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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 21 | 27 | 39 | 37 | 124 |
 Bulls | 41 | 24 | 30 | 37 | 132 |
HOUTeam statsCHI| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 49-9253.3% | 11-4126.8% | 15-2462.5% | 41 | 27 | 17 |
| CHI | 45-9050.0% | 19-3850.0% | 23-2882.1% | 45 | 30 | 14 |
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Chicago Bulls132| 39 | 15 | 4-14 | 3-8 | 4-4 | 0 | +7 | +3.9 | |||||||
| 35 | 23 | 8-16 | 5-9 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −1.8 | ||||||
| 28 | 15 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +3.9 | ||||||
| 26 | 11 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | +2 | −1.2 | |||||
| 26 | 15 | 6-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | +17 | +2.3 | |||||||
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| 26 | 25 | 6-14 | 4-7 | 9-10 | 0 | +2 | +8.3 | |||||||
| 23 | 17 | 7-11 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +6.1 | ||||||
| 19 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −5.9 | ||||
| 18 | 9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +0.9 | ||||||
| Team | 132 | 45-9050.0% | 19-3850.0% | 45 | 30 | 14 | 21 | 23-2882.1% | 7 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 53 points on 18 for 34 shooting
Did not play: Guerschon Yabusele and Isaac Okoro (injury/illness); Lachlan Olbrich (coach’s decision).
Houston Rockets124| 40 | 40 | 15-23 | 5-10 | 5-8 | 0 | 0 | −18 | +8.8 | ||||||
| 39 | 23 | 8-12 | 0-1 | 7-9 | −12 | +1.3 | ||||||||
| 37 | 33 | 16-19 | 1-2 | 0-3 | −6 | +18.3 | ||||||||
| 36 | 13 | 5-17 | 3-14 | 0-0 | 0 | −17 | −6.8 | |||||||
| 34 | 6 | 2-10 | 1-7 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12.6 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +22 | −1.8 | ||||||
| 14 | 4 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | +1 | −1.9 | ||||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +0.6 | ||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.0 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.2 | ||
| Team | 124 | 49-9253.3% | 11-4126.8% | 41 | 27 | 17 | 18 | 15-2462.5% | 8 | 8 | 7 | |||
Bench 9 points on 3 for 11 shooting
Did not play: Jeff Green and Isaiah Crawford (coach’s decision).
Bulls132Rockets124ClickTap 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.
Collin Sexton scored 25 points (17 in the first quarter), and the Chicago Bulls beat the Houston Rockets 132-124.
Josh Giddey’s 3-pointer put the Bulls ahead for good with 1:21 left in the fourth quarter.
The Rockets got within 127-124 on Kevin Durant’s step-back 3-pointer with 30 seconds to play, but Matas Buzelis answered with a driving layup, and the Rockets got no closer.
Buzelis’ driving layup with 10.2 seconds left made it 129-124 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Bulls outscored the Rockets 22-6. Giddey scored 7 of the Bulls’ 22 on 2 for 3 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Buzelis scored 23 points with 5 3-pointers. The Bulls had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Rockets, Durant scored 40 points on 15 for 23 shooting, and Jabari Smith Jr. went 1 for 7 from 3. Alperen Sengun had 33 points (28 in the paint), 13 rebounds and 10 assists on 16 for 19 shooting, his 12th career triple-double. Amen Thompson scored 23 points on 8 for 12 shooting. Durant scored 15 of his 40 points in the fourth quarter. The Rockets had 2 30-point scorers.
The Bulls went 23 for 28 at the line to the Rockets’ 15 for 24 and outscored them 53-9 off the bench. The Rockets got 8 offensive rebounds, about 8 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Rockets’ starters were outscored 39-24 in 12 minutes together.
Chicago BullsHouston RocketsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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 20% (4th quarter, 4:35 left).
109 points from the field on 90 shots: 5.2 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-37 | 43.2% | 67% |
| In the paint | 8-12 | 66.7% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 2-3 | 66.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 6-10 | 60.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-28 | 46.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amen Thompson | 18 | 7 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Reed Sheppard | 14 | 8 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Alperen Sengun | 9 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Tari Eason | 8 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 3 | 1-4 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 63 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Durant | 33 | 0 | 0-2 | −9 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 13 | 7 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Reed Sheppard | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Tari Eason | 7 | 6 | 2-4 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 10 | 4-5 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Durant | 14 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Alperen Sengun | 13 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Amen Thompson | 6 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 7 | 3-5 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 54 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.
Score margin over time — positive = CHI leads, negative = HOU leads
CHI Largest Lead
22
Q2 11:45
HOU Largest Lead
4
Q4 5:16
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
CHI 8-0 run
Q1 11:32 – Q1 10:25
-2 → +6
CHI 11-0 run
Q1 1:50 – Q2 11:45
+11 → +22
CHI 8-0 run
Q2 6:02 – Q2 4:25
+14 → +22
HOU 8-0 run
Q3 0:32 – Q4 11:16
+12 → +4
