Chicago Bulls vs. Denver Nuggets

Oct 14, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	29	26	28	34	117
DEN	37	30	37	20	124

Game Recap

The Nuggets defeated the Bulls, 124-117. The Nuggets move to 3-1 in the preseason while the Bulls fall to 2-2.

Player Stats

BULLS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
35Isaac OkoroSF	9	0-2	0-1	0-2	1	1	0	0	0	4	-12	0
14Matas BuzelisPF	30	7-12	3-7	3-3	3	1	0	5	4	2	-7	20
9Nikola VucevicC	23	2-7	1-3	0-0	10	4	0	1	5	3	-26	5
11Ayo DosunmuSG	28	5-7	0-2	1-1	3	3	0	0	1	3	-17	11
3Josh GiddeyPG	29	7-14	3-7	8-8	9	6	0	1	4	4	-22	25
5Jevon Carter	21	7-10	3-6	0-0	3	3	0	0	0	1	+13	17
44Patrick Williams	25	3-8	2-5	1-1	1	5	0	0	1	3	+1	9
12Zach Collins	17	4-6	0-1	3-4	5	0	2	1	1	4	+12	11
7Dalen Terry	21	3-6	1-3	4-5	5	6	1	0	1	2	-1	11
25Jalen Smith	9	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	1	1	2	-2	0
24Noa Essengue	16	1-4	0-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	4	+6	2
20Emanuel Miller	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+13	0
47Lachlan Olbrich	3	2-2	0-0	2-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	+7	6
13Kevin Huerter	— did not play —												— did not play —
30Tre Jones	— did not play —												— did not play —
17Yuki Kawamura	— did not play —												— did not play —
15Julian Phillips	— did not play —												— did not play —
0Coby White	— did not play —												— did not play —


TOTAL	-	41-8051.2%	13-3834.2%	22-2878.6%	42	31	3	9	18	32	-	117

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23Cameron JohnsonSF	21	2-7	2-4	5-5	3	1	2	0	1	4	+21	11
32Aaron GordonPF	21	6-11	2-3	3-3	4	1	1	0	1	1	+32	17
15Nikola JokicC	23	7-10	0-0	4-4	8	8	1	0	0	4	+24	18
0Christian BraunSG	27	3-7	0-1	0-0	7	5	2	0	1	1	+21	6
27Jamal MurrayPG	27	9-18	2-8	10-10	2	2	0	0	0	0	+15	30
10Tim Hardaway Jr.	20	2-8	1-7	5-6	1	1	0	1	1	1	+2	10
8Peyton Watson	21	3-7	0-0	6-7	2	1	1	0	3	3	-3	12
11Bruce Brown	20	2-5	1-2	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	2	-4	5
17Jonas Valanciūnas	17	2-5	0-1	3-4	4	2	0	1	1	4	-3	7
21Spencer Jones	8	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	4	-9	0
3Julian Strawther	8	2-4	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	2	-6	4
22Zeke Nnaji	4	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-13	1
24Jalen Pickett	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-13	0
5Hunter Tyson	4	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-13	0
14DaRon Holmes II	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-8	0
Curtis Jones	3	1-4	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-8	3
James Akinjo	— did not play —												— did not play —
Tamar Bates	— did not play —												— did not play —
3Moses Brown	— did not play —												— did not play —
20Kessler Edwards	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	39-9043.3%	9-3327.3%	37-4190.2%	37	26	7	2	9	28	-	124

