Chicago Bulls storm back from early deficit to beat Milwaukee Bucks in NBA

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Chicago Bulls won against the Milwaukee Bucks with a final score of 132-125, despite being down by as much as 15 points after the first quarter. Norman Powell led Chicago with 25 points, followed closely by rookie Caleb Wilson who contributed 21 points. Tyler Herro topped scoring for Milwaukee with 34 points. The Bulls managed to turn around their deficit in the fourth quarter and secured a narrow victory despite tight competition until the end of the game.
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On October 23, 2026, the Chicago Bulls defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in an NBA game with a final score of 132-125. The game was moved up by four hours to avoid overlapping with the Milwaukee Brewers' World Series Game 1. Norman Powell led the Bulls with 25 points, while rookie Caleb Wilson contributed 21 points. Leonard Miller added 19 points and Jalen Smith had a double-double of 14 points and 13 rebounds.

Tyler Herro, a former Milwaukee-area player traded to the Bucks in an off-season blockbuster deal, scored 34 points for the losing team. Other notable contributors for the Bucks included Jaime Jaquez Jr., who added 19 points and 11 rebounds, Kyle Kuzma with 14 points, and Myles Turner scoring 12 points.

The Bulls managed to overcome a first-quarter deficit of 15 points by hitting critical free throws at the end of the game. Prior to tip-off, there was a moment of silence for Don Nelson, the Bucks' all-time winningest coach who passed away in August at age 86.

