CBS · Jan 5, 2023
Durant scores 44, but Bulls snap Nets' 12-game win streak
CHICAGO — DeMar DeRozan and Patrick Williams each scored 22 points, and the Chicago Bulls stopped Brooklyn's 12-game win streak with a 121-112 victory over Kevin Durant and the Nets on Wednesday night.
Durant scored 44 points, but Chicago had six players score in double figures. Nikola Vucevic had 21 points and 13 rebounds, and Ayo Dosunmo finished with 17 points. The Bulls had dropped two in a row.
"They came to play," Brooklyn coach Jacque Vaughn said. "They were pretty desperate to get a win, and we needed that same desperation."