Zach LaVine and Coby White have combined to hit 66 points and Australia's Josh Giddey has chipped in with 15 to give the Chicago Bulls a comfortable 139-126 NBA win over the New York Knicks.

White scored a career-high nine 3-pointers in his 33 points while Lavine added four rebounds and seven assists to his 33-point tally as the Bulls won for the third time in four games on Saturday.

Giddey pulled down 10 rebounds but with eight assists fell two short of another triple-double.

Chicago matched its season high in points behind a 20-for-37 effort from beyond the arc.

Karl-Anthony Towns had 44 points, 16 rebounds and five assists for the Knicks. Jalen Brunson had 33 points and Josh Hart added 16 rebounds and 10 assists.

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After leading by as many as 11 points in the first half, New York trailed by 19 in the fourth quarter but drew to within six points on a Towns layup.

Chicago allowed the visitors to come no closer, however, as the Knicks lost for the second time in as many nights on the heels of a nine-game winning streak.

The Bulls honoured standout guard Derrick Rose during a halftime ceremony, announcing plans to retire his No 1 shirt.

A Chicago native, Rose spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Bulls, winning Rookie of the Year in 2009 and MVP in 2011.

Rose played for five other teams and spent parts of four seasons with the Knicks.

In San Antonio, Nikola Jokic had 46 points and 10 rebounds as the Denver Nuggets spoiled Victor Wembanyama's 21st birthday beating the Spurs 122-111 in overtime.

Wembanyama finished with 20 points and 23 rebounds for San Antonio, but was scoreless and without a rebound in overtime.

The teams split the home-and-home series on consecutive nights. The Spurs won Friday's game 113-110 when Wembanyama stole the ball from Jokic with four seconds remaining.

Jokic made sure there were no such heroics Saturday, scoring nine points in the extra period.

Michael Porter added 28 points and 10 rebounds for Denver.

In other games the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Brooklyn Nets 123-94, the Detroit Piston beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 119-105, the Portland Trailblazers held on to down the Milwaukee Bucks 105-102, the Utah Jazz easily accounted for the Miami Heat 136-100, the Indiana Pacers triumphed over the Phoenix Suns 126-108 and the Golden State Warriors beat the Memphis Grizzlies 121-113.