The Bulls beat the Nets 124-102 to split the home-home set

CHICAGO (AP) — Coby White scored 24 points, Ayo Dosunmu scored 19 and the Chicago Bulls beat the Brooklyn Nets 124-102 Sunday night to split a home set.

The Nets won their opening game 112-109 on Friday night in Brooklyn.

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Nikola Vucevic added 17 points, 11 rebounds and six assists for Chicago. Matas Buzelis also scored 17 points.

Nolan Traore scored 16 points for Brooklyn. Danny Wolf and Jalen Wilson each had 14. The Nets have lost nine of 11.

Dosunmu scored 3-pointers at the start and end of a 10-0 run to end the first quarter to help the Bulls take a 39-22 lead into the second. Chicago led 70-51 at halftime and the lead remained above 20 points for much of the second half.

The Bulls average more than 20,000 fans at the United Center, but there were plenty of empty seats at tip-off, which came 30 minutes after the Los Angeles Rams and Bears kicked off their NFC division game a few miles away at Soldier Field. The Bears’ first touchdown came just before an early timeout and drew a loud roar from the crowd when a replay was shown on the video board.

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Nets: Host Phoenix on Monday night.

Bulls: Host the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night.

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