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Lakers ride 39-point third quarter to surge past Clippers Austin Reaves scored 28 points and added nine assists while Luka Doncic recorded 23 points as the Los Angeles Lakers used a third-quarter surge to stay perfect through two games with a 125-117 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Clippers. Walker Kessler scored 22 points, Ziaire Williams contributed 14 and Matisse Thybulle and Quentin Grimes each had 13 as the Lakers won for the ninth time in their past 13 games against the cross-town Clippers. Kessler hit 10 of 14 shots from the floor and is now 22 of 26 over two games with his new team after a trade from the Utah Jazz in July.
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Norman Powell has scored 25 points, and rookie Caleb Wilson has added 21 to help the visiting Chicago Bulls earn a 132-125 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. asserted
Bulls → score → Bucks
Leonard Miller had 19 points on Friday while Jalen Smith chipped in 14 points and 13 rebounds for Chicago, who rebounded after suffering a 43-point loss to the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday. asserted
who → have → Wednesday
Recommended Stories list of 4 items- list 1 of 4Ronaldinho’s comeback with Ravenna at 46 set for next month at Forli - list 2 of 4Lionel Messi receives top Spanish award in recognition of social work - list 3 of asserted
Messi → set → work
4Carrick accepts blame for Man United slump, but ‘confident’ of a turnaround asserted
4Carrick → accept → turnaround
- list 4 of 4El Clasico: All to know about the rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid Buddy Hield scored 13, Isaac Okoro had 12 and Tre Jones tallied 11 points and eight assists for the Bulls, who trailed by 15 points after the first quarter. Tyler Herro led Milwaukee with 34 points, followed by Jaime Jaquez Jr’s 19 points and 11 boards. asserted
Herro → know → points
Kyle Kuzma scored 14, and Myles Turner had 12 while Ryan Rollins, AJ Green and Kel’el Ware scored 11 apiece for the Bucks, who lost their second straight game to open the season. asserted
who → score → season
Rookie Brayden Burries made a three-pointer, and Ware scored around the rim to give the Bucks a five-point lead with 2:55 left in the third quarter. asserted
2:55 → make → quarter
Smith beat the third-quarter buzzer with a dunk that cut the Bulls’ deficit to 104-102 entering the fourth. asserted
that → beat → fourth
Chicago scored the first six points of the final quarter and grabbed a 108-104 lead on Wilson’s slam. asserted
Chicago → score → slam
The Bulls pushed the lead to eight on Hield’s trey with 7:19 remaining. asserted
Bulls → push → 7:19
With Milwaukee trailing by five, Herro connected on back-to-back three-pointers, returning the lead to the Bucks. asserted
Herro → trail → Bucks
Wilson made two free throws to put the Bulls ahead 124-123 with 1:16 left. asserted
Wilson → make → 1:16
After Jones picked off Rollins’s pass, Wilson made another pair from the foul line to push the lead to three. asserted
Wilson → pick → three
A missed three-pointer by Herro and two more free throws from Powell gave the Bulls a five-point cushion with 20 seconds left. asserted
pointer → miss → seconds
Wilson’s steal and Jones’s subsequent two foul shots sealed Chicago’s victory. asserted
steal → seal → victory
Milwaukee jumped out to a 19-6 lead on Herro’s first triple less than five minutes in. asserted
Milwaukee → jump → triple
Green sank a three-pointer in the closing seconds of the first quarter to give the Bucks a 32-17 advantage. asserted
Green → sink → advantage
Matas Buzelis’s slam pulled the Bulls within seven, but Kasparas Jakucionis and Rollins hit consecutive treys to build the margin to 44-31 with 8:35 left in the first half. asserted
8:35 → pull → half
Chicago answered again and took a 55-51 lead on Hield’s three-pointer, which stamped a 16-0 run. asserted
which → answer → run
Kuzma made a layup with three seconds left in the first half to give the Bucks a 62-61 halftime edge. asserted
Kuzma → make → edge
Hawks crush Hornets, set franchise mark for largest win Jalen Johnson and reserve Aaron Wiggins each scored 19 points as visiting Atlanta blew out the Charlotte Hornets 128-81, the biggest margin of victory in Hawks history. asserted
Atlanta → crush → history
The 47-point gap topped the old record of 46 set in a 126-80 victory over the Sacramento Kings in 2017. asserted
gap → top → 2017
Nickeil Alexander-Walker put up 14 points, CJ McCollum posted 13 points, Dyson Daniels contributed 11 points, nine rebounds and seven steals and Corey Kispert also had 11 points for Atlanta, which won its second straight to start the season. asserted
which → put → season
It was a miserable home opener for the Hornets, who won two nights earlier at Brooklyn to start their campaign. asserted
who → win → campaign
They committed 27 turnovers. asserted
They → commit → turnovers
Naz Reid scored 17 points for Charlotte and Grayson Allen came off the bench for 11 points. asserted
Allen → score → points
Reserve Tidjane Salaun also scored 11 points. asserted
Salaun → score → points
The gap reached 97-62 by the end of the third quarter. asserted
gap → reach → quarter
The Hornets couldn’t even get it cranked up when the margin was out of hand, needing about six and a half minutes to reach a double-digit total in the fourth quarter. asserted
margin → get → quarter
Celtics send Knicks to second straight loss asserted
Celtics → send → loss
Jayson Tatum scored a game-high 36 points, including nine late in the fourth quarter, as the Boston Celtics withstood a late comeback bid by the visiting New York Knicks to escape with a 107-103 victory. asserted
Celtics → score → victory
Tatum finished with nine rebounds and seven assists for the Celtics, who have split their first two games. asserted
who → finish → games
Paul George and reserve Neemias Queta had 15 points apiece while Derrick White added 12 points. asserted
White → have → points
Celtics centre Mitchell Robinson, the lone member of the Knicks’ rotation who didn’t return to the defending NBA champions, had four points and four rebounds in 22-plus minutes. asserted
who → return → minutes
Karl-Anthony Towns (22 points, 10 rebounds), OG Anunoby (20 points, 10 rebounds) and Josh Hart (10 points, 12 rebounds) all had double-doubles for the Knicks, who have lost their first two games. asserted
who → have → games
New York has taken consecutive losses for the first time since dropping Games 2 and 3 of an Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks in April, after which the Knicks won 15 of the next 16 games to clinch their first title since 1973. asserted
Knicks → take → 1973
Miles McBride scored 20 points off the New York bench while Jalen Brunson had 19 points. asserted
Brunson → score → points
The Celtics led by as many as 12 points three times in the fourth quarter, the last at 94-82 on a three-point play by Queta, before the Knicks mounted a 9-0 run. asserted
Knicks → lead → run
Boston missed seven consecutive shots as New York rallied. asserted
York → miss → shots
Towns dunked to pull the Knicks within 94-91 with 4:09 left, but he missed a long three-point attempt 28 seconds later, and Tatum responded with a layup to end the Celtics’ drought. The Knicks got within 99-98 on Brunson’s fallaway jumper with 1:41 remaining, but Tatum sank a turnaround over Hart after a timeout, and Towns was whistled for an illegal screen on the next possession. asserted
Towns → dunk → possession
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