Golden State Warriors Fall In Overtime Thriller To Chicago Bulls

You can’t win them all.

The Golden State Warriors’ 19-game home win-streak was snapped on Tuesday night at the hands of the Chicago Bulls, who eked out a 113-111 victory in overtime.

In the dying seconds of overtime, Rose, on the right wing, made a tough jumper with Klay Thompson right in his face to give the Bulls the two-point lead. With 2.9 seconds left, Thompson missed a short floater, banking it too strong off the glass to end the game and give Chicago the win.

Rose and Thompson were the game’s leading scorers with 30 points each.

It took a whirlwind of a final 30 seconds to get this game to overtime. With the Warriors up 105-104 and off a missed Bulls’ shot, Stephen Curry was trapped in the backcourt and turned it over to Kirk Hinrich, who wound up drilling a wide-open three to give the Bulls a two-point lead.

But with 15 seconds still on the clock, the Warriors tied the game up after Draymond Green tipped in the rebound on a missed jumper by Andre Iguodala. Derrick Rose missed a desperation three at the buzzer and the game went to overtime tied 107-107.

The Warriors took an 81-79 lead at the start of the fourth and extended it to double-digits three minutes in, starting the quarter on a 10-2 run, which was punctuated by a dunk by David Lee on the fastbreak off a gorgeous over-the-head pass by Curry.

But the Bulls answered with a big push of their own led by Rose and Pau Gasol. Rose made several difficult shots in the lane and Gasol knocked down a jumper to cut the lead to 99-98 with four minutes to play.

Up 56-51 at the half, the teams played a neck-and-neck third quarter. The Bulls came back to take a 75-73 lead at the 2:17 mark on a Rose driving layup. But Lee helped the Warriors regain the advantage, scoring nine of the Warriors’ final 11 points in the third.

Lee finished with 24 points in the game, his best performance since returning from injury.

The Warriors played without Andrew Bogut, who departed just before tip-off after coming down with the flu.

Thompson, who had a career-high 52 points on Friday and 31 on Sunday, continued his hot stroke right out of the gate  with 13 points in the first five minutes alone. Thompson made the Warriors’ first three field goals and started 6-of-6 overall. His hot start paced the Warriors to a 36-25 lead after the first quarter.

Chicago, however, caught up to the Warriors in the second. A 10-0 run by the Bulls tied the game after they were down 49-39 — it was a Nikola Mirotic runner that evened the score. The Warriors ended the half on a positive note as Harrison Barnes stole a Rose pass and sprinted down the floor for an emphatic finish, giving the Warriors a 56-51 lead at the break.

It was a game of contrasting styles, especially with Bogut out. The Bulls took advantage of the Warriors’ lack of size by scoring 14 second chance points to the Warriors’ three, but the Warriors had the edge in fastbreak points: 23-2. Golden State opened the game playing their tempo, jumping out to an early lead, but the Bulls slowed the game down and forced the Warriors to take permitter shots in the halfcourt, allowing Chicago to jump back in to the game.

Tale of the Tape

Warriors

• Field-goal percentage: 42.5% (48-113)
• Three-point percentage: 27.3% (9-33)
• Rebounds: 48
• Assists: 30
• Turnovers: 13

Bulls

• Field-goal percentage: 42.9% (42-98)
• Three-point percentage: 27.6% (8-29)
• Rebounds: 61
• Assists: 19
• Turnovers: 21

Good to Know

The Warriors were 0-for-13 from three-point range in the second half and overtime. They are 9-5 without Bogut and 27-2 with him. This is also their first loss against an Eastern Conference team; they had been 13-0.

What’s on Tap

The Warriors take on the Jazz on the road Friday — it’s the first of back-to-back games.