Denver Nuggets 118, Chicago Bulls 112 — Recap

March 1, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 118, Chicago Bulls 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 37-25 CHI; Q2 DEN 25-30 CHI; Q3 DEN 27-32 CHI; Q4 DEN 29-25 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 39 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists on 17-of-28 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 24 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Zach LaVine (CHI) 23 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Coby White (CHI) 20 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-17 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 17 points, 15 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

39 PTS, 14 REB, 9 AST · 17-28 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

24 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 8-14 FG

Scoring · CHI

Zach LaVine

23 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 9-20 FG

Season highs

Michael Porter Jr. · Season-high 15 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
DEN	37	25	27	29		118
CHI	25	30	32	25		112

🧮 How They Scored

DENCHI

60Points in the paint54

9Fast-break points28

9Second-chance points18

14Points off turnovers13

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.6%Effective FG%51.1%

11.1%Turnover %8.8%

23.1%Offensive rebound %25.5%

0.230Free-throw rate0.234

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	38	39	14	9	1	2	1	17-28	0-3	5-5	+12
Jamal Murray G	36	24	2	3	0	1	4	8-14	4-8	4-4	+15
Will Barton G	36	14	6	2	1	0	2	5-13	1-4	3-3	+9
Michael Porter Jr. F	35	17	15	1	1	1	1	7-10	2-4	1-1	+7
Monte Morris G	34	7	2	4	0	0	2	3-7	1-2	0-0	+10
Vlatko Cancar F	20	8	4	1	1	0	1	3-6	1-3	1-1	-16
PJ Dozier G-F	18	5	1	2	0	1	1	1-4	1-2	2-6	0
Zeke Nnaji F-C	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-5
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	9	2	5	0	0	1	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	-2

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Coby White G	37	20	10	3	0	0	3	7-17	2-7	4-4	-4
Zach LaVine G	32	23	9	5	1	1	4	9-20	1-8	4-6	-20
Patrick Williams F	32	13	4	0	0	1	0	5-11	2-4	1-3	-23
Thaddeus Young F	28	12	6	4	5	0	2	6-9	0-0	0-0	+4
Denzel Valentine G	25	13	4	3	0	0	0	5-15	3-8	0-0	+11
Garrett Temple G-F	23	9	3	2	0	1	0	4-8	0-3	1-1	-11
Wendell Carter Jr. F	23	8	3	2	0	0	1	2-4	0-0	4-6	-12
Tomas Satoransky G-F	20	3	4	5	0	0	0	1-4	1-2	0-0	+1
Luke Kornet F-C	11	6	0	1	0	0	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	+16
Ryan Arcidiacono G	9	5	1	0	1	0	0	1-2	1-2	2-2	+8

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	38	39	64.6	35.2	+15.2	27.4
Jamal Murray	Bench	36	24	76.1	24.4	+18.1	9.8
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	35	17	81.4	13.8	+6.7	17.9
Will Barton	Bench	36	14	48.9	18.8	+10.4	6.5
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	20	8	62.1	14.9	-32.1	8.1
Monte Morris	Bench	34	7	50.0	11.7	+16.0	3.4
PJ Dozier	Bench	18	5	37.7	19.5	+3.0	-2.0
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	9	2	33.3	15.8	+1.1	13.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	13	2	50.0	6.3	-21.1	1.5

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zach LaVine	Bench	32	23	50.8	33.3	-29.4	11.1
Coby White	Bench	37	20	53.3	23.9	-6.7	9.9
Patrick Williams	Bench	32	13	52.8	15.4	-35.4	5.2
Denzel Valentine	Bench	25	13	43.3	26.3	+20.0	9.6
Thaddeus Young	Bench	28	12	66.7	14.9	+4.5	13.7
Garrett Temple	Bench	23	9	53.3	13.6	-26.1	4.5
Wendell Carter Jr.	Bench	23	8	60.2	16.0	-26.1	3.2
Luke Kornet	Bench	11	6	75.0	13.8	+56.1	12.5
Ryan Arcidiacono	Bench	9	5	86.8	15.0	+44.4	20.3
Tomas Satoransky	Bench	20	3	37.5	7.7	-5.7	8.9