Houston Rockets 133, Chicago Bulls 118 — Recap

December 26, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 133, Chicago Bulls 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 36-26 CHI; Q2 HOU 28-39 CHI; Q3 HOU 35-24 CHI; Q4 HOU 34-29 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Porter Jr. (HOU) 36 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 6 threes on 14-of-22 shooting; DeMar DeRozan (CHI) 31 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists on 11-of-18 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 25 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-12 shooting; Jalen Green (HOU) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Zach LaVine (CHI) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-19 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Kevin Porter Jr.

36 PTS, 7 REB, 9 AST, 6 3PM · 14-22 FG

Scoring · CHI

DeMar DeRozan

31 PTS, 5 REB, 9 AST · 11-18 FG

Scoring · HOU

Alperen Sengun

25 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 10-12 FG

Season highs

Kevin Porter Jr. · Season-high 36 pointsKevin Porter Jr. · Season-high 6 threes

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
HOU	36	28	35	34		133
CHI	26	39	24	29		118

🧮 How They Scored

HOUCHI

60Points in the paint44

16Fast-break points23

10Second-chance points8

15Points off turnovers13

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

65.0%Effective FG%56.0%

10.7%Turnover %7.3%

22.9%Offensive rebound %17.8%

0.244Free-throw rate0.228

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Porter Jr. G	39	36	7	9	0	0	2	14-22	6-12	2-4	+13
Eric Gordon G	36	12	2	3	0	0	1	4-11	1-6	3-4	+22
Jalen Green G	35	24	6	3	1	0	0	9-15	6-10	0-2	+16
Alperen Sengun F-C	32	25	11	6	1	2	4	10-12	1-1	4-4	+24
Jabari Smith Jr. F	31	13	8	2	2	2	1	6-14	1-6	0-0	+15
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	22	10	3	0	0	0	1	4-8	0-4	2-2	-10
Tari Eason F	17	9	2	1	1	1	0	2-3	1-2	4-4	0
Usman Garuba F	10	3	3	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-1	0-0	-6
TyTy Washington Jr. G	8	0	1	2	2	0	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	-2
Bruno Fernando F	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	-3
Garrison Mathews G	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
DeMar DeRozan G	41	31	5	9	1	0	2	11-18	0-0	9-10	-17
Patrick Williams F	40	12	7	2	1	2	0	5-10	2-6	0-0	-16
Zach LaVine G	36	22	3	5	0	0	0	9-19	2-6	2-5	-20
Nikola Vucevic C	30	10	3	4	0	0	2	4-13	1-5	1-2	-13
Coby White G	29	14	3	4	2	0	0	5-9	4-8	0-0	+17
Ayo Dosunmu G	23	9	3	1	1	0	2	3-7	2-4	1-2	-15
Andre Drummond C	18	8	9	2	1	0	1	3-5	0-0	2-2	-2
Goran Dragic G	17	12	1	0	0	0	1	5-11	2-6	0-0	-7
Dalen Terry F	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	39	36	75.8	26.3	+12.8	18.7
Alperen Sengun	Bench	32	25	90.8	22.1	+32.0	20.7
Jalen Green	Bench	35	24	75.6	17.4	+18.0	13.9
Jabari Smith Jr.	Bench	31	13	46.4	20.0	+21.0	8.8
Eric Gordon	Bench	36	12	47.0	16.5	+28.2	4.3
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	22	10	56.3	19.2	-25.3	6.0
Tari Eason	Bench	17	9	94.5	11.9	-9.5	13.1
Usman Garuba	Bench	10	3	75.0	11.5	-38.1	6.2
Bruno Fernando	Bench	6	1	56.8	14.3	-23.1	0.0
TyTy Washington Jr.	Bench	8	0	0.0	20.0	-17.6	2.5
Boban Marjanovic	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Garrison Mathews	Bench	5	0	0.0	0.0	+66.7	0.0
Josh Christopher	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Daishen Nix	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Darius Days	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
DeMar DeRozan	Bench	41	31	69.2	24.7	-16.6	15.2
Zach LaVine	Bench	36	22	51.9	25.6	-23.1	8.8
Coby White	Bench	29	14	77.8	13.6	+31.8	11.5
Patrick Williams	Bench	40	12	60.0	11.0	-17.5	8.6
Goran Dragic	Bench	17	12	54.5	30.0	-18.9	5.2
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	30	10	36.0	23.9	-18.6	1.4
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	23	9	57.1	18.9	-31.3	1.7
Andre Drummond	Bench	18	8	68.0	16.7	+7.5	13.5
Tony Bradley	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dalen Terry	Bench	7	0	0.0	0.0	+5.1	2.7
Marko Simonovic	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Carlik Jones	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Malcolm Hill	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0