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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bulls | 27 | 38 | 30 | 34 | 129 |
 Nuggets | 35 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 119 |
CHITeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | 45-9149.5% | 17-3943.6% | 22-2684.6% | 43 | 31 | 10 |
| DEN | 46-9747.4% | 11-3630.6% | 16-2466.7% | 52 | 34 | 12 |
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 Bulls129| 40 | 37 | 11-22 | 5-10 | 10-11 | +16 | +10.9 | ||||||||
| 36 | 9 | 4-11 | 1-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −3.3 | |||||
| 36 | 26 | 8-11 | 2-3 | 8-10 | 0 | +10 | +9.1 | |||||||
| 29 | 13 | 5-12 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | −6 | −0.5 | |||||||
| 24 | 10 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | −8 | +3.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 14 | 5-10 | 4-4, Career high (his best before, 3) | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −1.9 | ||||||
| 18 | 6 | 3-9 | 0-5 | 0-0 | −4 | −3.5 | ||||||||
| 15 | 14 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +17 | +8.9 | |||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −2.1 | |||
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +0.1 | ||||
| Team | 129 | 45-9149.5% | 17-3943.6% | 43 | 31 | 10 | 17 | 22-2684.6% | 12 | 8 | 5 | |||
Bench 34 points on 14 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Jevon Carter and Talen Horton-Tucker (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets119| 39 | 18 | 7-13 | 2-3 | 2-3 | +2 | −0.2 | ||||||||
| 39 | 24, Career high (his best before, 20) | 8-12 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | +5.5 | |||||
| 35 | 16 | 7-18 | 1-10 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | −22 | −2.1 | ||||||
| 32 | 28 | 11-22 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 0 | +1 | +5.9 | |||||||
| 31 | 10 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0 | +2 | +5.4 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 14 | 5-14 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 0 | −11 | −1.9 | |||||||
| 13 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −4.7 | ||
| 13 | 7 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −9 | +3.7 | ||||||
| 12 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +0.5 | ||||
| Team | 119 | 46-9747.4% | 11-3630.6% | 52 | 34 | 12 | 16 | 16-2466.7% | 17 | 5 | 9 | |||
Bench 23 points on 9 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Dario Saric, Hunter Tyson, PJ Hall, Spencer Jones and Trey Alexander (coach’s decision).
Bulls129Nuggets119ClickTap 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.
Coby White scored 37 points (15 in the second quarter), and the Chicago Bulls went on a 17-4 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Denver Nuggets 129-119.
The Nuggets led 99-95 with 11:03 left in the fourth quarter. White’s driving layup put the Bulls ahead for good with 9:20 left. He scored 7 points during the run, and they led 112-103 with 6:36 left.
Josh Giddey had 26 points and 9 assists on 8 for 11 shooting.
For the Nuggets, Jamal Murray had 28 points and 7 assists, and Michael Porter Jr. went 1 for 10 from 3. Peyton Watson had a career-high 24 points (12 in the third quarter) and 4 blocks on 8 for 12 shooting.
The Bulls shot 49.5% from the field and 43.6% from 3 to the Nuggets’ 47.4% and 30.6%. They outscored the Nuggets 31-11 on the fast break. The Bulls outscored the Nuggets 25-12 in 7 minutes with Huerter, White, Smith, Giddey and Terry 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. The Bulls’ chance bottomed out at 18% (1st quarter, 2:00 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
107 points from the field on 91 shots: 4.8 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 20-31 | 64.5% | 66% |
| In the paint | 8-19 | 42.1% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 0-2 | 0.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-12 | 41.7% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-27 | 44.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Braun | 23 | 7 | 2-4 | 0 |
| Peyton Watson | 19 | 3 | 1-6 | −3 |
| Russell Westbrook | 12 | 8 | 2-3 | +5 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 9 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 13 | 4-6 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 36 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Braun | 20 | 2 | 1-1 | −3 |
| Peyton Watson | 19 | 8 | 3-5 | +4 |
| Jamal Murray | 11 | 7 | 1-1 | +5 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 5 | 1-2 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Murray | 15 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 11 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Russell Westbrook | 9 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Vlatko Čančar | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 8 | 3-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 57 possessions. He usually scores about 10 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
Watson 27' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Nnaji 2 AST)
Q3 0:32
15.3%
47→62
White 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (33 PTS) (Giddey 6 AST)
Q4 9:54
15.0%
68→53
Watson 29' 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Westbrook 7 AST)
Q3 3:16
13.7%
49→62
Terry 27' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Smith 3 AST)
Q4 4:34
13.2%
20→7
Giddey 27' 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS) (Smith 2 AST)
Q4 5:07
12.1%
21→8
