FINAL FROM THE UNITED CENTER: Bulls 128 San Antonio 104. (Bulls: 26-27, 16-11 at home).
LEADING SCORERS: Bulls:Vucevic: 22 pts. Spurs: Johnson: 21 pts.
LEADING REBOUNDERS: Bulls: Drummond: 15. Spurs: Poeltl: 9.
LEADING ASSISTS: Bulls: DeRozan: 5. Spurs: Poeltl: 4
CCI STAT OF THE GAME: The two "bigs" of the Bulls: Nikola Vucevic and Andre Drummond each posted double-double games, combining for 43 points and 27 rebounds.
CCI RECAP: The Bulls pulled away from the young but stubborn Spurs, outscoring San Antonio 38-19 in the fourth quarter winning their last three games of a four game home stand.
Nikola Vucevic and Andre Drummond were sensational. Vucevic with 22 points and 12 rebounds-his 32nd double-double game of the season . Drummond in just 21 minutes was perfect in nine field goal attempts, pouring in 21 points and collecting 15 rebounds.
The Bulls punished the Spurs inside, scoring 74 points in the paint.
The Bulls go for their first four game win streak of the season tonight in Memphis. The Grizzlies have lost eight of nine. Two time All Star Ja Morant missed Sunday's game against Toronto but is good to go against the Bulls.
Alex Caruso sat out with a left foot injury.
NEXT: At Memphis Tuesday.
CCI 24 SECONDS NBA NEWS AND NOTES
Boston 111, Detroit 99. Jayson Tatum had 34-11-6 .
Milwaukee 127, Portland 108. The Bucks are now 20 games over .500.
Los Angeles Clippers 124, Brooklyn 116. Brooklyn's Cam Thomas with a career high 47 points-he has 91 points in his last two games without Kyrie Irving, now of the Dallas Mavericks. The Clippers have won eight of 10.
Sacramento 140, Houston 120. Sacramento’s Keegan Murray had a career high 30 points and set a franchise rookie record with eight- three pointers.
Dallas 124, Utah 111. Josh Green and Jaden Hardy each scored career highs of 29 points for the Mavs. Luka Doncic missed the game with a heel injury.
Cleveland 114, Washington 91. The Cavs have won four of five; Washington has lost three straight after winning six straight.
Golden State 141, Oklahoma City 114. Klay Thompson scored 42 points, connecting on a season high 12 made three pointers,
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