Chicago Bulls 117, Denver Nuggets 96 — Recap

March 8, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 117, Denver Nuggets 96. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 25-29 DEN; Q2 CHI 26-23 DEN; Q3 CHI 36-24 DEN; Q4 CHI 30-20 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Zach LaVine (CHI) 29 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 12-of-18 shooting; Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 25 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 18 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Patrick Williams (CHI) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-9 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 17 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHI

Zach LaVine

29 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 12-18 FG

Scoring · CHI

Nikola Vucevic

25 PTS, 15 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

18 PTS, 12 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 7-16 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		T
CHI	25	26	36	30		117
DEN	29	23	24	20		96

🧮 How They Scored

CHIDEN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.2%Effective FG%50.6%

7.6%Turnover %10.4%

21.4%Offensive rebound %21.2%

0.202Free-throw rate0.170

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
DeMar DeRozan G	38	17	6	8	3	0	2	6-16	0-2	5-6	+14
Nikola Vucevic C	35	25	15	3	0	0	1	9-17	2-4	5-5	+17
Zach LaVine G	34	29	5	4	2	0	1	12-18	3-5	2-2	+15
Patrick Williams F	30	18	4	0	1	0	0	8-9	1-2	1-1	+23
Coby White G	26	7	4	4	0	0	1	3-10	1-6	0-0	+22
Patrick Beverley G	24	3	6	4	0	1	0	1-4	1-3	0-0	+6
Ayo Dosunmu G	20	8	1	0	2	0	1	2-4	0-0	4-4	+5
Alex Caruso G	18	6	3	2	1	0	2	3-8	0-2	0-0	-2
Andre Drummond C	11	2	5	1	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+3
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Dalen Terry F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	35	18	12	8	0	0	5	7-16	3-9	1-4	-14
Jamal Murray G	35	11	2	5	0	0	2	4-15	1-7	2-2	-14
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	31	5	2	4	3	0	0	2-7	1-4	0-0	-7
Aaron Gordon F	29	17	9	2	0	1	0	6-14	1-3	4-9	-4
Michael Porter Jr. F	24	12	5	0	0	1	1	5-13	2-7	0-0	-2
Reggie Jackson G	24	6	0	2	0	0	0	2-8	2-5	0-0	-16
Bruce Brown G	23	9	8	2	1	0	2	4-5	1-1	0-0	-24
Jeff Green F	15	6	4	0	0	0	0	2-3	2-2	0-0	-17
Thomas Bryant C	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	4-5	2-2	0-0	-7
Ish Smith G	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	0
Christian Braun G	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
Jack White F	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	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	34	29	76.8	25.3	+18.2	20.7
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	35	25	65.1	25.6	+26.9	20.3
Patrick Williams	Bench	30	18	95.3	13.6	+39.3	14.5
DeMar DeRozan	Bench	38	17	45.6	24.7	+19.7	10.5
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	20	8	69.4	15.9	+9.6	7.2
Coby White	Bench	26	7	35.0	19.0	+41.5	4.7
Alex Caruso	Bench	18	6	37.5	24.4	-2.8	3.5
Patrick Beverley	Bench	24	3	37.5	7.3	+13.9	9.5
Andre Drummond	Bench	11	2	50.0	8.7	+8.0	11.1
Derrick Jones Jr.	Bench	2	2	100.0	16.7	+20.0	29.4
Dalen Terry	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+20.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	35	18	50.7	27.1	-22.5	12.5
Aaron Gordon	Bench	29	17	47.3	25.7	-8.3	9.6
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	24	12	46.2	24.6	-8.2	6.8
Jamal Murray	Bench	35	11	34.6	23.1	-23.1	2.0
Thomas Bryant	Bench	13	10	100.0	20.0	-28.0	15.0
Bruce Brown	Bench	23	9	90.0	12.5	-55.9	11.3
Jeff Green	Bench	15	6	100.0	9.1	-56.7	10.8
Reggie Jackson	Bench	24	6	37.5	15.4	-34.0	1.0
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	31	5	35.7	9.5	-12.7	4.7
Ish Smith	Bench	4	2	100.0	25.0	0.0	13.8
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Christian Braun	Bench	4	0	0.0	12.5	0.0	0.0
Jack White	Bench	4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.8