Denver Nuggets 136, Chicago Bulls 120 — Recap

February 7, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 136, Chicago Bulls 120. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 39-36 CHI; Q2 DEN 20-29 CHI; Q3 DEN 38-39 CHI; Q4 DEN 39-16 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Jamal Murray (DEN) 28 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; Tim Hardaway Jr. (DEN) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 22 points, 14 rebounds, 17 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Matas Buzelis (CHI) 21 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Julian Strawther (DEN) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Jamal Murray

28 PTS, 3 REB, 11 AST, 4 3PM · 11-18 FG

Scoring · DEN

Tim Hardaway Jr.

23 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 6-11 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

22 PTS, 14 REB, 17 AST, 2 3PM · 7-12 FG

Season highs

Nikola Jokic · Season-high 17 assistsGuerschon Yabusele · Season-high 4 threesJulian Strawther · Season-high 4 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

DEN 18 largest lead Q4 2:32 (DEN 132, CHI 114) · 8-0 run, Q1 5:01–Q1 3:51

CHI 9 largest lead Q3 10:22 (DEN 64, CHI 73) · 14-0 run, Q4 11:06–Q4 8:43

Swings 10 lead changes Tied 11 times

Ahead for good: Julian Strawther makes two point shot (Bruce Brown assists) (Q4 9:56, DEN 106, CHI 104).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	39	20	38	39		136
CHI	36	29	39	16		120

🧮 How They Scored

DENCHI

60Points in the paint36

18Fast-break points15

14Second-chance points19

21Points off turnovers23

43Bench points49

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

67.1%Effective FG%55.4%

11.6%Turnover %13.7%

30.6%Offensive rebound %28.6%

0.388Free-throw rate0.217

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	33	22	14	17	1	4	3	7-12	2-2	6-6	+36
Julian Strawther G	33	19	5	0	2	0	3	7-14	4-8	1-2	+14
Christian Braun G	32	10	4	2	1	1	1	4-6	0-0	2-4	+20
Jamal Murray G	31	28	3	11	0	0	3	11-18	4-9	2-2	0
Bruce Brown G	31	10	3	4	3	1	1	3-5	1-2	3-4	+8
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	29	23	3	1	0	0	1	6-11	3-8	8-12	+9
Cameron Johnson F	27	14	4	1	0	0	0	6-9	2-3	0-0	+21
Jonas Valanciunas C	13	10	4	1	0	1	1	5-8	0-0	0-3	-15
Jalen Pickett G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-6
Zeke Nnaji F-C	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-5
DaRon Holmes II F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anfernee Simons G	32	15	4	6	0	0	0	5-15	3-10	2-2	-6
Matas Buzelis F	30	21	8	3	1	0	3	7-13	4-8	3-4	-19
Jaden Ivey G	30	10	6	3	2	0	3	3-7	2-5	2-2	-27
Collin Sexton G	29	17	3	4	0	0	4	6-14	1-5	4-4	-7
Isaac Okoro F-G	26	13	2	3	1	0	1	5-11	2-6	1-1	-14
Guerschon Yabusele F	26	12	2	0	1	2	1	4-13	4-10	0-0	-5
Rob Dillingham G	22	9	3	4	1	0	3	3-7	1-3	2-2	+9
Patrick Williams F	20	8	2	2	1	0	0	3-4	2-3	0-0	-2
Nick Richards C	19	15	7	0	1	1	1	5-8	1-1	4-5	-13
Lachlan Olbrich C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Leonard Miller F	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Starter	31	28	74.2	32.4	+4.2	17.7
Nikola Jokic	Starter	33	22	75.1	22.2	+50.0	26.5
Julian Strawther	Starter	33	19	63.8	23.1	+25.0	7.7
Cameron Johnson	Starter	27	14	77.8	13.8	+38.8	9.9
Christian Braun	Starter	32	10	64.4	12.0	+31.2	5.7
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	29	23	70.6	23.3	+16.5	13.5
Bruce Brown	Bench	31	10	74.0	10.7	+16.3	9.1
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	13	10	53.6	34.5	-53.5	7.2
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	02	0	0.0	25.0	-100.0	-16.7
Peyton Watson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Pickett	Bench	08	0	0.0	5.0	-29.8	-7.7
DaRon Holmes II	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	-66.7	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Matas Buzelis	Starter	30	21	71.1	23.7	-29.2	12.7
Anfernee Simons	Starter	32	15	47.2	18.1	-8.3	6.3
Isaac Okoro	Starter	26	13	56.8	18.5	-24.6	7.1
Guerschon Yabusele	Starter	26	12	46.2	21.5	-8.8	2.6
Jaden Ivey	Starter	30	10	63.5	14.7	-41.5	6.1
Collin Sexton	Bench	29	17	53.9	26.4	-13.8	5.9
Nick Richards	Bench	19	15	73.5	21.6	-34.8	13.3
Rob Dillingham	Bench	22	9	57.1	20.8	+12.0	8.1
Patrick Williams	Bench	20	8	100.0	7.8	-11.1	12.1
Tre Jones	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Leonard Miller	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	+20.0	9.5
Lachlan Olbrich	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	+20.0	0.0