The bulls threw the hordes even deeper. Chicago played beautiful basketball and prevailed in Charlotte 109-121 in a match that actually edged by 21 points, forcing the Hornets to their 6th straight loss. Somehow the “Bulls” remained in 3rd place in the East with a record of 34-21.

DeMar DeRozan was the top winner with 36 points, with Jacques Lavigne adding 27 points and Nikola Vucevic adding 18 points and 15 rebounds.

With the Hornets, LaMelo Ball had 33 points and Miles Bridges had 22 points.

THE TWELVE MINUTES: 29-28, 45-58, 76-89, 109-121

HORNETS: Bridges 22 (2/8 trebles, 5 rebounds, 5 assists), Plumley 3 (11 rebounds), Bowl 33 (5/10 trebles, 9 rebounds, 5 assists), Rosier 16 (6/18 shots, 2/11 trebles ), 6 assists), Umbre 19 (3/9 3s), Washington 5 (1/5 3s, 8 rebounds), Richards 9, Smith 2

COPS: DeRozan 36 (3 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Green 6, Vucevic 18 (15 rebounds, 8 assists), White 15 (3/10 3-pointers), Lavin 27 (5/10 3-pointers, 7 rebounds) , 5 assists), Hill 6 (2), Brown 8 (2), Bradley 2, Thomas 3 (1)

Cavaliers – Spurs 105-92

The Cavaliers showed character once again. The Cubs trusted their defense for the umpteenth time and did what it took in attack to win 105-92 against Spurs despite falling 23 points back.

Darius Garland was the top winner with 27 points, with Ivan Mobley adding 18 points and Jarrett Allen adding 15 points and 14 rebounds. Caris Levert had 11 points in his debut.

At the Spurs, Kelton Johnson and Devin Wassel each had 18 points and Derrick White had 17 points.

THE TWELVE MINUTES: 29-30, 57-48, 84-73, 105-92

Cavaliers: Wade, Okoro 14 (2), Allen 15 (14 rebounds), Mobley 18 (6/15 shots, 12 rebounds), Garland 27 (3 threes, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 errors), Love 7 (3/13 shots, 10 rebounds), Stevens, Osman 8 (2), Davis, Rondo 5 (1), Levert 11 (4/11 shots, 1 three-pointer), Windler, Pangos, Goodwin

SPERS: McDermott 4 (2/10 shots), Johnson 18 (7/21 shots, 3/9 3-pointers, 7 rebounds), Peltl 7 (11 rebounds), White 17 (2), Murray 16 (7/17 shots) , 6 rebounds), 9 assists), Yubanks, Collins 5 (7 rebounds), Bates-Diop 3 (1), Landal, Walker, Wassel 18 (2), Primo 4 (0/5 three points)

Kings – Wolves 132-119

Domantas Samponis debuted with the Kings shirt and played as if he had been with the team for years. That’s what Sacramento needed, which erased a 13-point difference against Wolves to take the win 132-119.

Harrison Barnes was the top winner with 30 points, with DiAron Fox adding 27 points and Samponis adding 22 points and 14 rebounds.

For Wolves, who saw a five-game winning streak come to an end, DiAngelo Russell had 29 points, Anthony Edwards had 27 points and Carl-Anthony Towns had 21 points.

THE TWELVE MINUTES: 29-37, 71-64, 99-101, 132-119

KINGS: Samponis 22 (14 rebounds, 5 assists), Metou 13 (5 rebounds), Barnes 30 (4 3s, 8 rebounds), Holiday 6 (2/11 shots, 0/6 3s), Fox 27 (2 3-pointers, 8 rebounds), Holmes 2, Jones, Mitchell 18 (3 three-pointers, 7 rebounds, 7 assists), Lamp 14 (4/11 shots, 3 three-pointers, 6 rebounds, 5 assists)

WOLVES: Vanderbilt 8 (11 rebounds), McDaniels 13 (3), Edwards 26 (3/9 3-pointers), Towns 21 (1 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 8 assists), Russell 29 (6 3-pointers, 10 assists ). ), Prince 2, Knight, Reed 7 (1), McLuffin 4, Beasley 6 (2/9 shots, 1/7 3-pointers), Novell 3 (1)