Nets Edge Bulls 112-109 to Snap Five-Game Slide

Overview

• Brooklyn led 27–23 and 30–17 in the opening quarters, split the third 32–32, then survived Chicago’s 37–23 fourth to close it out.
• The Nets improved to 12–27 and sit 13th in the East, while the Bulls are 19–22 in 10th place.
• Michael Porter scored a game-high 26 points, and Noah Clowney delivered a 23-point, 11-rebound double-double.
• Nikola Vucevic paced Chicago with 19 points, and Jalen Smith added a 14-point, 13-rebound double-double.
• Russian guard Yegor Demin started and logged about 19 minutes for Brooklyn, contributing 5 points and 2 assists.