The Brooklyn Nets snapped the Chicago Bulls' seven-game winning streak with a 96-82 road win Tuesday night.
Brooklyn (15-16) has now won five of its last six games while the Bulls (22-10) dropped their first contest since Dec. 15.
After leading by seven following the first quarter, Chicago collapsed over the final three periods, mustering a mere 51 points during the game's last 36 minutes. In that same span, the Nets scored 72 points, including 31 in the second quarter.
Brook Lopez dropped a season-high 29 points on 13-of-21 shooting starting in place of Kevin Garnett (rest) while Joe Johnson (20 points, 11 rebounds, four assists) recorded his first double-double of the points and rebounds variety in more than six years, according to the Nets on Twitter.
As a team, the Nets shot 43 percent from the field and 43 percent from three while converting 86 percent (18-of-21) of their free throws.
The Bulls, meanwhile, were positively futile on offense after the first period.
Derrick Rose managed four points on 2-of-15 shooting (0-of-5 from three), which was the second-worst shootin ...
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