Chicago Bulls 130, Denver Nuggets 127 — Recap

November 17, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 130, Denver Nuggets 127. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 30-28 DEN; Q2 CHI 33-36 DEN; Q3 CHI 40-29 DEN; Q4 CHI 27-34 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 36 points, 18 rebounds, 13 assists, 1 threes on 13-of-27 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 34 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-22 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 24 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Josh Giddey (CHI) 21 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists on 8-of-12 shooting; Ayo Dosunmu (CHI) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

36 PTS, 18 REB, 13 AST, 1 3PM · 13-27 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

34 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 12-22 FG

Scoring · DEN

Aaron Gordon

24 PTS, 10 REB, 0 AST, 1 3PM · 10-18 FG

Season highs

Jamal Murray · Season-high 11 reboundsJevon Carter · Season-high 5 threesCameron Johnson · Season-high 5 threes

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	30	33	40	27		130
DEN	28	36	29	34		127

🧮 How They Scored

CHIDEN

50Points in the paint48

23Fast-break points14

20Second-chance points18

15Points off turnovers6

66Bench points9

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.4%Effective FG%54.6%

7.5%Turnover %6.9%

24.5%Offensive rebound %24.5%

0.186Free-throw rate0.258

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey G	30	21	14	6	0	0	2	8-12	0-2	5-8	-17
Matas Buzelis F	29	13	4	2	0	2	1	5-14	2-5	1-1	-14
Nikola Vucevic C	29	8	9	6	1	0	1	3-13	2-8	0-0	-12
Ayo Dosunmu G	26	21	3	5	0	0	1	8-9	1-2	4-5	+25
Kevin Huerter G	24	20	2	1	0	0	1	7-12	4-9	2-2	-21
Isaac Okoro F-G	20	2	1	1	0	1	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-11
Jalen Smith F-C	18	16	8	2	2	0	1	6-11	3-6	1-1	+15
Jevon Carter G	18	15	4	1	0	0	1	5-13	5-10	0-0	+20
Dalen Terry F	18	5	3	4	0	0	1	2-4	1-3	0-0	+18
Patrick Williams F	17	7	2	2	1	0	0	2-7	1-4	2-2	+4
Julian Phillips F	11	2	3	1	1	1	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	+8

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	39	36	18	13	1	2	2	13-27	1-7	9-12	+10
Jamal Murray G	38	34	11	4	1	0	2	12-22	5-11	5-5	-1
Cameron Johnson F	37	19	4	3	0	0	0	6-12	5-7	2-2	+13
Peyton Watson G	34	5	3	1	1	3	1	2-4	1-1	0-0	+5
Aaron Gordon F	32	24	10	0	0	0	0	10-18	1-5	3-4	+18
Bruce Brown G	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-17
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	16	4	2	0	3	0	0	2-8	0-3	0-0	-21
Jalen Pickett G	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-1	0-0	+9
Spencer Jones F	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-16
Jonas Valanciunas C	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	2-2	-15

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Josh Giddey	Starter	30	21	67.7	24.0	-26.2	15.6
Kevin Huerter	Starter	24	20	77.6	23.7	-41.2	13.1
Matas Buzelis	Starter	29	13	45.0	21.1	-27.8	4.1
Nikola Vucevic	Starter	29	8	30.8	20.3	-21.9	5.4
Isaac Okoro	Starter	20	2	33.3	6.1	-28.2	1.7
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	26	21	93.8	18.2	+48.7	20.6
Jalen Smith	Bench	18	16	69.9	24.5	+37.9	21.0
Jevon Carter	Bench	18	15	57.7	31.1	+56.1	10.3
Patrick Williams	Bench	17	7	44.4	14.9	+12.1	4.5
Dalen Terry	Bench	18	5	62.5	11.1	+51.5	8.4
Julian Phillips	Bench	11	2	25.0	16.7	+43.1	6.9
Noa Essengue	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Starter	39	36	55.8	34.7	+7.3	21.3
Jamal Murray	Starter	38	34	70.2	27.7	+0.3	17.0
Aaron Gordon	Starter	32	24	60.7	23.8	+22.9	9.5
Cameron Johnson	Starter	37	19	73.8	14.8	+15.1	9.2
Peyton Watson	Starter	34	5	62.5	6.3	+8.7	3.9
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	16	4	25.0	16.7	-61.4	2.0
Jalen Pickett	Bench	10	3	50.0	9.1	+27.2	2.8
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	5	2	53.2	40.0	-132.7	0.0
Bruce Brown	Bench	23	0	0.0	3.3	-35.1	-1.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Spencer Jones	Bench	6	0	0.0	6.7	-103.8	-4.0