{"id":529566,"date":"2026-01-11T14:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T14:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/529566\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T14:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T14:04:14","slug":"bulls-beat-mavericks-125-107-after-kidd-is-ejected-in-the-first-quarter-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/529566\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulls beat Mavericks 125-107 after Kidd is ejected in the first quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/gettyimages-2255104705-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">CHICAGO, ILLINOIS &#8211; JANUARY 10: Tre Jones #30 of the Chicago Bulls scores past Naji Marshall #13 of the Dallas Mavericks during the second half at the United Center on January 10, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges a <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">CHICAGO (AP) &#8211; Coby White scored 22 points, Ayo Dosunmu had 20 and the Chicago Bulls beat the Dallas Mavericks 125-107 on Saturday night to snap a three-game losing streak.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The Bulls put seven players in double figures, outscored the Mavericks 38-8 in fast-break points and never trailed. Nikola Vucevic and Matas Buzelis each added 15 points as Chicago shot 51.5% from the field.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The Mavericks began the game without the <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mavericks-anthony-davis-9aa62ea22f525b0f62553441a7dc51b7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">injured Anthony Davis<\/a> and <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mavericks-jason-kidd-ejected-foster-fd0729281f105de9ec8d59e65b73a2a2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lost coach Jason Kidd<\/a> midway through the first quarter of it after he was ejected for arguing with referee Scott Foster.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Ryan Nembhard had 16 points and six assists for the Mavericks. Rookie star Cooper Flagg finished with just 11 points and one rebound, shooting 4 for 13.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Dallas lost its second straight after winning two in a row. Davis sustained ligament damage in his left hand in the Mavericks\u2019 loss to Utah on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Kidd appeared to be angry he wasn\u2019t allowed to challenge a goaltending call against Max Christie. Foster called two technical fouls and ejected Kidd.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The Mavericks trailed by eight at the end of the period and the game got away from them in the second. A 13-2 run extended a seven-point lead to 59-41 on Buzelis\u2019 fast-break layup with about four minutes remaining in the half.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The Bulls blew it open in the fourth, with a 21-4 surge turning a 10-point game into a 115-88 lead, their biggest of the game.<\/p>\n<p> Up next <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Mavericks: Host Brooklyn on Monday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Bulls: Visit Houston on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">AP NBA: <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/nba\/bulls\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bulls<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article CHICAGO, ILLINOIS &#8211; JANUARY 10: Tre Jones #30 of the Chicago Bulls scores past Naji Marshall #13&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,920,919,4688,3456,6,67,66,1833],"class_list":["post-529566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-basketball","tag-bulls","tag-chicago","tag-cook-county","tag-il","tag-nba","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115876847009648424","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}