Golden State Warriors @ Chicago Bulls
Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
United Center, Chicago, IL | Game ID: 22400745
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
CHI 31 38 25 17 111GSW 34 21 42 35 132
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Curry scores 34 points, Butler adds 25 in Golden State debut as Warriors rally to beat Bulls 132-111
CHICAGO -- — Stephen Curry scored 34 points and tied a season high with eight 3-pointers, Jimmy Butler added 25 points in his Golden State debut and the Warriors rallied to beat the Chicago Bulls 132-111 on Saturday night.
Curry scored 24 of his points and made five 3s in the third quarter as the Warriors went from trailing by 24 to leading by three.
Butler, who played his first six seasons in Chicago, made a big impact in his first game since a trade-deadline deal from Miami following a messy split with the Heat. The six-time All-Star made 11 of 13 free throws and had four assists.
Quinten Post scored 18 points and Brandin Podziemski added 16 points and seven assists.
Coby White led Chicago with 27 points and made six 3s. Jalen Smith added 15 points and matched a career high with four 3-pointers. Rookie Matas Buzelis scored 16 as the Bulls lost for the 11th time in 14 games.
Takeaways Warriors: Butler and the Warriors will need time to adapt to each other, but they're off to a decent start.
Bulls: The Bulls were sailing along before things took a huge turn in the third quarter. They were also a bit sloppy, committing 17 turnovers for 29 points.
Key moment The Bulls led 83-59 in the third before Curry put Golden State on his back.
Chicago led 93-90 when Butler scored on a tip-in with 1:30 left to start a 16-1 run. Curry then pulled up for a 16-footer and buried a 3 to make it 97-93 with 14 seconds remaining before White cut it to three with a free throw at the end of the quarter.
Butler then scored the first seven in the fourth, starting with a three-point play off an alley-oop dunk, and Brandin Podziemski cut for a layup that made it 106-94.
Key stat The Warriors made 11 of 23 3-pointers in the second half and were 19 of 48 in the game.
Up next Golden State's six-game trip continues at Milwaukee on Monday. Chicago hosts Detroit on Tuesday.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
GSWBH B. Hield
BP B. Podziemski
BU Butler
DG D. Green
GP G. Payton II
GS G. Santos
JB J. Butler III
JR J. Rowe
KL K. Looney
MM M. Moody
PS P. Spencer
QP Q. Post
SC S. Curry
TJ T. Jackson-Davis
CHIAD A. Dosunmu
CW C. White
DT D. Terry
JC J. Carter
JG J. Giddey
JP J. Phillips
JS J. Smith
KH K. Huerter
MB M. Buzelis
NV N. Vučević
PW P. Williams
TJ T. Jones
VU Vucevic
GSW/CHI the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur