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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 36 | 28 | 35 | 34 | 133 |
 Bulls | 26 | 39 | 24 | 29 | 118 |
HOUTeam statsCHI| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 50-9055.6% | 17-4438.6% | 16-2272.7% | 45 | 28 | 12 |
| CHI | 45-9248.9% | 13-3537.1% | 15-2171.4% | 35 | 27 | 8 |
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Houston Rockets133| 39 | 36, Season high (his best before, 31) | 14-22 | 6-12, Season high (his best before, 5) | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +14.0 | ||||||
| 36 | 12 | 4-11 | 1-6 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +22 | −5.4 | ||||
| 35 | 24 | 9-15 | 6-10 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | +16 | +7.2 | |||||
| 32 | 25 | 10-12 | 1-1 | 4-4 | +24 | +10.6 | ||||||||
| 31 | 13 | 6-14 | 1-6 | 0-0 | +15 | +1.8 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 10 | 4-8 | 0-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −3.5 | ||||
| 17 | 9 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | +4.0 | |||||||
| 10 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.6 | ||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.4 | |||||
| 6 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.9 | |||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −0.7 | |||
| Team | 133 | 50-9055.6% | 17-4438.6% | 45 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 16-2272.7% | 8 | 7 | 5 | |||
Bench 23 points on 7 for 16 shooting
Did not play: Daishen Nix, Josh Christopher, Darius Days and Boban Marjanovic (coach’s decision).
Chicago Bulls118| 41 | 31 | 11-18 | 0-0 | 9-10 | 0 | −17 | +7.7 | |||||||
| 40 | 12 | 5-10 | 2-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −16 | −0.4 | ||||||
| 36 | 22 | 9-19 | 2-6 | 0 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −20 | −1.1 | ||||
| 30 | 10 | 4-13 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −9.0 | |||||
| 23 | 9 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | −15 | −3.3 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 14 | 5-9 | 4-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +17 | +4.8 | ||||||
| 18 | 8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | −2 | +4.2 | |||||||
| 17 | 12 | 5-11 | 2-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −3.3 | ||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.2 | ||
| Team | 118 | 45-9248.9% | 13-3537.1% | 35 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 15-2171.4% | 8 | 6 | 2 | |||
Bench 34 points on 13 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Malcolm Hill, Carlik Jones, Marko Simonovic and Tony Bradley (coach’s decision).
Rockets133Bulls118ClickTap 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.
Kevin Porter Jr. scored a season-high 36 points (15 in the fourth quarter), and the Houston Rockets went on a 27-7 run in the third quarter to beat the Chicago Bulls 133-118 to end a 5-game losing streak.
The Bulls went on a 24-6 run to lead 74-67 with 9:36 left in the third quarter. Alperen Sengun’s three-point play put the Rockets ahead for good with 7:43 left in the quarter. He scored 10 points and Eric Gordon added 7 during the run. The Rockets led 94-81 with 2:39 left in the quarter and by as many as 19 in the fourth quarter.
Sengun had 25 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists on 10 for 12 shooting, and Jalen Green added 24 points (18 on 6 3-pointers) on 9 for 15 shooting. Porter scored 15 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter. The Rockets had 3 20-point scorers. Porter assisted on 6 of Sengun’s 10 baskets, 2 of them during the 27-7 run.
For the Bulls, DeMar DeRozan had 31 points and 9 assists, and Zach LaVine added 22 points.
The Rockets shot 55.6% from the field and 38.6% from 3 to the Bulls’ 48.9% and 37.1%. The Rockets’ starters outscored the Bulls 68-46 in 22 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).
117 points from the field on 90 shots: 15.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 23-30 | 76.7% | 67% |
| In the paint | 7-12 | 58.3% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 3-4 | 75.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 4-10 | 40.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-34 | 38.2% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Williams | 38 | 12 | 5-7 | +1 |
| Zach LaVine | 12 | 4 | 2-2 | 0 |
| DeMar DeRozan | 8 | 0 | 0-3 | −2 |
| Coby White | 8 | 5 | 1-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 12 | 5-8 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 82 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Vučević | 36 | 8 | 4-6 | −3 |
| Andre Drummond | 11 | 7 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Patrick Williams | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Zach LaVine | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 9 | 4-4 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayo Dosunmu | 20 | 11 | 4-4 | +5 |
| Zach LaVine | 19 | 5 | 2-2 | −1 |
| Coby White | 14 | 8 | 3-3 | +4 |
| DeMar DeRozan | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 2 | 1-6 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 71 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
LaVine 26' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (DeRozan 5 AST)
Q2 0:31
14.7%
43→58
Green 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Porter Jr. 1 AST)
Q1 10:45
13.5%
48→35
Smith Jr. 1' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Sengun 1 AST)
Q1 7:37
13.1%
37→24
Sengun 1' Running Dunk (6 PTS)
Q1 8:28
12.7%
45→32
Green 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (19 PTS)
Q2 0:08
10.7%
58→47
