Chicago Bulls 127, Denver Nuggets 131 — Recap

March 19, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 127, Denver Nuggets 131 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 30-20 DEN; Q2 CHI 25-27 DEN; Q3 CHI 34-34 DEN; Q4 CHI 27-35 DEN; OT1 CHI 11-15 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 34 points, 15 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 threes on 14-of-23 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 34 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-20 shooting; Zach LaVine (CHI) 32 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Otto Porter Jr. (CHI) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

34 PTS, 15 REB, 9 AST, 2 3PM · 14-23 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

34 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 6 3PM · 12-20 FG

Scoring · CHI

Zach LaVine

32 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 10-20 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4	OT		T
CHI	30	25	34	27	11		127
DEN	20	27	34	35	15		131

🧮 How They Scored

CHIDEN

44Points in the paint48

22Fast-break points13

8Second-chance points18

13Points off turnovers32

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.7%Effective FG%60.4%

13.8%Turnover %11.2%

20.9%Offensive rebound %21.4%

0.256Free-throw rate0.297

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zach LaVine G	38	32	2	4	0	0	3	10-20	3-9	9-9	-1
Tomas Satoransky G-F	31	8	3	5	0	0	4	2-3	1-2	3-4	-7
Otto Porter Jr. F	29	22	4	3	0	1	2	9-13	4-7	0-0	-8
Lauri Markkanen F	29	10	2	2	1	0	1	4-11	2-6	0-1	+2
Coby White G	28	17	4	2	0	0	3	7-13	3-3	0-0	-1
Thaddeus Young F	28	11	10	6	1	0	2	5-7	1-1	0-1	-5
Wendell Carter Jr. F	23	6	6	5	0	0	0	2-5	1-1	1-4	-1
Patrick Williams F	21	6	6	1	1	1	0	2-7	1-2	1-2	-4
Denzel Valentine G	20	8	4	3	1	0	1	3-6	1-3	1-1	+7
Ryan Arcidiacono G	17	7	1	1	2	0	0	3-5	0-1	1-1	-2

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	42	34	15	9	2	1	1	14-23	2-4	4-6	+5
Jamal Murray G	42	34	2	5	4	0	7	12-20	6-7	4-4	+2
Michael Porter Jr. F	42	19	6	2	1	0	1	7-14	1-5	4-5	+12
Will Barton G	41	16	6	3	0	0	0	6-15	1-8	3-6	+8
Facundo Campazzo G	34	2	4	8	1	1	1	0-1	0-1	2-2	+10
PJ Dozier G-F	18	4	2	0	1	0	1	2-6	0-2	0-0	-5
Paul Millsap F	18	4	4	0	0	1	0	1-4	0-2	2-2	-13
JaMychal Green F	17	10	4	1	0	0	2	3-5	2-3	2-2	+1
Zeke Nnaji F-C	11	8	0	1	1	0	0	3-3	2-2	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

Chicago BullsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zach LaVine	Bench	38	32	66.8	32.5	+2.0	12.5
Otto Porter Jr.	Bench	29	22	84.6	22.7	-11.1	15.8
Coby White	Bench	28	17	65.4	24.2	-5.5	9.2
Thaddeus Young	Bench	28	11	73.9	14.3	-4.7	13.8
Lauri Markkanen	Bench	29	10	43.7	17.1	-2.4	3.4
Tomas Satoransky	Bench	31	8	84.0	12.9	-11.1	4.6
Denzel Valentine	Bench	20	8	62.1	14.3	+8.6	14.3
Ryan Arcidiacono	Bench	17	7	64.3	12.2	-12.1	10.1
Wendell Carter Jr.	Bench	23	6	44.4	12.7	-4.7	5.5
Patrick Williams	Bench	21	6	38.1	18.6	-3.6	8.0

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	42	34	66.3	27.8	+5.8	21.4
Jamal Murray	Bench	42	34	78.1	29.9	+3.6	13.9
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	42	19	58.6	16.7	+8.3	9.4
Will Barton	Bench	41	16	45.4	19.6	+5.2	3.6
JaMychal Green	Bench	17	10	85.0	21.6	+5.7	14.4
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	11	8	133.3	13.6	+9.5	15.5
PJ Dozier	Bench	18	4	33.3	17.5	-4.1	-1.1
Paul Millsap	Bench	18	4	41.0	12.5	-43.8	6.5
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	34	2	53.2	3.9	+16.3	7.0