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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bulls | 30 | 23 | 35 | 26 | 114 |
 Nuggets | 30 | 22 | 26 | 30 | 108 |
CHITeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | 41-9344.1% | 8-3125.8% | 24-24100.0% | 50 | 19 | 11 |
| DEN | 39-8247.6% | 14-3737.8% | 16-2080.0% | 38 | 24 | 11 |
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Chicago Bulls114| 38 | 7 | 3-9 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −4.5 | ||||||
| 37 | 36 | 14-24 | 4-9 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +9.0 | ||||||
| 36 | 26 | 7-21 | 0-2 | 0 | 12-12 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +2.3 | |||||
| 34 | 4 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 0 | 2-2 | −7 | −7.5 | |||||||
| 15 | 8 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +2.4 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 16 | 7-10 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +9 | +3.6 | ||||||
| 23 | 10 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | +2.0 | ||||||
| 22 | 5 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-2 | +20 | +1.3 | ||||||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −8.4 | ||||
| Team | 114 | 41-9344.1% | 8-3125.8% | 50 | 19 | 11 | 20 | 24-24100.0% | 17 | 7 | 3 | |||
Bench 33 points on 13 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Troy Brown Jr., Tyler Cook, Alize Johnson, Marko Simonovic and Matt Thomas (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets108| 37 | 28 | 10-12 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 7-9 | 0 | −7 | +13.9 | |||||
| 34 | 23 | 9-16 | 3-8 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +2.0 | ||||||
| 33 | 9 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −4.6 | |||||
| 29 | 9 | 3-10 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | −9 | −6.2 | |||||||
| 28 | 6 | 3-10 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −4.2 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 16 | 5-9 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 0 | −2 | +5.4 | |||||||
| 22 | 9 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | −5 | −0.7 | |||||||
| 19 | 6 | 2-7 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −4.8 | |||
| 11 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | +1 | −5.1 | ||||||||
| Team | 108 | 39-8247.6% | 14-3737.8% | 38 | 24 | 11 | 22 | 16-2080.0% | 7 | 5 | 5 | |||
Bench 33 points on 11 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Bol Bol, Markus Howard and Petr Cornelie (coach’s decision).
Bulls114Nuggets108ClickTap 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.
Zach LaVine scored 36 points, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Denver Nuggets 114-108.
The Bulls took control with a 16-2 run in the first quarter and led by as many as 12.
The Nuggets got within 110-108 on Will Barton’s corner 3-pointer with 29 seconds to play, but DeMar DeRozan answered with 2 free throws, and the Nuggets got no closer.
During clutch time, the Bulls outscored the Nuggets 18-8. LaVine scored 10 of the Bulls’ 18 on 4 for 5 shooting.
DeRozan scored 26 points but shot 7 for 21.
For the Nuggets, Aaron Gordon had 28 points and 9 rebounds on 10 for 12 shooting, and Barton added 23 points. Facundo Campazzo scored 16 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) off the bench.
The Nuggets gave up 17 offensive rebounds, about 7 more than usual for the shots the Bulls missed. The Bulls outscored the Nuggets 19-4 off turnovers. The Bulls outscored the Nuggets 29-19 in 7 minutes with LaVine, Jones, Ball, Green and Dosunmu on the floor together.
Chicago BullsDenver NuggetsPS, 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).
90 points from the field on 93 shots: 7.8 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-27 | 59.3% | 65% |
| In the paint | 9-21 | 42.9% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 8-14 | 57.1% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 3-9 | 33.3% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-22 | 22.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Rivers | 25 | 7 | 3-3 | −2 |
| Monte Morris | 10 | 2 | 1-4 | −2 |
| Jeff Green | 9 | 6 | 3-6 | +3 |
| Aaron Gordon | 8 | 3 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 15 | 5-8 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Gordon | 22 | 2 | 1-4 | −6 |
| PJ Dozier | 15 | 6 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Will Barton | 8 | 0 | 0-6 | −3 |
| Jeff Green | 5 | 4 | 2-5 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 8 | 2-7 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Green | 16 | 6 | 3-3 | +3 |
| Aaron Gordon | 9 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Austin Rivers | 8 | 4 | 2-5 | +2 |
| PJ Dozier | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 10 | 4-4 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 53 possessions. He usually scores about 12 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.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
CHI
50/50
DEN
Highest Leverage Moments
Barton 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS) (Campazzo 4 AST)
Q4 0:29
22.1%
2→24
LaVine 28' 3PT Jump Shot (34 PTS) (DeRozan 4 AST)
Q4 2:18
16.8%
27→10
LaVine 33' 3PT Jump Shot (27 PTS) (DeRozan 3 AST)
Q4 4:51
15.8%
30→14
Hyland 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Campazzo 2 AST)
Q3 2:24
15.0%
14→29
Rivers 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Campazzo 3 AST)
Q4 2:00
13.9%
10→24
