Game ID: 22400628
Chicago Bulls @ Golden State Warriors
Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM ET
Chase Center, San Francisco, CA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
GSW 30 33 31 37 131CHI 33 31 16 26 106
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Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
GSW availability going into 1/15 · 1 day's restOUT Green missed 2 since 1/10, out tonight
OUT Podziemski missed 8 since 12/30, out tonight
OUT Kuminga missed 5 since 1/05, out tonight
OUT Payton II missed 10 since 12/27, returns tonight: 19 min (123% of 15)
BACK Wiggins back 1/13 after 2, 35 min since (117% of 30)
BACK Post back 1/10 after 5, 7 min since (47% of 15)
NEW Waters III 17 to 23 min over the last 5
NEW Jackson-Davis 15 to 27 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 1/18 · 2 days' restOUT Green missed 3 since 1/10, returns tonight: 3 min (10% of 30)
OUT Podziemski missed 9 since 12/30, out tonight
OUT Kuminga missed 6 since 1/05, out tonight
OUT Post missed 2 since 1/13, out tonight
BACK Wiggins back 1/13 after 2, 35 min since (117% of 30)
BACK Payton II back 1/15 after 10, 19 min since (123% of 15)
NEW Hield 23 to 30 min over the last 5
NEW Waters III 17 to 24 min over the last 4
NEW Jackson-Davis 15 to 29 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 1/20 · 1 day's restOUT Podziemski missed 10 since 12/30, out tonight
OUT Kuminga missed 7 since 1/05, out tonight
OUT Post missed 3 since 1/13, returns tonight: 14 min (90% of 15)
OUT Anderson missed 2 since 1/15, out tonight
BACK Wiggins back 1/13 after 2, 35 min since (117% of 30)
BACK Green back 1/18 after 3, 3 min since (10% of 30)
BACK Payton II back 1/15 after 10, 19 min since (125% of 15)
NEW Hield 23 to 30 min over the last 5
NEW Jackson-Davis 15 to 27 min over the last 5
NEW Looney 14 to 20 min over the last 5
NEW Santos 13 to 18 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 1/22 · 1 day's restOUT Podziemski missed 11 since 12/30, out tonight
OUT Kuminga missed 8 since 1/05, out tonight
OUT Anderson missed 3 since 1/15, out tonight
BACK Wiggins back 1/13 after 2, 32 min since (107% of 30)
BACK Green back 1/18 after 3, 3 min since (10% of 30)
BACK Post back 1/10 after 5, 10 min since (68% of 15)
BACK Payton II back 1/15 after 10, 17 min since (109% of 15)
NEW Jackson-Davis 15 to 25 min over the last 5
NEW Santos 13 to 19 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 1/23 · back-to-backOUT Green missed 2 since 1/20, out tonight
OUT Podziemski missed 12 since 12/30, returns tonight: 21 min (77% of 28)
OUT Kuminga missed 9 since 1/05, out tonight
OUT Anderson missed 4 since 1/15, out tonight
BACK Wiggins back 1/13 after 2, 33 min since (111% of 30)
BACK Post back 1/20 after 3, 14 min since (92% of 15)
BACK Payton II back 1/15 after 10, 16 min since (103% of 15)
NEW Jackson-Davis 15 to 25 min over the last 5
NEW Santos 13 to 18 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 1/25 · 1 day's restOUT Green missed 3 since 1/20, out tonight
OUT Kuminga missed 10 since 1/05, out tonight
OUT Anderson missed 5 since 1/15, out tonight
BACK Podziemski back 1/23 after 12, 21 min since (77% of 28)
BACK Post back 1/20 after 3, 16 min since (104% of 15)
BACK Payton II back 1/15 after 10, 15 min since (96% of 15)
NEW Moody 21 to 27 min over the last 5
NEW Jackson-Davis 15 to 20 min over the last 5
NEW Santos 13 to 21 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 1/28 · 2 days' restOUT Green missed 4 since 1/20, out tonight
OUT Kuminga missed 11 since 1/05, out tonight
OUT Anderson missed 6 since 1/15, returns tonight: 11 min (73% of 15)
BACK Podziemski back 1/23 after 12, 23 min since (82% of 28)
BACK Post back 1/20 after 3, 18 min since (116% of 15)
NEW Moody 21 to 27 min over the last 5
NEW Santos 13 to 21 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 1/29 · back-to-backOUT Green missed 5 since 1/20, out tonight
OUT Kuminga missed 12 since 1/05, out tonight
BACK Podziemski back 1/23 after 12, 26 min since (94% of 28)
BACK Post back 1/20 after 3, 18 min since (114% of 15)
BACK Anderson back 1/28 after 6, 11 min since (73% of 15)
