Bulls Rout Magic, Curry Sets Three-Point Record

By ESPN

Jimmy Butler and the Chicago Bulls were pushed by the Orlando Magic in the third quarter, and their response delighted coach Fred Hoiberg.

Butler scored 20 points, Taj Gibson had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and the Bulls routed the Magic 112-80 on Monday night.

Dwyane Wade also scored 16 points and Doug McDermott finished with 11 for Chicago, which had dropped three straight. Wade went 7 for 12 from the field in 25 minutes, bouncing back nicely from a dismal four-point performance in Saturday's 111-94 loss at Indiana.

The Bulls held the Magic to 23 percent shooting and 28 points in the second half.

"We're not going to win too many ballgames if our defense is not doing what it did," Wade said.

Orlando had won three straight, but it played listless defense as Chicago pulled away in the third quarter. Aaron Gordon scored 15 points for the Magic, and Evan Fournier added 13 on 6-for-12 shooting.

"I just think our defense wasn't there," Gordon said. "And then offensively, because our defense wasn't there, we didn't execute as well. Our defense bled into our offense."

Butler was a perfect 10 for 10 as the Bulls went 25 for 31 at the free-throw line, compared to 5 for 6 for the Magic. The Bulls have made at least 20 free throws in their last four games and five of their first seven.

"We scored the ball decently well," Butler said. "But whenever we're guarding we make the game a lot easier for ourselves."

Chicago led by as many as 17 points in the first half, but Gordon had a cutting dunk and Fournier made a 3-pointer to help Orlando close to 63-58 in the third.

The Bulls then ripped off the next 13 points, and the Magic never threatened again. Gibson, Rajon Rondo and Robin Lopez closed the run with three straight layups, making it 76-58 with 6:05 left.

"We turned the ball over too much and they made all the hustle plays," Orlando coach Frank Vogel said. "If you're going to win on the road, you have to make all the hustle plays and you have to take care of the ball."

McDermott and Butler each converted a three-point play to help Chicago to an 88-63 lead heading into the final period. The Magic shot 4 for 21 in the third and committed six turnovers in the quarter.

Curry Sinks 13 Three-Pointers

Stephen Curry let it fly from the top of the arc, backpedaled as his record-breaking 3-ball dropped and then wildly began bobbing his head and shuffling his feet with the swagger of a two-time reigning MVP.

Add another remarkable achievement to a long list of them for Curry: most 3-pointers in one game.

The star guard sank 13 to set an NBA mark -- one game after missing all his 3-point tries for the first time in two years -- and the Golden State Warriors beat the winless New Orleans Pelicans 116-106 on Monday.

"This was a special night," Curry said.

He finished with 46 points, three days after his league-record streak of 157 games with at least one 3 was snapped when he went 0 for 10 on 3-point tries in a 117-97 road loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.

"I was hard on myself in practice the last two days. I had pretty good shooting sessions," he said. "I don't overreact to games like that whether I go 0 for 10 or 2 for 12 or whatever it is. My process is the same, but I had another level of focus the last two days trying to get my rhythm back and see the ball go in."

Curry shot 13 of 17 from beyond the arc in his seventh career game with double-digit 3s. He broke the mark with 2:23 to go and bobbed his head in delight as the crowd roared.

Curry shared the previous 3-point record of 12 with Kobe Bryant and Donyell Marshall.

Monday, November 7 Scoreboard

Utah 109, Philadelphia 84

Houston 114, Washington 106

Charlotte 122, Indiana 100

Chicago 112, Orlando 80

Oklahoma City 97, Miami 85

Los Angeles Clippers 114,  Detroit 82

Golden State 116, New Orleans 106

Tuesday, November 8 Schedule (All Times Central)

Atlanta at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Denver at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Portland, 9 p.m.

Dallas at Los Angeles Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m.