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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 20 | 30 | 36 | 31 | 117 |
 Bulls | 27 | 22 | 18 | 27 | 94 |
HOUTeam statsCHI| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 39-8347.0% | 19-4443.2% | 20-2871.4% | 55 | 18 | 22 |
| CHI | 37-9837.8% | 4-3212.5% | 16-1888.9% | 46 | 21 | 15 |
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Houston Rockets117| 42 | 16 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +35 | +7.8 | ||||||
| 36 | 42 | 12-27 | 9-19, NBA season high (the league's best before, 8) | 9-11 | 0 | +36 | +11.4 | |||||||
| 32 | 11 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 2-3 | +15 | +3.1 | ||||||||
| 32 | 4 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +2 | −2.5 | ||||||
| 32 | 26 | 10-20 | 0-3 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −7.0 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 6 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −1.5 | |||||
| 21 | 9 | 3-9 | 3-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −8.6 | ||||
| 15 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | −3.2 | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.3 | ||||
| Team | 117 | 39-8347.0% | 19-4443.2% | 55 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 20-2871.4% | 9 | 12 | 7 | |||
Bench 18 points on 6 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Thabo Sefolosha, Tyson Chandler and Ryan Anderson (coach’s decision).
Chicago Bulls94| 33 | 13 | 3-10 | 0-5 | 7-7 | 0 | 0 | −18 | −3.1 | ||||||
| 32 | 11 | 5-17 | 1-7 | 0-0 | −20 | −8.3 | ||||||||
| 29 | 13 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | −5 | +6.3 | ||||||
| 24 | 10 | 4-11 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0 | −14 | −2.4 | |||||||
| 23 | 13 | 6-10 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −14 | +1.6 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 10 | 4-16 | 0-6 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −10.5 | ||||||
| 24 | 13 | 5-9 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | −11 | +4.5 | |||||||
| 22 | 7 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | +0.9 | ||||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | −4.8 | |||||||
| 6 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −1.4 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.5 | ||
| Team | 94 | 37-9837.8% | 4-3212.5% | 46 | 21 | 15 | 22 | 16-1888.9% | 11 | 14 | 5 | |||
Bench 34 points on 14 for 41 shooting
Did not play: Shaquille Harrison and Denzel Valentine (coach’s decision).
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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.
James Harden had 42 points, 10 rebounds and 9 3-pointers, and the Houston Rockets beat the Chicago Bulls 117-94.
The Rockets led by as many as 28, pulling away with a 26-7 run in the third quarter.
Russell Westbrook scored 26 points (14 in the paint). Clint Capela added 16 points (14 in the paint), 20 rebounds and 4 blocks on 7 for 10 shooting, and Danuel House Jr. had 11 points and a career-high 6 steals.
For the Bulls, Wendell Carter Jr. had 13 points and a career-high 16 rebounds, and Zach LaVine went 1 for 7 from 3. Tomas Satoransky had 10 points and 3 steals. The Bulls had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Rockets shot 47.0% from the field and 43.2% from 3 to the Bulls’ 37.8% and 12.5%. The Bulls outscored the Rockets 64-34 in the paint. The Rockets’ starters outscored the Bulls 45-35 in 20 minutes together.
Houston RocketsChicago 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).
97 points from the field on 83 shots: 6.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-25 | 64.0% | 64% |
| In the paint | 1-5 | 20.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 3-9 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 5-11 | 45.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 14-33 | 42.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach LaVine | 27 | 5 | 1-4 | −7 |
| Tomas Satoransky | 11 | 4 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Kris Dunn | 9 | 3 | 1-4 | −1 |
| Wendell Carter Jr. | 8 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 28 | 25 | 8-15 | +13 |
The tracking credits him with 43 points on 82 possessions. He usually scores about 35 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandler Hutchison | 16 | 7 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Ryan Arcidiacono | 13 | 4 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Zach LaVine | 12 | 1 | 0-4 | −2 |
| Tomas Satoransky | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 28 | 16 | 8-10 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Carter Jr. | 41 | 0 | 0-2 | −9 |
| Lauri Markkanen | 20 | 4 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Thaddeus Young | 9 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Daniel Gafford | 7 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 29 | 2 | 1-3 | −4 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 106 possessions. He usually scores about 23 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
HOU
50/50
CHI
Highest Leverage Moments
Harden 25' 3PT Jump Shot (25 PTS)
Q3 9:13
10.9%
40→30
Tucker 3PT Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Harden 6 AST)
Q3 5:41
10.6%
35→24
Rivers 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS)
Q1 4:37
10.5%
56→46
Harden 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (18 PTS)
Q2 4:36
9.6%
43→34
Harden 24' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (14 PTS)
Q2 6:40
9.5%
58→49
