Then, late in the second with the Bulls gasping for air, Otto Porter Jr. He hit a 12-foot jumper early in the frame and followed than up by splashing a corner 3-pointer, his first of the night, to swell the WarriorsвЂ™ lead to 15. Steph starting to thawД¬oming into the game, it looked like the Warriors might need a gargantuan game from Curry to knock off the Bulls without Thompson, Green and Payton.Д¬urry has been mired in a mini slump, but the Warriors star showed signs of breaking out of it during FridayвЂ™s demolition in Chicago.ДЄfter scoring just two points on 1-of-4 shooting in the first quarter, Curry started to get it going in the second. Kuminga finished the game with 25 points on 10-for-12 from the field. The Warriors were plus-18 in KumingaвЂ™s 10 first-half minutes. He splashed a triple, attacked the rim, and played solid defense on DeMar DeRozan. The rookie showed off all his tools during his second-quarter stint. The Rook doin' it all tonight Г°ВџВ‘ВЂ /vTRDcLzvez Poole, back in the starting lineup with Thompson resting, scored eight quick points in the first quarter, steadying a Warriors offense that hadnвЂ™t been seeing the ball go through the hoop lately. Wiggins and Poole made sure that wasnвЂ™t the case Friday. On Thursday, the WarriorsвЂ™ cold shooting got them in an early hole they couldnвЂ™t dig out of. HereвЂ™s what we learned from the WarriorsвЂ™ impressive bounce-back win over the Bulls. The Warriors forced 14 turnovers and turned those into 21 points.

The Warriors rolled into the United Center on Friday without Klay Thompson (rest), Draymond Green (calf) and Gary Payton II (back) and put it on the Chicago Bulls, using a second-quarter blitzkrieg to eviscerate the Eastern ConferenceвЂ™s top team 138-96.ДЇriday nightвЂ™s performance was everything Thursday nightвЂ™s humiliation wasnвЂ™t.ДЄndrew Wiggins and Jordan Poole jump-started the offense early, and the WarriorsвЂ™ defense, which was shredded by the Bucks 24 hours before, was active and connected, making life hard on the Bulls. It was a response worthy of a championship team.

CHICAGO вЂ“ Steve Kerr wanted to know how the Warriors would respond to Thursday nightвЂ™s bludgeoning at the hands of the Milwaukee Bucks.

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