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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bulls | 22 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 119 |
 Rockets | 32 | 23 | 40 | 16 | 111 |
CHITeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | 44-8651.2% | 15-3246.9% | 16-2272.7% | 44 | 25 | 14 |
| HOU | 41-8548.2% | 16-3447.1% | 13-1776.5% | 33 | 28 | 16 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Chicago Bulls119| 43 | 36 | 14-26 | 3-8 | 5-6 | 0 | +11 | +2.8 | |||||||
| 39 | 27 | 9-21 | 2-3 | 7-10 | +10 | −0.8 | ||||||||
| 34 | 16 | 6-7 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | +17 | +9.3 | |||||||
| 33 | 18 | 7-15 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | +8 | +4.3 | |||||||
| 29 | 5 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-2 | +10 | −2.1 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.1 | |||
| 16 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −5.1 | |||
| 14 | 11 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | −1 | +3.0 | ||||||
| 10 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −1.1 | |||
| Team | 119 | 44-8651.2% | 15-3246.9% | 44 | 25 | 14 | 17 | 16-2272.7% | 13 | 7 | 9 | |||
Bench 17 points on 6 for 12 shooting
Did not play: Dalen Terry, Terry Taylor, Carlik Jones and Derrick Jones Jr. (coach’s decision).
Houston Rockets111| 36 | 20 | 8-14 | 2-5 | 2-2 | −5 | +5.5 | ||||||||
| 35 | 18 | 7-14 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.3 | ||||||
| 34 | 15 | 5-13 | 2-7 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −1.2 | ||||||
| 33 | 10 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 | −3 | +1.6 | ||||||||
| 31 | 16 | 6-11 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −1.9 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 9 | 3-10 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −3.0 | ||||||
| 21 | 12 | 4-6 | 4-4, Career high (his best before, 3) | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | +0.2 | |||||||
| 15 | 11 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −16 | +1.0 | ||||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −2.6 | ||||
| Team | 111 | 41-8548.2% | 16-3447.1% | 33 | 28 | 16 | 19 | 13-1776.5% | 6 | 10 | 3 | |||
Bench 32 points on 11 for 24 shooting
Did not play: TyTy Washington Jr., Daishen Nix, Frank Kaminsky and Boban Marjanovic (coach’s decision).
Bulls119Rockets111ClickTap 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 (20 in the paint), and the Chicago Bulls beat the Houston Rockets 119-111.
LaVine’s driving layup put the Bulls ahead for good with 4:16 left in the fourth quarter.
During clutch time, the Bulls outscored the Rockets 8-0. LaVine scored 4 of the Bulls’ 8 on 2 for 3 shooting. Late in the fourth quarter, Alex Caruso had 3 steals, one of them leading to LaVine’s driving layup that put the Bulls ahead 108-106, and the Bulls scored 6 points off them.
DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points, and Patrick Beverley added 16 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) and 10 rebounds.
For the Rockets, Jabari Smith Jr. had 20 points and 10 rebounds. The Rockets had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Rockets got 6 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Bulls outscored the Rockets 23-10 off turnovers. The Rockets were outscored 15-3 in 5 minutes with Porter, Martin, Christopher, Garuba and Eason on the floor together.
Chicago BullsHouston RocketsPS, 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. The Bulls’ chance bottomed out at 8.4% (3rd quarter, 4.1s left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
103 points from the field on 86 shots: 9.6 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-26 | 69.2% | 67% |
| In the paint | 7-14 | 50.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-14 | 28.6% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-6 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-26 | 50.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Porter Jr. | 29 | 11 | 4-7 | +1 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | 12 | 2 | 0-5 | −2 |
| Jalen Green | 10 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Alperen Sengun | 9 | 10 | 5-8 | +7 |
| Everyone else | 28 | 21 | 9-13 | +11 |
The tracking credits him with 46 points on 88 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 34 | 11 | 4-12 | −1 |
| Kevin Porter Jr. | 10 | 1 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Tari Eason | 9 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 9 | 3-6 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alperen Sengun | 42 | 15 | 6-11 | +4 |
| Jalen Green | 9 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Kevin Porter Jr. | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 19 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.
HOU win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
CHI
50/50
HOU
Highest Leverage Moments
LaVine 2' Running Layup (34 PTS)
Q4 4:16
17.8%
56→39
Eason 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Tate 6 AST)
Q3 1:28
13.6%
68→82
LaVine 2' Running Alley Oop Dunk Shot (36 PTS) (DeRozan 5 AST)
Q4 3:54
13.1%
37→24
Christopher 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup (10 PTS) (Green 7 AST)
Q4 5:40
12.9%
58→71
Tate 4' Driving Layup (7 PTS)
Q3 1:57
10.9%
66→77