NEW Santos 13 to 24 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 1/31 · 1 day's restOUT Green missed 6 since 1/20, out tonight
OUT Kuminga missed 13 since 1/05, out tonight
OUT Waters III missed 2 since 1/28, returns tonight: 6 min (34% of 17)
BACK Podziemski back 1/23 after 12, 24 min since (87% of 28)
BACK Anderson back 1/28 after 6, 13 min since (86% of 15)
NEW Santos 13 to 22 min over the last 5
CHI availability going into 1/15 · back-to-backOUT Dosunmu missed 10 since 12/26, returns tonight: 25 min (83% of 30)
CHI availability going into 1/17 · 1 day's restBACK Dosunmu back 1/15 after 10, 25 min since (83% of 30)
CHI availability going into 1/19 · 1 day's restBACK Dosunmu back 1/15 after 10, 27 min since (88% of 30)
CHI availability going into 1/20 · back-to-backBACK Dosunmu back 1/15 after 10, 28 min since (94% of 30)
CHI availability going into 1/23 · 2 days' restBACK Dosunmu back 1/15 after 10, 28 min since (94% of 30)
CHI availability going into 1/25 · 1 day's restOUT White missed 2 since 1/20, out tonight
BACK Dosunmu back 1/15 after 10, 27 min since (89% of 30)
CHI availability going into 1/27 · 1 day's restOUT White missed 3 since 1/20, out tonight
CHI availability going into 1/29 · 1 day's restOUT White missed 4 since 1/20, returns tonight: 31 min (92% of 33)
CHI availability going into 1/31 · 1 day's restBACK White back 1/29 after 4, 31 min since (92% of 33)
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Golden State comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 116, shooting 43 percent and 38 from three, 18 free throws a game; Curry at 23 and Wiggins at 21 a game. Without Green (2 straight), Podziemski (12 straight), Kuminga (9 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Chicago comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 113, shooting 45 percent and 31 from three, 18 free throws a game; LaVine at 24 and Vučević at 21 a game. 2 days' rest.
So: Golden State wins, and the game turns on the arc, Golden State at 38 percent from three to Chicago's 31. Call it Golden State 114, Chicago 112, Chicago keeping it close.
1/15 @ MIN 116-115 — GSW notes
GSW won 116-115. GSW shot 49% (40 of 82) to MIN's 44%, 18 of 36 from three, and got to the line 21 times to MIN's 29. Curry led with 31 (10 of 21, 7 of 12 from three); Wiggins added 24, Hield 18. The hinge was Q1, 34-12: from level to 22 ahead.
1/18 vs WAS 122-114 — GSW notes
GSW won 122-114. GSW shot 47% (45 of 96) to WAS's 44%, 14 of 41 from three. The glass went 55-44 for them. Wiggins led with 31 (12 of 22, 4 of 10 from three, 3 of 6 at the line); Curry added 26, Schröder 20. The hinge was Q3, 36-27: GSW came in trailing by 7 and left it ahead by 2. GSW trailed 53-60 at the half and won the second half 69-54. Looney was the night's best plus/minus at +13.
1/20 vs BOS 85-125 — GSW notes
GSW lost 85-125. GSW shot 35% (32 of 92) to BOS's 53%, 14 of 53 from three. The glass went 38-50 against them. Curry led with 18 (6 of 16, 4 of 12 from three); Moody added 13. Q2 was theirs, 21-25, but the other 3 periods went 100-64 against them. Wiggins's -29 in 24 minutes was the worst on the floor.
1/22 @ SAC 117-123 — GSW notes
GSW lost 117-123. GSW took 11 more shots (92 to 81), fed by 12 offensive rebounds, but shot 47% to SAC's 51%, 22 of 48 from three, and got to the line 13 times to SAC's 32. GSW turned it over 19 times to SAC's 8, and SAC turned those into 9 steals. Wiggins led with 25 (8 of 20, 5 of 11 from three); Hield added 17, Santos 16. Q2 was theirs, 41-28, but the other 3 periods went 95-76 against them. They led by as many as 18. Post's -10 in 15 minutes was the worst on the floor.
1/23 vs CHI 131-106 — GSW notes
GSW won 131-106. GSW shot 45% (46 of 102) to CHI's 39%, 25 of 57 from three, and got to the line 14 times to CHI's 27. The glass went 52-42 for them. Curry led with 21 (8 of 19, 5 of 12 from three); Post added 20, Santos 19. The hinge was Q3, 31-16: GSW came in trailing by 1 and left it ahead by 14, and the lead reached 31. GSW trailed 63-64 at the half and won the second half 68-42. Moody was the night's best plus/minus at +33.
