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The Chicago Bulls could be missing their skilled scoring guard for an upcoming battle against the New York Knicks.

Giddey, who entered the game averaging 19.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 7.8 assists per game, saved his best for history on the line. The former first-round draft pick of the Oklahoma City Thunder scored 32 points while coming one assist away from a triple-double. He also added 10 boards and nine helpers.

The Knicks showed up on Halloween as a team at full strength. It wasn’t a disguise but still felt like a ruse.

Josh Giddey scored a career-high 32 points with 10 rebounds, Nikola Vucevic added 26 points, and the Chicago Bulls beat the New York Knicks 135-125 to get out to their best start in nearly three decades.

A pair of lottery teams going undefeated and two unexpected star turns highlight the NBA's biggest early-season surprises.

Not since the 1996-97 season, midway through the second 3-peat of Chicago’s Michael Jordan-led 1990s dynasty, has a Bulls team begun an NBA season 5-0. Not the Baby Bulls of the mid-2000s, not the best of Derrick Rose and friends in the 2010s ...

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