point jump shot (Coby White assists) | 7-0 |
| 9:55 | | Nets 60 second timeout | ||
| 9:34 | | Dorian Finney-Smith misses three point jump shot | ||
| 9:30 | | Nikola Vucevic defensive rebound | ||
| 9:22 | | +3 | Coby White makes three point jump shot (Nikola Vucevic assists) | 10-0 |
| 9:12 | | Spencer Dinwiddie misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 9:09 | | Nikola Vucevic defensive rebound | ||
| 9:00 | | +3 | Patrick Williams makes three point jump shot (DeMar DeRozan assists) | 13-0 |
| 8:48 | | +3 | Spencer Dinwiddie makes three point jump shot (Mikal Bridges assists) | 13-3 |
| 8:22 | | Coby White misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 8:21 | | Cameron Johnson defensive rebound | ||
| 8:16 | | Royce O'Neale misses three point jump shot | ||
| 8:12 | | Zach LaVine defensive rebound | ||
| 8:02 | | +3 | Coby White makes three point jump shot (DeMar DeRozan assists) | 16-3 |
| 7:53 | | Mikal Bridges misses three point stepback jump shot | ||
| 7:51 | | Patrick Williams defensive rebound | ||
| 7:34 | | Coby White misses three point jump shot | ||
| 7:30 | | Royce O'Neale defensive rebound | ||
| 7:19 | | Dorian Finney-Smith misses two point driving dunk | ||
| 7:16 | | Nikola Vucevic defensive rebound | ||
| 7:08 | | +3 | Patrick Williams makes three point jump shot (Nikola Vucevic assists) | 19-3 |
| 6:50 | | Spencer Dinwiddie misses three point stepback jump shot | ||
| 6:50 | | Bulls defensive rebound | ||
| 6:39 | | +3 | DeMar DeRozan makes three point jump shot (Nikola Vucevic assists) | 22-3 |
| 6:21 | | +3 | Mikal Bridges makes three point jump shot (Cameron Johnson assists) | 22-6 |
| 5:57 | | +3 | DeMar DeRozan makes three point jump shot (Zach LaVine assists) | 25-6 |
| 5:42 | | +3 | Dorian Finney-Smith makes three point jump shot (Cameron Johnson assists) | 25-9 |
| 5:24 | | +3 | Coby White makes three point stepback jump shot | 28-9 |
| 5:09 | | Patrick Williams personal foul (Mikal Bridges draws the foul) | ||
| 5:04 | | Mikal Bridges turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 4:56 | | Coby White misses three point jump shot | ||
| 4:52 | | Dorian Finney-Smith defensive rebound | ||
| 4:47 | | Lonnie Walker IV turnover (out of bounds step) | ||
| 4:37 | | +2 | Zach LaVine makes two point driving layup | 30-9 |
| 4:19 | | Coby White blocks Lonnie Walker IV's two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 4:17 | | Coby White defensive rebound | ||
| 4:06 | | Nikola Vucevic misses two point turnaround hook shot | ||
| 4:04 | | Trendon Watford defensive rebound | ||
| 4:00 | | Coby White personal foul (Trendon Watford draws the foul) | ||
| 3:54 | | Dorian Finney-Smith misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 3:52 | | Coby White defensive rebound | ||
| 3:48 | | Zach LaVine misses two point running dunk | ||
| 3:46 | | Trendon Watford defensive rebound | ||
| 3:41 | | +2 | Trendon Watford makes two point driving floating jump shot | 30-11 |
| 3:41 | | Bulls 60 second timeout | ||
| 3:29 | | Day'Ron Sharpe blocks Zach LaVine's two point driving layup | ||
| 3:29 | | Bulls offensive rebound | ||
| 3:19 | | +2 | Nikola Vucevic makes two point jump shot (Zach LaVine assists) | 32-11 |
| 2:52 | | Trendon Watford misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 2:50 | | Day'Ron Sharpe offensive rebound | ||
| 2:49 | | +2 | Day'Ron Sharpe makes two point hook shot | 32-13 |