1/25 vs LAL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Golden State comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 117, shooting 44 percent and 40 from three, 17 free throws a game; Curry at 22 and Wiggins at 20 a game. Without Green (3 straight), Kuminga (10 straight), Anderson (5 straight). One day's rest. The Lakers come in 4-1 over their last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 102, shooting 49 percent and 37 from three, 18 free throws a game; James at 23 and Davis at 23 a game. Without Vanderbilt (36 straight). One day's rest.
So: Golden State wins, and the game turns on the defense, the Lakers allowing 102 a night to Golden State's 117 and the glass, where Golden State has been plus-4 a night and the Lakers minus-1. Call it Golden State 112, the Lakers 111, the Lakers keeping it close.
1/28 vs UTA — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Golden State comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 117, shooting 44 percent and 37 from three, 16 free throws a game; Wiggins at 19 and Curry at 18 a game. Without Green (4 straight), Kuminga (11 straight), Anderson (6 straight). 2 days' rest. Utah comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 126, shooting 44 percent and 31 from three, 23 free throws a game; Sexton at 20 and George at 17 a game. That is 5 straight losses. Without Collins (2 straight), Hendricks (41 straight), Williams (3 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Golden State wins, and the game turns on the arc, Golden State at 37 percent from three to Utah's 31 and the defense, Golden State allowing 117 a night to Utah's 126. Call it Golden State 119, Utah 112.
1/29 vs OKC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Golden State comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 115, shooting 42 percent and 37 from three, 17 free throws a game; Wiggins at 17 and Curry at 16 a game. Without Green (5 straight), Kuminga (12 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 110, shooting 47 percent and 39 from three, 20 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 37 and Jal. Williams at 25 a game. Without Holmgren (35 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: OKC wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Golden State has been plus-2 a night and OKC minus-4. Call it OKC 114, Golden State 110, Golden State keeping it close.
1/31 vs PHX — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Golden State comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 112, shooting 45 percent and 39 from three, 20 free throws a game; Wiggins at 22 and Curry at 17 a game. Without Green (6 straight), Kuminga (13 straight), Waters III (2 straight). One day's rest. Phoenix comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 108, shooting 47 percent and 38 from three, 17 free throws a game; Durant at 27 and Booker at 24 a game. Without Nurkić (11 straight). One day's rest.
So: Golden State wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it Golden State 114, Phoenix 110, Phoenix keeping it close.
1/15 vs ATL 94-110 — CHI notes
CHI lost 94-110. CHI shot 44% (39 of 88) to ATL's 41%, 6 of 27 from three, and got to the line 10 times to ATL's 22. CHI turned it over 20 times to ATL's 9, and ATL turned those into 11 steals. White led with 16 (5 of 14, 1 of 7 from three); LaVine added 15, Vučević 14. Q3 was theirs, 31-25, the deficit cut from 14 to 8, but the other 3 periods went 85-63 against them. Giddey's -20 in 30 minutes was the worst on the floor.
1/17 vs CHA 123-125 — CHI notes
CHI lost 123-125. CHI shot 51% (48 of 95) to CHA's 50%, 14 of 40 from three, and got to the line 14 times to CHA's 20. Vučević led with 40 (17 of 25, 2 of 6 from three); LaVine added 19, White 18. Q3 was theirs, 32-25, turning a 2-point deficit into a 5-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 100-91 against them. P. Williams's -17 in 17 minutes was the worst on the floor.
1/19 @ POR 102-113 — CHI notes
CHI lost 102-113. CHI shot 44% (36 of 81) to POR's 47%, 8 of 29 from three. The glass went 36-50 against them. LaVine led with 27 (10 of 21, 2 of 7 from three); Vučević added 17, Williams 15. Q1 was theirs, 34-22, but the other 3 periods went 91-68 against them. They led by as many as 15. Giddey's -15 in 29 minutes was the worst on the floor.
1/20 @ LAC 112-99 — CHI notes
CHI won 112-99. CHI shot 40% (38 of 94) to LAC's 39%, 15 of 46 from three, and went to the line 26 times to LAC's 17 — 21 points from the stripe to their 16. The glass went 54-40 for them. LaVine led with 35 (11 of 21, 5 of 12 from three, 8 of 10 at the line); Giddey added 18, Horton-Tucker 18. The hinge was Q3, 36-16: CHI came in trailing by 2 and left it ahead by 18. CHI trailed 48-50 at the half and won the second half 64-49. LaVine was the night's best plus/minus at +20.
1/23 @ GSW 106-131 — CHI notes
CHI lost 106-131. CHI shot 39% (34 of 87) to GSW's 45%, 16 of 40 from three, and went to the line 27 times to GSW's 14 — 22 points from the stripe to their 14. The glass went 42-52 against them. LaVine led with 24 (6 of 13, 3 of 6 from three, 9 of 12 at the line); Giddey added 16, Dosunmu 13. Q1 was theirs, 33-30, but the other 3 periods went 101-73 against them. They led by as many as 14. Dosunmu's -26 in 23 minutes was the worst on the floor.
