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San Antonio Spurs beat Chicago Bulls 124-119 for 10th straight win after trailing by 22 as Victor Wembanyama scores 32
Victor Wembanyama scored 32, the Spurs erased a 22-point deficit with a 30-7 run and San Antonio won its 10th straight game.
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Victor Wembanyama scored 32 points on 13-of-18 shooting, and the San Antonio Spurs came back from 22 points down to beat the Chicago Bulls 124-119 at the United Center on Wednesday, November 11. The Spurs won their 10th straight game and improved to 10-2, and they are 6-0 on the road. The Bulls lost their eighth in a row and fell to 1-9.
Wembanyama added 9 rebounds, 5 blocks and 2 steals and scored 10 points in the first 3:41 of the fourth quarter. Rookie Dylan Harper had 18 points, 10 assists, 6 rebounds and 4 steals, and De’Aaron Fox scored 17 with 9 assists. San Antonio scored 66 points in the paint, had 16 steals and turned the ball over only six times.
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Chicago’s 41-point first quarter
The Bulls scored 41 points in the first quarter. Trailing 19-14 midway through the period, they went on a 24-6 run to lead 38-25, and they kept pulling away in the second. Nic Claxton’s free throws with 5:03 left in the half made it 64-42, Chicago’s biggest lead.
Jalen Smith had a big night for the Bulls, scoring a season-high 23 points on 8-of-9 shooting and making all five of his threes. Caleb Wilson scored 15 points in 15 minutes and did not play after the middle of the third quarter. He is listed day-to-day with a hand injury.
San Antonio’s 30-7 run
The Spurs started their comeback before halftime. Fox, Wembanyama and Keldon Johnson led a 12-4 finish to the half, and Wembanyama’s 17-foot jumper with 40.9 seconds left made it 70-56 at the break. San Antonio opened the third quarter with a Julian Champagnie three, a Wembanyama step-back and a Stephon Castle alley-oop from Harper. Harper’s three with 8:05 left tied the game at 73, and Wembanyama’s technical free throw gave the Spurs their first lead since the first quarter. The run was 30-7 from the point the Bulls led by 22.
Chicago went back ahead on a Josh Giddey three and led 82-79 midway through the quarter. Luke Kornet scored on two tip-ins, Harrison Barnes hit a three, and Wembanyama dunked a Fox pass with 26.2 seconds left for a 90-87 San Antonio lead after three. The Spurs won the third quarter 34-19.
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Wembanyama closes it
Wembanyama opened the fourth with an 18-footer and a turnaround jumper, and Castle hit a three and a layup during a 15-3 run that ended with a Wembanyama alley-oop, a technical free throw and a 25-foot step-back three for a 107-94 lead with 8:19 left. Carter Bryant scored 10 points off the bench, seven of them in the fourth quarter, and Harper’s running dunk made it 120-105 with 2:04 left. Chicago scored the last points of the game, but the margin never got below five.
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Around the box
Castle and Champagnie scored 11 and 12 for San Antonio, and Johnson had 10 points and 6 rebounds off the bench. The Spurs played without Devin Vassell (groin), Tobias Harris (calf) and Jayden Quaintance (knee). Claxton scored 17 off the bench for Chicago, Matas Buzelis had 13 but turned it over six times, and Tre Jones scored 13. Giddey had 9 points and 7 assists with 7 turnovers. The Bulls shot 15 of 29 from three and had 33 assists, but they committed 19 turnovers, which San Antonio turned into 22 points. Chicago was without Norman Powell (shoulder), Dailyn Swain (back) and Tobe Awaka (back). Attendance was 19,699.
What’s next
The Spurs host the Golden State Warriors on Friday, November 13, at 9:30 p.m. ET (4:30 a.m. Saturday Cairo time). The Bulls host the Atlanta Hawks the same night at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Saturday Cairo time).
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