| 2:42 | | Day'Ron Sharpe shooting foul (Zach LaVine draws the foul) | ||
| 2:42 | | Zach LaVine misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | ||
| 2:42 | | Bulls offensive rebound | ||
| 2:42 | | +1 | Zach LaVine makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 33-13 |
| 2:27 | | Lonnie Walker IV offensive foul (Ayo Dosunmu draws the foul) | ||
| 2:27 | | Lonnie Walker IV turnover (offensive foul) | ||
| 2:06 | | Jevon Carter turnover (bad pass) (Trendon Watford steals) | ||
| 2:00 | | Lonnie Walker IV misses three point running jump shot | ||
| 1:55 | | Andre Drummond defensive rebound | ||
| 1:51 | | Trendon Watford shooting foul (Ayo Dosunmu draws the foul) | ||
| 1:51 | | Ayo Dosunmu misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | ||
| 1:51 | | Bulls offensive rebound | ||
| 1:51 | | +1 | Ayo Dosunmu makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 34-13 |
| 1:30 | | Lonnie Walker IV misses three point jump shot | ||
| 1:27 | | Andre Drummond defensive rebound | ||
| 1:20 | | Jevon Carter misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 1:15 | | Royce O'Neale defensive rebound | ||
| 1:05 | | +3 | Trendon Watford makes three point jump shot (Royce O'Neale assists) | 34-16 |
| 0:51 | | Andre Drummond offensive foul (Royce O'Neale draws the foul) | ||
| 0:51 | | Andre Drummond turnover (offensive foul) | ||
| 0:34 | | Andre Drummond personal foul (Lonnie Walker IV draws the foul) | ||
| 0:30 | | +3 | Cameron Johnson makes three point pullup jump shot | 34-19 |
| 0:07 | | +2 | DeMar DeRozan makes two point stepback jump shot | 36-19 |
| 0:00 | | Cameron Johnson misses two point driving layup | ||
| 0:00 | | Nets offensive rebound | ||
| 0:00 | | End of period |
| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:37 | | Royce O'Neale misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 11:36 | | Nets offensive rebound | ||
| 11:36 | | Nets turnover (shot clock violation) | ||
| 11:23 | | Andre Drummond turnover (3-second violation) | ||
| 11:08 | | +3 | Lonnie Walker IV makes three point jump shot (Spencer Dinwiddie assists) | 36-22 |
| 10:52 | | Torrey Craig turnover (bad pass) (Lonnie Walker IV steals) | ||
| 10:48 | | Lonnie Walker IV misses two point running layup | ||
| 10:44 | | DeMar DeRozan defensive rebound | ||
| 10:39 | | Ayo Dosunmu misses three point jump shot | ||
| 10:35 | | Andre Drummond offensive rebound | ||
| 10:35 | | Day'Ron Sharpe shooting foul (Andre Drummond draws the foul) | ||
| 10:35 | | Andre Drummond misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | ||
| 10:35 | | Bulls offensive rebound | ||
| 10:35 | | +1 | Andre Drummond makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 37-22 |
| 10:26 | | +2 | Spencer Dinwiddie makes two point driving floating jump shot | 37-24 |
| 10:26 | | Ayo Dosunmu shooting foul (Spencer Dinwiddie draws the foul) | ||
| 10:26 | | +1 | Spencer Dinwiddie makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 37-25 |
| 10:14 | | DeMar DeRozan misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 10:11 | | Lonnie Walker IV defensive rebound | ||
| 10:03 | | Royce O'Neale misses three point stepback jump shot | ||
| 9:57 | | Day'Ron Sharpe offensive rebound | ||
| 9:47 | | +3 | Royce O'Neale makes three point pullup jump shot (Cameron Johnson assists) | 37-28 |
| 9:44 | | Bulls 60 second timeout | ||
| 9:39 | | Ayo Dosunmu turnover (bad pass) | ||
| 9:34 | | +2 | Cameron Johnson makes two point driving layup (Royce O'Neale assists) | 37-30 |
