SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors allowed just 42 points in the second half, pulling away from the Bulls by applying tenacious ball pressure and raining 3-pointers.

Golden State, back at .500, separated from the similarly mediocre Bulls behind a pair of unsung contributions.

For a second straight game, Gui Santos and Quinten Post provided lifts off the bench, stepping up as Draymond Green and Jonathan Kuminga remain sidelined with injuries. Post in particular is an intriguing development, as the rookie scored 20 points on 7-for-12 shooting (including 5-for-10 from deep) in his second night of true NBA action. Santos, an energizing force, registered 19 points and seven boards and missed only three shots.

Post and Santos outscored Chicago’s twinning stars of Zach LaVine and Nikola Vucevic, 39 to 33.

They supported Steph Curry (21 points, 7 assists) and Andrew Wiggins (17 points, 7 rebounds) in the 131-106 win. Golden State (22-22) drilled 25 of 57 3-pointers (44%) for the team’s second-highest total of the season.

The Warriors fell behind 20-6 as a late-arriving crowd filtered into Chase Center. The Bulls hit six of their first seven 3-pointers and Vucevic dropped seven quick points.

But Golden State’s bench ripped off a 9-0 run as the defense picked up.

Brandin Podziemski, in his first game back after missing the previous 12 with an abdominal strain, drew a charge on Lonzo Ball as the Warriors inched within three after the first frame. Steve Kerr, searching for offensively tilted lineup combinations, played 11 Warriors in the first nine minutes.

Podziemski, Gui Santos and Quinten Post were — outside Curry — the Warriors’ most consistently productive players. Santos hit all three of his first-half 3s. Podziemski pushed the pace and kept the offense flowing. And Post, playing real minutes for a second straight game, hit a pick-and-pop 3 from above the break and threw two dimes, making the right reads under pressure in the lane.