Nuggets rally from 18 down in the third quarter to beat Bulls
Danilo Gallinari scored a season-high 33 points, making all 18 of his free throws, and the Denver Nuggets rallied from 18 points down in the third quarter to beat the Chicago Bulls 115-110.
The Nuggets trailed 87-69 with 1:00 left in the third quarter. They were still down 89-73 with 11:02 left in the fourth quarter, with a 4.9% chance to win, and outscored the Bulls 42-21 the rest of the way.
Kenneth Faried’s tip-in with 20.5 seconds left made it 112-108.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Bulls 17-6. Emmanuel Mudiay (No. 9 in clutch wins added, 2015-16) scored 8 of the Nuggets’ 17 on 3 for 5 shooting and 1 for 3 at the line.
Mudiay scored 22 points. Nikola Jokić scored 12 of his 16 points (12 in the fourth quarter) in the fourth quarter.
For the Bulls, Derrick Rose had 30 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, and Jimmy Butler III added 19 points (10 in the first quarter) on 6 for 9 shooting.
The Nuggets went 31 for 44 at the line to the Bulls’ 19 for 27. The Bulls outscored the Nuggets 14-4 in 6 minutes with Rose, Gibson, Moore, Snell and Bairstow on the floor together. Jokić fouled out.