| 9:34 | | Bulls 60 second timeout | ||
| 9:10 | | +2 | Zach LaVine makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | 39-30 |
| 8:53 | | +3 | Cameron Johnson makes three point jump shot (Day'Ron Sharpe assists) | 39-33 |
| 8:42 | | Royce O'Neale shooting foul (Torrey Craig draws the foul) | ||
| 8:42 | | +1 | Torrey Craig makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 40-33 |
| 8:42 | | +1 | Torrey Craig makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 41-33 |
| 8:27 | | +2 | Day'Ron Sharpe makes two point turnaround hook shot (Cameron Johnson assists) | 41-35 |
| 8:08 | | Torrey Craig misses two point stepback jump shot | ||
| 8:05 | | Day'Ron Sharpe defensive rebound | ||
| 7:58 | | Lonnie Walker IV misses three point jump shot | ||
| 7:55 | | Cameron Johnson offensive rebound | ||
| 7:53 | | Spencer Dinwiddie misses three point jump shot | ||
| 7:47 | | Cameron Johnson offensive rebound | ||
| 7:46 | | +3 | Lonnie Walker IV makes three point jump shot (Cameron Johnson assists) | 41-38 |
| 7:30 | | Nikola Vucevic turnover (bad pass) (Royce O'Neale steals) | ||
| 7:24 | | Lonnie Walker IV misses two point running alley-oop dunk | ||
| 7:22 | | Nikola Vucevic defensive rebound | ||
| 7:12 | | Jevon Carter misses three point jump shot | ||
| 7:09 | | Cameron Johnson defensive rebound | ||
| 7:01 | | Day'Ron Sharpe misses two point alley-oop layup | ||
| 6:56 | | Coby White defensive rebound | ||
| 6:40 | | Zach LaVine misses two point fadeaway jump shot | ||
| 6:38 | | Royce O'Neale defensive rebound | ||
| 6:27 | | Royce O'Neale turnover (out of bounds step) | ||
| 6:18 | | Coby White misses three point jump shot | ||
| 6:15 | | Day'Ron Sharpe defensive rebound | ||
| 6:04 | | Coby White personal foul (Cameron Johnson draws the foul) | ||
| 5:59 | | +3 | Royce O'Neale makes three point jump shot (Mikal Bridges assists) | 41-41 |
| 5:44 | | Coby White turnover (bad pass) (Dorian Finney-Smith steals) | ||
| 5:27 | | +3 | Mikal Bridges makes three point jump shot (Day'Ron Sharpe assists) | 41-44 |
| 5:15 | | Nikola Vucevic misses three point jump shot | ||
| 5:13 | | Royce O'Neale defensive rebound | ||
| 5:09 | | +2 | Day'Ron Sharpe makes two point running alley-oop dunk (Royce O'Neale assists) | 41-46 |
| 4:52 | | Day'Ron Sharpe shooting foul (DeMar DeRozan draws the foul) | ||
| 4:52 | | +1 | DeMar DeRozan makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 42-46 |
| 4:52 | | DeMar DeRozan misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | ||
| 4:50 | | Royce O'Neale defensive rebound | ||
| 4:26 | | Spencer Dinwiddie misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 4:23 | | Patrick Williams defensive rebound | ||
| 4:15 | | +3 | Patrick Williams makes three point jump shot (Coby White assists) | 45-46 |
| 3:58 | | Mikal Bridges turnover (bad pass) (DeMar DeRozan steals) | ||
| 3:50 | | Spencer Dinwiddie shooting foul (DeMar DeRozan draws the foul) | ||
| 3:50 | | +1 | DeMar DeRozan makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 46-46 |
| 3:50 | | DeMar DeRozan misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | ||
| 3:48 | | Royce O'Neale defensive rebound | ||
| 3:36 | | +3 | Dorian Finney-Smith makes three point jump shot (Spencer Dinwiddie assists) | 46-49 |
| 3:12 | | DeMar DeRozan misses two point driving layup | ||
| 3:12 | | Bulls offensive rebound | ||
| 3:05 | | Zach LaVine misses two poi |