1/25 vs PHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Chicago comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 116, shooting 44 percent and 32 from three, 21 free throws a game; LaVine at 24 and Vučević at 19 a game. Without White (2 straight). One day's rest. Philadelphia comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 127, shooting 47 percent and 39 from three, 19 free throws a game; Maxey at 31 and George at 22 a game. It has lost the glass by 12 a night. Without C. Martin (7 straight), Embiid (10 straight), Lowry (10 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Chicago wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Chicago has been minus-1 a night and Philadelphia minus-12 and the defense, Chicago allowing 116 a night to Philadelphia's 127. Call it Chicago 118, Philadelphia 113.
1/27 vs DEN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Chicago comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 115, shooting 43 percent and 34 from three, 23 free throws a game; LaVine at 26 and Vučević at 20 a game. Without White (3 straight). One day's rest. Denver comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 125 a night and allowing 116, shooting 53 percent and 40 from three, 24 free throws a game; Jokić at 25 and Murray at 20 a game. It has won the glass by 8 a night. One day's rest.
So: Denver wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Denver has been plus-8 a night and Chicago plus-1 and the arc, Denver at 40 percent from three to Chicago's 34. Call it Denver 119, Chicago 115, Chicago keeping it close.
1/29 @ BOS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 107, shooting 46 percent and 38 from three, 17 free throws a game; Brown at 22 and Tatum at 21 a game. One day's rest. Chicago comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 115, shooting 43 percent and 36 from three, 21 free throws a game; LaVine at 26 and Vučević at 16 a game. Without White (4 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 107 a night to Chicago's 115 and the turnovers, Chicago giving it away 14 times a game to Boston's 11. Call it Boston 118, Chicago 109.
1/31 @ TOR — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Toronto comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 98, shooting 49 percent and 38 from three, 23 free throws a game; Barnes at 22 and Barrett at 17 a game. That is 5 straight wins. Without Quickley (8 straight), Mogbo (5 straight), Lawson (4 straight). One day's rest. Chicago comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 116, shooting 43 percent and 36 from three, 19 free throws a game; LaVine at 26 and Vučević at 14 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. One day's rest.
So: Toronto wins, and the game turns on the defense, Toronto allowing 98 a night to Chicago's 116. Call it Toronto 117, Chicago 108.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
GSWAW A. Wiggins
BH B. Hield
BP B. Podziemski
DS D. Schröder
GP G. Payton II
GS G. Santos
KL K. Looney
LW L. Waters III
MM M. Moody
PS P. Spencer
QP Q. Post
SC S. Curry
SC Schroder
TJ T. Jackson-Davis
CHIAD A. Dosunmu
DT D. Terry
JC J. Carter
JG J. Giddey
JP J. Phillips
JS J. Smith
LB L. Ball
MB M. Buzelis
NV N. Vučević
PW P. Williams
TH T. Horton-Tucker
VU Vucevic
ZL Z. LaVine
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
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
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
Stephen Curry scores 21 points in Warriors' 131-106 victory over the Bulls
SAN FRANCISCO -- — Stephen Curry had 21 points and seven assists, Quinten Post scored a career-high 20 points and the Golden State Warriors routed the Chicago Bulls 131-106 on Thursday night.
Gui Santos added 19 points with five 3-pointers and Andrew Wiggins had 17 points as the Warriors completed a back-to-back after squandering an 18-point lead in a 123-117 loss at Sacramento on Wednesday night.
Zach LaVine scored 24 points and Josh Giddey added 16 points and 11 rebounds for Chicago, which snapped a five-game skid at the Clippers on Monday.
Curry, playing back-to-back games for the first time since November before dealing with tendinitis in both knees, went 5 for 12 on 3-pointers.
Earlier in the day, was named for the All-Star Game on his home floor at Chase Center on Feb. 16 — his 11th and 10th time as a starter. That moved him past Paul Arizin for most All-Star selections in franchise history.
Takeaways Bulls: G Coby White , who sat out a second consecutive game, was examined by a doctor and underwent imaging in Los Angeles that showed he has a bone bruise in his right ankle from planting on his foot Jan. 19 at Portland. Coach Billy Donovan expects White might miss a week or more.
Warriors: Draymond Green missed his third straight game with a strained left calf.
Key moment Wiggins and Post hit consecutive 3-pointers late in the third that turned a 10-point advantage into a 94-80 lead going into the final 12 minutes.
Key stat The Warriors haven't been swept in their seven back-to-backs this season. They are 3-4 in the second game.
Up next Chicago returns home to face the 76ers on Saturday night. The Warriors host LeBron James and the Lakers on Saturday.