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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pelicans | 37 | 27 | 27 | 34 | 125 |
 Bulls | 39 | 26 | 17 | 38 | 120 |
NOPTeam statsCHI| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOP | 45-8552.9% | 15-3542.9% | 20-3066.7% | 46 | 26 | 11 |
| CHI | 45-9149.5% | 16-3644.4% | 14-1973.7% | 36 | 27 | 8 |
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New Orleans Pelicans125| 36 | 12 | 4-9 | 2-5 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | −3 | −0.6 | ||||||
| 33 | 18 | 6-19 | 3-13 | 3-4 | 0 | +3 | +1.7 | |||||||
| 30 | 12 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +0.8 | ||||||
| 25 | 13 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | +0.6 | |||
| 18 | 7 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | −1.0 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 31 | 10-18 | 4-6, Season high (his best before, 3) | 7-9 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +8.6 | ||||||
| 24 | 8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | +3 | +1.2 | |||||||
| 23 | 18 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4-5 | 0 | +18 | +7.4 | |||||
| 21 | 6 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −5.4 | |||||
| Team | 125 | 45-8552.9% | 15-3542.9% | 46 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 20-3066.7% | 14 | 1 | 6 | |||
Bench 63 points on 22 for 34 shooting
Did not play: Wesley Johnson and Solomon Hill (coach’s decision); Nikola Mirotic and E'Twaun Moore (injury/illness).
Chicago Bulls120| 41 | 30 | 10-19 | 5-10 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +5.2 | ||||||
| 38 | 18 | 8-13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | −8 | +5.5 | ||||||||
| 33 | 28 | 10-21 | 3-8 | 5-8 | 0 | −11 | +8.4 | |||||||
| 29 | 11 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +4 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 20 | 6 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −3.3 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 9 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0 | +3 | +3.2 | |||||||
| 19 | 9 | 3-11 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −5.9 | |||
| 19 | 6 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −1.6 | |||||
| 15 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +1.2 | ||||
| Team | 120 | 45-9149.5% | 16-3644.4% | 36 | 27 | 8 | 23 | 14-1973.7% | 9 | 8 | 6 | |||
Bench 27 points on 10 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Brandon Sampson and Antonio Blakeney (coach’s decision); Jabari Parker and Bobby Portis (trade pending).
Pelicans125Bulls120ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Julius Randle scored 31 points (19 in the fourth quarter), and the New Orleans Pelicans closed the third quarter on a 19-7 run to beat the Chicago Bulls 125-120.
The Bulls led 75-72 with 6:52 left in the third quarter. Cheick Diallo’s dunk put the Pelicans ahead for good with 5:24 left in the quarter. He scored 6 points during the run, and they led 91-82 after three quarters and by as many as 13 in the fourth quarter.
The Bulls got within 95-92 on Shaquille Harrison’s pull-up jumper with 9:07 to play, but Randle answered with a 3-pointer.
Early in the fourth quarter, Harrison had 2 of his 4 steals in 22 seconds, both with the game within five points, and the Bulls scored 2 points off them.
Randle scored 19 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Bulls, Lauri Markkanen had 30 points (15 on 5 3-pointers) and 10 rebounds, and Zach LaVine added 28 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Kris Dunn had 18 points and 8 assists.
The Pelicans shot 52.9% from the field to the Bulls’ 49.5% and outscored them 63-27 off the bench. The Bulls gave up 14 offensive rebounds, about 4 more than usual for the shots the Pelicans missed.
New Orleans PelicansChicago BullsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
105 points from the field on 85 shots: 10.4 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 26-37 | 70.3% | 63% |
| In the paint | 4-9 | 44.4% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 0-4 | 0.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-9 | 44.4% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-26 | 42.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauri Markkanen | 23 | 2 | 0-3 | −5 |
| Cristiano Felicio | 13 | 4 | 2-4 | 0 |
| Wayne Selden | 6 | 7 | 2-3 | +5 |
| Robin Lopez | 6 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 17 | 6-8 | +13 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Dunn | 30 | 7 | 2-5 | −2 |
| Zach LaVine | 13 | 5 | 2-5 | +1 |
| Wayne Selden | 5 | 0 | 0-3 | −2 |
| Lauri Markkanen | 5 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 6 | 2-5 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristiano Felicio | 13 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Lauri Markkanen | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Robin Lopez | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Wayne Selden | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 12 | 5-5 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 46 possessions. He usually scores about 8 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
CHI win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
NOP
50/50
CHI
Highest Leverage Moments
Holiday 26' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS)
Q3 4:54
12.2%
46→34
Markkanen 3PT Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Dunn 6 AST)
Q3 7:28
9.2%
44→53
Okafor 2' Driving Layup (13 PTS)
Q3 9:52
9.2%
56→47
Luwawu-Cabarrot 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (LaVine 4 AST)
Q1 3:11
9.0%
68→77
Clark 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Holiday 2 AST)
Q1 3:01
9.0%
77→68
