SAN ANTONIO – Nikola Vucevic scored a season-high 39 points, Ayo Dosunmu had 27 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds and the Chicago Bulls beat the San Antonio Spurs 139-124 on Thursday night with Victor Wembanyama sidelined with a back injury.

Dosunmu set season highs in points, assists and rebounds and recorded the first triple-double of his four-year career.

Keldon Johnson scored a season-high 28 points and Devin Vassell added 17 points for San Antonio, which lost for the third time in its last four games.

Wembanyama suffers daily from lower back pain that he sustained in Tuesday’s loss to Phoenix.

Chicago never trailed and posted its highest point total of the season. Chicago scored a season-high 73 points in the first half and took a 73-57 lead.

Talen Horton-Tucker scored 13 points for Chicago, with six players scoring in double figures.

Chris Paul had 12 points and nine assists for San Antonio.

Takeaways

Bulls: Chicago rookie Matas Buzelis had 11 points after posting a career-high 20 points in his previous game against Brooklyn. Three of Buzelis’ four double-digit games have come in his last six games.

Spurs: Jeremy Sochan had 16 points and 14 rebounds in his return to the starting lineup after missing 13 games following thumb surgery. Sochan started as a center in place of Wembanyama for the first time in his career.

Key moment

Zach LaVine hit a three-pointer on the game’s first possession, setting the stage for Chicago’s most productive game of the season.

Key statistics

Chicago shot 57.8% from the field, surpassing its previous season high of 57% set against Atlanta on November 22nd.

Next

Bulls: Play host to Indiana on Friday night.

Spurs: Host New Orleans on Friday night.

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