The Brooklyn Nets played Sunday against the Chicago Bulls like it was a game they expected to win. And then they did just that, putting away the Bulls with a 12-3 run early in the fourth quarter en route to a 117-100 win at United Center in the first game of a road back-to-back.
The Nets (20-21) close out a three-game trip Monday night against the Boston Celtics.
After turning up the defensive intensity in their 109-100 win at Memphis on Friday, Brooklyn kept the heat on the Bulls Sunday. Chicago shot 46.6 percent overall (41-for-88) and were 7-for-18 from 3-point range (38.