The San Antonio Spurs raced out to a huge lead and rolled past the Chicago Bulls 104-96 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday night.
The Spurs had a 38-14 lead after one quarter of play and pushed the lead to 61-33 by the end of the first half.
The Bulls outscored the Spurs 30-14 to make the final score look respectable, but the game was anything but close throughout.
Manu Ginobili led the Spurs with 22 points on nine-of-11 shooting in just 22 minutes and Tony Parker scored 20 points on eight-of-15 shooting and dished out nine assists in only 25 minutes of action.
The Spurs were on fire from beyond the arc early on and finished the night by going 12-of-21 from three (57.1%). They shot 40-of-79 from the field (50.6%) while the Bulls were just 32-of-75 (42.7%).
Kawhi Leonard scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds and Patty Mills and Marco Belinelli scored 10 points apiece.
D.J. Augustin led the Bulls with a game-high 24 points while Jimmy Butler scored 23 points and Joakim Noah had 13 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and two blocks.
The Spurs are now 47-16 and the Bulls are 35-29.