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterCHIDEN

(11:57) Jump Ball Jokic vs. Vucevic: Tip to Gordon
(11:50) Gordon OFF.Foul (P1) (B.Maru)
(11:50) Gordon Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T1)
+2 (11:29) Buzelis 5' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Vucevic 1 AST)
20
+2 (11:13) Jokic 7' Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Braun 1 AST)
22
+3 (11:00) Giddey 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Okoro 1 AST)
52
+2 (10:43) Murray 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
54
(10:43) Okoro S.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Maru)
+1 (10:43) Murray Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
55
+3 (10:27) Giddey 25' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Vucevic 2 AST)
85
+2 (10:09) Murray 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (5 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
87
+2 (9:56) Dosunmu 2' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Vucevic 3 AST)
107
+2 (9:42) Jokic 1' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (4 PTS) (Murray 1 AST)
109
(9:35) Buzelis Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(9:35) Johnson STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (9:30) Gordon 1' Running Alley Oop Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Braun 2 AST)
1011
(9:16) Vucevic Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T2)
(9:16) Braun STEAL (1 STL)
(9:12) Giddey S.FOUL (P1.T2) (B.Maru)
+1 (9:12) Johnson Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1012
+1 (9:12) Johnson Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1013
(9:01) Vucevic Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T3)
(9:01) Jokic STEAL (1 STL)
(8:56) MISS Murray 3' Running Layup
(8:56) Braun REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (8:55) Braun Tip Layup Shot (2 PTS)
1015
(8:55) Bulls Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(8:45) MISS Dosunmu 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:43) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:33) Jokic 3' Cutting Layup Shot (6 PTS) (Braun 3 AST)
1017
(8:19) MISS Giddey 5' Driving Layup
(8:17) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:09) Buzelis S.FOUL (P1.T3) (B.Maru)
+1 (8:09) Johnson Free Throw 1 of 3 (3 PTS)
1018
+1 (8:09) Johnson Free Throw 2 of 3 (4 PTS)
1019
+1 (8:09) Johnson Free Throw 3 of 3 (5 PTS)
1020
(7:56) Williams Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T4)
(7:56) Braun STEAL (2 STL)
(7:45) MISS Gordon 12' Turnaround Jump Shot
(7:41) Braun REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
(7:41) MISS Braun Tip Layup Shot
(7:40) Vucevic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:30) MISS Carter 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:27) Vucevic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(7:26) MISS Giddey 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:23) Giddey REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(7:17) MISS Okoro 2' Driving Reverse Layup
(7:15) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:12) MISS Johnson 24' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(7:08) Okoro REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:06) Johnson S.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Maru)
(7:06) MISS Okoro Free Throw 1 of 2
(7:06) Bulls Rebound
(7:06) MISS Okoro Free Throw 2 of 2
(7:03) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:57) Giddey P.FOUL (P2.T4) (C.Kirkland)
+3 (6:48) Murray 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (8 PTS)
1023
(6:26) Giddey Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P1.T5)
(6:11) MISS Jokic 5' Driving Layup
(6:11) Vucevic BLOCK (1 BLK)
(6:11) NUGGETS Rebound
(6:03) Okoro S.FOUL (P2.PN) (B.Maru)
(6:03) Bulls Timeout: Regular (Reg.2 Short 0)
+1 (6:03) Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
1024
+1 (6:03) Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
1025
+3 (5:46) Giddey 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Williams 1 AST)
1325
(5:31) Carter S.FOUL (P1.PN) (B.Maru)
+1 (5:31) Murray Free Throw 1 of 2 (9 PTS)
1326
+1 (5:31) Murray Free Throw 2 of 2 (10 PTS)
1327
(5:14) MISS Carter 3PT Jump Shot
(5:11) Braun REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
+2 (5:04) Watson 1' Alley Oop Dunk (2 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
1329
+2 (4:51) Buzelis 3' Driving Layup (4 PTS) (Dosunmu 1 AST)
1529
(4:32) MISS Murray 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(4:29) Vucevic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(4:12) MISS Buzelis 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(4:09) Braun REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
(3:52) MISS Murray 3' Driving Layup
(3:52) Buzelis BLOCK (1 BLK)
(3:50) Carter REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:50) Jokic P.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.Van Duyne)
+2 (3:41) Buzelis 1' Reverse Layup (6 PTS) (Dosunmu 2 AST)
1729
(3:30) MISS B. Brown 2' Driving Layup
(3:29) B. Brown REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(3:29) MISS B. Brown 2' Tip Layup Shot
(3:29) Dosunmu REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:22) MISS Williams 27' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(3:20) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(3:08) MISS Johnson 3' Driving Layup
(3:08) Buzelis BLOCK (2 BLK)
(3:08) NUGGETS Rebound
(3:03) MISS Hardaway Jr. 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:59) Buzelis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:58) Buzelis Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T6)
(2:58) NUGGETS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(2:51) Collins P.FOUL (P1.PN) (C.Kirkland)
(2:51) MISS Valanciunas Free Throw 1 of 2
(2:51) NUGGETS Rebound
+1 (2:51) Valanciunas Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
1730
+2 (2:43) Dosunmu 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (4 PTS)
1930
(2:26) Dosunmu S.FOUL (P1.PN) (C.Kirkland)
+1 (2:26) Hardaway Jr. Free Throw 1 of 3 (1 PTS)
1931
+1 (2:26) Hardaway Jr. Free Throw 2 of 3 (2 PTS)
1932
+1 (2:26) Hardaway Jr. Free Throw 3 of 3 (3 PTS)
1933
(2:06) MISS Collins 9' Jump Bank Shot
(2:04) Valanciunas REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:55) Watson OFF.Foul (P1) (J.Van Duyne)
(1:55) Watson Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T2)
+2 (1:47) Dosunmu 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (6 PTS)
2133
(1:47) Valanciunas S.FOUL (P1.T3) (J.Van Duyne)
+1 (1:47) Dosunmu Free Throw 1 of 1 (7 PTS)
2233
(1:38) Williams P.FOUL (P1.PN) (C.Kirkland)
+1 (1:38) Watson Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
2234
+1 (1:38) Watson Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
2235
(1:30) MISS Buzelis 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:27) Watson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:27) Watson Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T3)
(1:27) Terry STEAL (1 STL)
(1:27) Watson S.FOUL (P2.PN) (C.Kirkland)
(1:27) MISS Terry Free Throw 1 of 2
(1:27) Bulls Rebound
+1 (1:27) Terry Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
2335
(1:16) Hardaway Jr. Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T4)
(1:16) Collins STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (1:04) Dosunmu 1' Driving Layup (9 PTS)
2535
+2 (0:46) B. Brown 14' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Valanciunas 1 AST)
2537
+3 (0:34) Buzelis 24' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Williams 2 AST)
2837
(0:23) MISS Valanciunas 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:20) Watson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(0:08) MISS Watson 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(0:07) Bulls Rebound
(0:07) Valanciunas L.B.FOUL (P2.PN) (C.Kirkland)
+1 (0:07) Collins Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2937
(0:07) MISS Collins Free Throw 2 of 2
(0:06) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:00) MISS Murray 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(0:00) NUGGETS Rebound

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3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

CHI

DEN

117Points124

41-80(51.3%)Field Goal(%)39-90(43.3%)

13-38(34.2%)3-Point(%)9-33(27.3%)

22-28(78.6%)Free Throw(%)37-41(90.2%)

42(9)Rebounds(Offensive)37(10)

31Assists26

3Steals7

9Blocks2

18Turnovers9

32Fouls28

46Pts In The Paint54

7Fast Break Pts14

19Pts Off Turnovers18

56Bench Pts42

3Largest Lead24

Game Details

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 · 9:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 16,567 (86.7%)