Denver Nuggets 97, Chicago Bulls 109 — Recap

December 6, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 97, Chicago Bulls 109. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 27-18 CHI; Q2 DEN 22-28 CHI; Q3 DEN 22-31 CHI; Q4 DEN 26-32 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Zach LaVine (CHI) 32 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-23 shooting; Lonzo Ball (CHI) 20 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 20 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-24 shooting; Will Barton (DEN) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Monte Morris (DEN) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHI

Zach LaVine

32 PTS, 3 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 13-23 FG

Scoring · CHI

Lonzo Ball

20 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 7-15 FG

Scoring · CHI

Nikola Vucevic

20 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 8-24 FG

Season highs

Nikola Jokic · Season-high 15 assistsJeff Green · Season-high 13 reboundsZach LaVine · Season-high 8 assistsAyo Dosunmu · Season-high 8 assists

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	27	22	22	26		97
CHI	18	28	31	32		109

🧮 How They Scored

DENCHI

28Points in the paint44

0Fast-break points15

15Second-chance points9

12Points off turnovers15

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

45.3%Effective FG%52.2%

8.1%Turnover %9.9%

20.8%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.156Free-throw rate0.220

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Aaron Gordon F	39	18	6	1	0	0	3	7-16	2-6	2-4	+2
Nikola Jokic C	36	17	12	15	2	0	3	6-17	1-5	4-6	+7
Will Barton G	35	19	5	1	0	1	2	8-20	3-9	0-0	-24
Monte Morris G	35	19	4	7	1	0	1	8-13	3-5	0-0	+7
Jeff Green F	32	14	13	0	0	1	0	5-9	1-1	3-3	+7
Facundo Campazzo G	21	0	0	5	1	0	0	0-5	0-1	0-0	-11
Zeke Nnaji F-C	15	3	3	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-1	1-2	-16
Davon Reed G	13	0	4	1	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-19
JaMychal Green F	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-7	0-2	0-0	-22
Vlatko Cancar F	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+3
Markus Howard G	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+3
Petr Cornelie F	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+3

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ayo Dosunmu G	42	11	6	8	1	0	3	4-6	1-2	2-2	-2
Lonzo Ball G	40	20	10	4	0	4	2	7-15	4-8	2-3	+16
Zach LaVine G	39	32	3	8	1	0	3	13-23	3-9	3-4	+17
Nikola Vucevic C	35	20	10	2	1	1	2	8-24	3-8	1-2	-5
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	28	12	9	1	0	1	1	5-12	1-5	1-2	-6
Troy Brown Jr. F	24	6	8	1	0	0	0	2-6	0-1	2-3	+12
Matt Thomas G	19	3	3	0	1	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	+14
Tony Bradley C	12	3	6	1	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	1-2	+18
Devon Dotson G	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	-3
Marko Simonovic C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Will Barton	Bench	35	19	47.5	25.3	-28.2	6.0
Monte Morris	Bench	35	19	73.1	17.1	+11.1	15.0
Aaron Gordon	Bench	39	18	50.7	23.6	+3.9	4.6
Nikola Jokic	Bench	36	17	43.3	27.7	+10.9	18.0
Jeff Green	Bench	32	14	67.8	13.3	+9.2	16.8
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	15	3	30.7	13.2	-51.6	0.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	1	3	150.0	25.0	+116.7	46.2
Markus Howard	Bench	1	2	100.0	25.0	+116.7	30.8
JaMychal Green	Bench	11	2	14.3	25.0	-93.3	-14.1
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	21	0	0.0	10.0	-26.2	0.0
Petr Cornelie	Bench	1	0	0.0	50.0	+116.7	-30.8
Davon Reed	Bench	13	0	0.0	3.0	-63.2	8.4

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zach LaVine	Bench	39	32	64.6	29.8	+17.0	17.7
Lonzo Ball	Bench	40	20	61.3	19.4	+16.0	14.1
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	35	20	40.2	32.1	-11.1	8.5
Derrick Jones Jr.	Bench	28	12	46.6	19.7	-8.6	6.9
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	42	11	79.9	10.4	-3.5	10.5
Troy Brown Jr.	Bench	24	6	41.0	13.2	+20.7	7.9
Tony Bradley	Bench	12	3	52.1	10.7	+63.5	17.7
Matt Thomas	Bench	19	3	50.0	6.8	+27.5	3.7
Devon Dotson	Bench	1	2	113.6	25.0	-116.7	30.8
Marko Simonovic	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	-50.0	0.0