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Chicago Bulls at San Antonio Spurs

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10-13, 7-6 Away
Final
139 - 124

11-11, 8-5 Home

Vucevic, Dosunmu lead Bulls to season-high output in 139-124 win over Spurs with Wembanyama out

Chicago Bulls vs. San Antonio Spurs: Game Highlights

Dosunmu had season highs in points, assists and rebounds in collecting the first triple-double of his four-year career.

Keldon Johnson had a season-high 28 points and Devin Vassell added 17 points for San Antonio, which lost for the third time in its last four games.

Wembanyama is day-to-day with a sore lower back he suffered in Tuesday’s loss to Phoenix.

Chicago never trailed and had a season-high point total. Chicago matched a season-high with 73 points in the first half in taking a 73-57 lead.

Talen Horton-Tucker had 13 points for Chicago, which had six players score in double figures.

Chris Paul had 12 points and nine assists for San Antonio.

Takeaways Bulls: Chicago rookie Matas Buzelis had 11 points after scoring a career-high 20 points against Brooklyn in his previous game. Three of Buzelis' four games in double figures have come in his past six games.

Spurs: Jeremy Sochan had 16 points and 14 rebounds in his return to the starting lineup after missing 13 games following thumb surgery. Sochan made his first career start at center in place of Wembanyama.

Key moment Zach LaVine drained a 3-pointer on the game's opening possession to set the tone for Chicago's most prolific outing this season.

Key stat Chicago shot 57.8% from the field, surpassing its previous season best of 57% set against Atlanta on Nov. 22.

Up next Bulls: Play host to Indiana on Friday night.

Spurs: Host New Orleans on Friday night.

Regular Season Series

CHI leads series 1-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 139 - 124
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 139 - 124
4th 1.2 Jevon Carter defensive rebound 139 - 124
4th 6.1 Charles Bassey misses free throw 1 of 1 139 - 124
4th 6.1 Chris Duarte shooting foul 139 - 124

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/chi.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originCHI https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sa.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originSA
52-90 FG 44-95
57.8 Field Goal % 46.3
17-37 3PT 8-28
45.9 Three Point % 28.6
18-23 FT 28-39
78.3 Free Throw % 71.8
50 Rebounds 41
11 Offensive Rebounds 15
39 Defensive Rebounds 26
36 Assists 26
6 Steals 11
5 Blocks 4
17 Turnovers 11
2 Team Turnovers 0
19 Total Turnovers 11
2 Technical Fouls 3
2 Total Technical Fouls 3
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
33 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 19
10 Fast Break Points 21
68 Points in Paint 62
26 Fouls 17
21 Largest Lead 0
San Antonio Spurs San Antonio Spurs Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Dylan Harper, G Day-To-Day Sep 5
Jeremy Sochan, F Day-To-Day Aug 10
De'Aaron Fox, PG Day-To-Day Aug 4
Carter Bryant, F Day-To-Day Jul 19
Kelly Olynyk, PF Day-To-Day Jul 8
Chicago Bulls Chicago Bulls Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Noa Essengue, F Day-To-Day Jul 19
Ayo Dosunmu, SG Day-To-Day Jul 3

Game Information

Frost Bank Center

Location: San Antonio, TX
Attendance: 17,720 · Capacity:

2025-26 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Chicago 0 0 .000 - -
Cleveland 0 0 .000 - -
Detroit 0 0 .000 - -
Indiana 0 0 .000 - -
Milwaukee 0 0 .000 - -

2025-26 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New Orleans 0 0 .000 - -
Dallas 0 0 .000 - -
Houston 0 0 .000 - -
San Antonio 0 0 .000 - -
Memphis 0 0 .000 - -
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