Denver Nuggets vs Chicago Bulls 121-129 — Jan 27, 2025 Box Score & Stats | stat.space

Denver

Nuggets

121

–

129

FINAL

Chicago

Bulls

Date

Monday, January 27, 2025

Arena

Attendance

N/A

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
DEN	35	0	28	25	121
CHI	32	0	34	34	129

Game MVPs

Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet

Key Contributor

Ayo Dosunmu

CHI

PTS

REB

AST

+20

+/−

Key Contributions

Deflections1

Contested Shots5

Loose Balls1

Opp FG% When Defending33.3%

Pts Allowed / Poss0.11

Impact Composite70.8

Hustle: 11.0Defense: 56.3Impact: 3.5

4-7 from 3+20 plus/minusheld opponents to 33.3% FGonly 6 pts allowed on 55.1 possessions

Box Score MVP

Nikola Vučević

CHI

PTS

REB

AST

+/−

Game Performance

FG9-23 (39.1%)

3PT2-9

FT0-0

TS%43.5%

eFG%43.5%

STL1

TOV4

ORTG121

DRTG120

NET+1

Double-Double6 deflections7 contested shotsonly 20 pts allowed on 60.7 possessions

Box Score

DEN	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Jamal Murray	40:10	18	6	2	6	2	2	2	2	8-20	40%	1-5	20%	1-1	100%	-16
Nikola Jokić	39:43	33	12	2	14	1	1	4	1	15-21	71%	1-4	25%	2-2	100%	+1
Russell Westbrook	34:44	14	3	2	5	1	0	2	2	6-10	60%	0-1	0%	2-2	100%	+6
Christian Braun	32:46	28	5	1	4	2	1	2	2	11-15	73%	2-4	50%	4-4	100%	+4
Michael Porter Jr.	31:48	18	7	2	0	1	0	2	2	7-15	47%	2-8	25%	2-2	100%	+1
BENCH
Peyton Watson	23:40	4	5	1	3	3	1	2	0	2-6	33%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	-12
Aaron Gordon	22:01	6	2	1	4	2	0	0	0	3-9	33%	0-2	0%	0-0	0%	-9
Julian Strawther	15:08	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0-4	0%	0-2	0%	0-0	0%	-15
TOTAL	—	121	42	12	36	13	5	14	11	52-100	52%	6-27	22%	11-11	100%	—

Dario Saric —

Hunter Tyson —

Zeke Nnaji —

DeAndre Jordan —

PJ Hall —

Jalen Pickett —

CHI	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Zach LaVine	34:47	21	3	0	6	2	0	4	2	6-13	46%	5-10	50%	4-4	100%	-10
Ayo Dosunmu	34:26	17	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	6-13	46%	4-7	57%	1-2	50%	+20
Nikola Vučević	34:22	20	10	4	6	1	0	4	1	9-23	39%	2-9	22%	0-0	0%	+2
Patrick Williams	28:25	11	8	3	3	1	0	0	0	5-12	42%	1-5	20%	0-0	0%	+16
Josh Giddey	26:43	12	4	2	10	3	1	4	1	5-8	63%	2-4	50%	0-0	0%	-8
BENCH
Lonzo Ball	24:45	18	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	6-10	60%	4-7	57%	2-2	100%	+2
Matas Buzelis	19:53	9	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	4-5	80%	1-1	100%	0-0	0%	+10
Jalen Smith	13:38	5	7	1	1	0	2	1	2	2-6	33%	1-4	25%	0-0	0%	+6
Dalen Terry	13:04	13	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	5-6	83%	3-4	75%	0-0	0%	+11
Julian Phillips	5:40	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1-1	100%	1-1	100%	0-0	0%	-3
Talen Horton-Tucker	4:17	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0-1	0%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	-6
TOTAL	—	129	47	13	35	11	5	17	14	49-98	50%	24-53	45%	7-8	88%	—

Jevon Carter —

Chris Duarte —

Shot Chart & Zone Quality

Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average

Team

View

Player

DEN52/100 (52%)

Paint

42/65 (65%)

Mid

4/10 (40%)

3PT

6/27 (22%)

RA 73%ATB3 17%Paint 27%Mid 67%Corner 3 67%

CHI49/98 (50%)

Paint

19/36 (53%)

Mid

11/17 (65%)

3PT

26/55 (47%)

ATB3 44%RA 50%Paint 60%Corner 3 57%Mid 50%

Made

Missed

Hot (+5% vs avg)

Cold (-5% vs avg)

Matchup Breakdown

Matchup Matrix

Defense:

View:

Primary Matchup

Nikola Vučević

defended Nikola Jokić

9.4 min • 16 pts • 44%

Best Defender

Patrick Williams

held Michael Porter Jr.

2.2 min • 0 pts • 0%

Got Cooked

Zach LaVine

vs Christian Braun

2.4 min • 8 pts • 33%

CHI Defense	Aaron Gordon	Christian Braun	Jamal Murray	Julian Strawther	Michael Porter Jr.	Nikola Jokić	Peyton Watson	Russell Westbrook
Nikola Vučević	—	—	1.1m 2pts 50%	—	—	9.4m 16pts 44%	—	1.4m 2pts 50%
Zach LaVine	—	2.4m 8pts 33%	1.6m 0pts 0%	—	1.4m 2pts 100%	—	—	6.4m 6pts 100%
Ayo Dosunmu	—	2.0m 0pts 0%	4.5m 3pts 25%	—	1.3m 3pts 50%	—	—	2.2m 0pts 0%
Patrick Williams	3.3m 4pts 40%	—	1.1m 4pts 50%	—	2.2m 0pts 0%	—	1.4m 3pts 50%	—
Josh Giddey	—	3.6m 2pts 50%	1.3m 0pts 0%	—	2.9m 2pts 33%	—	—	—
Lonzo Ball	—	2.0m 3pts 50%	2.8m 6pts 100%	—	—	—	—	2.0m 0pts 0%
Matas Buzelis	1.1m 2pts 100%	—	—	1.1m 0pts 0%	—	—	2.1m 2pts 100%	—
Dalen Terry	—	—	—	1.5m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—
Jalen Smith	—	—	—	—	—	1.2m 3pts 50%	—	—
Other	3.5m 7pts 38%	3.3m 3pts 50%	2.8m 8pts 75%	2.6m 5pts 33%	4.4m 4pts 50%	5.0m 14pts 86%	5.2m 5pts 40%	2.0m 3pts 100%

Game Flow

Win Probability

CHI win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data

DEN

50/50

CHI

Highest Leverage Moments

Z. LaVine 24' 3PT (18 PTS) (N. Vučević 6 AST)

Q4 2:05

16.0%

79→95

L. Ball 27' 3PT pullup (16 PTS)

Q4 3:42

14.4%

77→92

A. Dosunmu 26' 3PT running (12 PTS) (D. Terry 1 AST)

Q3 2:27

13.5%

40→54

A. Dosunmu 27' 3PT pullup (15 PTS) (M. Buzelis 1 AST)

Q3 0:51

13.1%

47→60

Z. LaVine 24' 3PT step back (15 PTS)

Q4 7:11

12.9%

82→95

Denver Nuggets 121 @ Chicago Bulls 129 — January 27, 2025 Box Score