Spurs Top Bulls 109-101 At Home

The San Antonio Spurs moved to 31-0 at home and 55-10 overall this season following their 109-101 home victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night.

Spurs Top Bulls 109-101 At Home

Kawhi Leonard led the Spurs with 29 points and eight rebounds, while LaMarcus Aldridge had 26 points and 10 rebounds and Tony Parker logged 20 points and 12 assists.

Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg, who earned the first technical foul of his career after stepping slightly onto the court into the path of official Kevin Cutler. Hoiberg thought power forward Taj Gibson had been fouled, as did Gibson, after the player went up for a rim shot with 2:39 left in regulation as the Bulls trailed by 10, but the officials made no call.

“It came out of nowhere,” Bulls point guard Derrick Rose said in reference to Hoiberg after his team’s 109-101 loss to the Spurs. “But he got it.”

The Bulls were missing their strongest player, Jimmy Butler, but fought hard and kept the game close. E’Twaun Moore replaced Butler as shooting guard and scored 20 points, including four out of five three-point attempts. Rose and Pau Gasol each had 21 points, as well as six assists and 12 rebounds respectively.

Leonard, Aldridge and Parker all helped the Spurs turn a 90-87 lead into a 104-92 lead in just four minutes.

With the loss, the Bulls have now fallen to ninth place in the Eastern Conference, just behind the Detroit Pistons, and will next host the Miami Heat on Friday night. The Spurs, meanwhile, remain strong in second place in the Western Conference and will next host the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night.

PHOTO: CHICAGO, IL – DECEMBER 21: Brook Lopez #11 of the Brooklyn Nets passes under pressure from Pau Gasol #16 of the Chicago Bulls at the United Center on December 21, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)