Chicago Bulls 139, San Antonio Spurs 124 — Recap

December 5, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 139, San Antonio Spurs 124. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 36-22 SAS; Q2 CHI 37-35 SAS; Q3 CHI 35-40 SAS; Q4 CHI 31-27 SAS.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 39 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 16-of-22 shooting; Keldon Johnson (SAS) 28 points, 5 rebounds, null assists, 1 threes on 11-of-17 shooting; Ayo Dosunmu (CHI) 27 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Devin Vassell (SAS) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-15 shooting; Jeremy Sochan (SAS) 16 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists on 7-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHI

Nikola Vucevic

39 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 16-22 FG

Scoring · SAS

Keldon Johnson

28 PTS, 5 REB, 0 AST, 1 3PM · 11-17 FG

Scoring · CHI

Ayo Dosunmu

27 PTS, 10 REB, 11 AST, 3 3PM · 9-13 FG

Season highs

Nikola Vucevic · Season-high 39 pointsKeldon Johnson · Season-high 28 pointsAyo Dosunmu · Season-high 27 pointsJeremy Sochan · Season-high 14 reboundsAyo Dosunmu · Season-high 11 assistsAyo Dosunmu · Season-high 10 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	36	37	35	31		139
SAS	22	35	40	27		124

🧮 How They Scored

CHISAS

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

69.0%Effective FG%50.5%

14.5%Turnover %8.9%

29.7%Offensive rebound %29.4%

0.266Free-throw rate0.411

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Vucevic C	35	39	8	5	1	—	3	16-22	2-6	5-6	+14
Ayo Dosunmu G	35	27	10	11	3	—	1	9-13	3-3	6-6	+23
Zach LaVine G	33	11	9	9	—	—	4	4-11	2-6	1-2	+16
Dalen Terry F	28	12	2	—	1	—	2	5-7	1-3	1-1	-2
Julian Phillips F	28	9	3	1	—	2	—	3-7	3-5	—	-1
Josh Giddey G	24	8	4	4	—	—	3	3-5	1-1	1-2	+5
Matas Buzelis F	19	11	7	1	—	—	1	4-7	2-3	1-2	+9
Jalen Smith F-C	12	9	3	1	—	2	1	3-6	1-4	2-2	+2
Jevon Carter G	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	0-1	0-1	—	-2

San Antonio Spurs

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jeremy Sochan F	32	16	14	2	1	—	2	7-14	0-2	2-2	-1
Chris Paul G	29	12	4	9	1	—	—	4-11	2-6	2-2	-4
Keldon Johnson F	28	28	5	—	1	—	3	11-17	1-3	5-8	-5
Devin Vassell G-F	25	17	3	2	4	—	1	6-15	1-5	4-6	+7
Julian Champagnie F	25	12	3	1	—	1	—	5-11	2-5	—	-20
Zach Collins F-C	24	9	4	3	1	2	1	4-6	1-1	—	-6
Stephon Castle G	23	12	2	6	2	1	1	2-9	0-2	8-10	-12
Harrison Barnes F	22	8	3	—	—	—	—	2-8	0-3	4-4	-9
Charles Bassey G	13	5	3	3	1	—	1	2-2	—	1-3	-5
Blake Wesley G	8	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	1-2	-11
Sandro Mamukelashvili F	6	4	—	—	—	—	—	1-1	1-1	1-2	-5
Sidy Cissoko G	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	0-1	—	—	-2
Malaki Branham F	2	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	35	39	79.1	31.7	+18.7	22.4
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	35	27	86.3	18.2	+30.6	20.3
Dalen Terry	Bench	28	12	80.6	13.2	+0.4	6.1
Zach LaVine	Bench	33	11	46.3	20.5	+24.1	7.0
Matas Buzelis	Bench	19	11	69.8	17.3	+17.3	8.9
Jalen Smith	Bench	12	9	65.4	22.9	+10.9	10.6
Julian Phillips	Bench	28	9	64.3	10.8	-1.6	6.0
Josh Giddey	Bench	24	8	68.0	15.3	+9.3	7.9
Jevon Carter	Bench	1	—	0.0	33.3	-100.0	0.0

San Antonio SpursTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Keldon Johnson	Bench	28	28	68.2	33.3	-6.1	14.0
Devin Vassell	Bench	25	17	48.2	30.0	+14.4	10.5
Jeremy Sochan	Bench	32	16	53.8	17.8	-6.2	11.8
Chris Paul	Bench	29	12	50.5	14.5	-11.1	9.4
Julian Champagnie	Bench	25	12	54.5	16.2	-37.8	5.0
Stephon Castle	Bench	23	12	44.8	24.6	-17.0	11.7
Zach Collins	Bench	24	9	75.0	12.3	-2.6	10.4
Harrison Barnes	Bench	22	8	41.0	17.9	-16.2	3.3
Charles Bassey	Bench	13	5	75.3	12.9	-16.1	8.7
Sandro Mamukelashvili	Bench	6	4	106.4	13.3	-35.7	6.0
Blake Wesley	Bench	8	1	56.8	10.0	-55.0	-4.5
Malaki Branham	Bench	2	—	0.0	25.0	-30.0	-40.0
Sidy Cissoko	Bench	2	—	0.0	25.0	-30.0	-40.0