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(Reuters) – Damion Lee hit a straight 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds remaining Sunday night to cap off a Golden State Warriors rally that produced their first win of the season, a 129-128 thriller about host Chicago Bulls.
Zach LaVine scored a team-high 33 points for the winless Bulls, including 11 points in the fourth quarter and a shortstop who broke a 126 tie and gave Chicago a two-point lead with 5.0 seconds left.
But with all eyes on Warriors star Stephen Curry, who scored 36 points, his brother-in-law, Lee, stunned the Bulls with a 25-foot shot that served as the game winner for a team coming from a consecutive beating. losses in Brooklyn and Milwaukee.
The Warriors trailed 121-112 after a Wendell Carter Jr. hoop with 3:58 to play, but they outscored the Bulls thanks mainly to Curry, who hit a jump shot, two free throws, a triple and an inside shot that became a triple. -Game of points. The latter put Golden State at 126-124 with 46.0 seconds left.
Kevon Looney’s shot with 16.9 seconds to go tied the Warriors, setting up the thrilling finale.
Curry’s night included shots of 5 of 15 on 3s. His first success was number 2,500 of his career, which allowed him to join Ray Allen and Reggie Miller in that exclusive NBA club.
Lee finished with 12 points, all on 3s, for the Warriors, while Andrew Wiggins had 19, Eric Paschall 15 and Jordan Poole 10.
Kelly Oubre Jr. had 11 rebounds, a team-high.
LaVine, Lauri Markkanen (23), Carter (22) and Coby White (20) combined for 98 points for the Bulls, who were playing the second night of a back-to-back.
Markkanen, however, was unable to finish the match after sustaining an ankle injury in the fourth quarter.
Otto Porter Jr. added 12 points off the bench for Chicago, while Carter capped a game-high double-double with 13 rebounds.
The game featured a meeting of two of the top four picks in the November draft, and neither player was a major factor. Golden State’s James Wiseman, the second pick, recorded seven points, and Chicago’s Patrick Williams, who took two spots later, countered with six points.
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