Chicago Bulls 115, Los Angeles Lakers 117 — Recap

January 8, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 115, Los Angeles Lakers 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 33-28 LAL; Q2 CHI 25-31 LAL; Q3 CHI 30-33 LAL; Q4 CHI 27-25 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Zach LaVine (CHI) 38 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 14-of-22 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 28 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists on 11-of-21 shooting; Wendell Carter Jr. (CHI) 23 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists on 9-of-15 shooting; Montrezl Harrell (LAL) 17 points, 14 rebounds, 0 assists on 7-of-13 shooting; Dennis Schroder (LAL) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHI

Zach LaVine

38 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 4 3PM · 14-22 FG

Scoring · LAL

LeBron James

28 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST · 11-21 FG

Scoring · CHI

Wendell Carter Jr.

23 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST · 9-15 FG

Season highs

Wendell Carter Jr. · Season-high 23 pointsMontrezl Harrell · Season-high 14 rebounds

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	33	25	30	27		115
LAL	28	31	33	25		117

🧮 How They Scored

CHILAL

62Points in the paint42

13Fast-break points7

15Second-chance points10

17Points off turnovers16

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.0%Effective FG%58.0%

11.0%Turnover %13.9%

22.0%Offensive rebound %23.8%

0.154Free-throw rate0.333

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zach LaVine G	38	38	5	6	2	0	0	14-22	4-7	6-6	+8
Patrick Williams F	34	6	8	0	4	0	2	3-10	0-2	0-0	0
Coby White G	32	14	3	5	0	0	3	6-14	2-5	0-0	-18
Thaddeus Young F	30	15	7	5	1	0	2	7-12	0-1	1-1	-2
Garrett Temple G-F	27	9	3	1	1	1	1	3-5	2-3	1-1	-2
Wendell Carter Jr. F	25	23	7	3	0	0	1	9-15	0-1	5-6	0
Denzel Valentine G	25	5	4	1	0	0	0	2-8	1-5	0-0	+9
Daniel Gafford F	16	0	2	2	2	2	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Adam Mokoka G	7	3	1	1	0	0	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	-3
Otto Porter Jr. F	6	2	1	2	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-2

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron James F	34	28	7	7	0	0	4	11-21	0-5	6-8	+9
Dennis Schroder G	34	17	3	6	2	0	4	5-11	1-1	6-8	-5
Wesley Matthews G-F	34	14	2	1	0	1	0	4-8	4-8	2-2	-6
Montrezl Harrell F-C	29	17	14	0	0	1	2	7-13	0-0	3-3	-11
Markieff Morris F	29	11	6	0	0	1	1	5-8	1-3	0-0	+10
Talen Horton-Tucker G	20	9	2	3	0	1	1	3-5	1-1	2-2	+1
Marc Gasol C	19	6	4	0	0	4	0	1-3	0-2	4-4	+12
Alex Caruso G	17	9	2	3	1	0	2	3-7	3-6	0-0	+1
Kyle Kuzma F	17	6	1	1	0	0	1	2-5	2-3	0-0	-6
Jared Dudley F	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5

🔬 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	38	77.1	27.0	+7.1	22.5
Wendell Carter Jr.	Bench	25	23	65.2	31.1	-2.4	18.5
Thaddeus Young	Bench	30	15	60.3	20.9	-3.2	11.6
Coby White	Bench	32	14	50.0	23.6	-21.4	5.1
Garrett Temple	Bench	27	9	82.7	9.5	-3.6	7.7
Patrick Williams	Bench	34	6	30.0	14.3	-3.1	2.1
Denzel Valentine	Bench	25	5	31.3	14.0	+15.9	2.9
Adam Mokoka	Bench	7	3	50.0	25.0	-20.0	7.5
Otto Porter Jr.	Bench	6	2	50.0	12.5	-6.4	11.7
Daniel Gafford	Bench	16	0	0.0	5.7	0.0	2.9

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LeBron James	Bench	34	28	57.1	35.9	+11.0	15.4
Dennis Schroder	Bench	34	17	58.5	24.7	-5.4	6.3
Montrezl Harrell	Bench	29	17	59.4	23.5	-14.7	15.9
Wesley Matthews	Bench	34	14	78.8	12.0	-6.9	6.4
Markieff Morris	Bench	29	11	68.8	13.8	+10.8	8.7
Alex Caruso	Bench	17	9	64.3	20.5	-6.4	12.9
Talen Horton-Tucker	Bench	20	9	76.5	14.6	-0.1	14.5
Kyle Kuzma	Bench	17	6	60.0	15.4	-7.2	3.2
Marc Gasol	Bench	19	6	63.0	12.8	+28.4	9.3
Jared Dudley	Bench	7	0	0.0	0.0	+30.8	7.4