Bulls (108) vs Pacers (106) · Dec 31, 2021 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Dec 31, 2021

Game Recap

DeMar DeRozan knocked down a one-legged 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Bulls over the Pacers, 108-106, in Indiana. DeRozan finished the game with 28 points and six assists, while Zach LaVine (17 points, six rebounds) and Nikola Vucevic (14 points, 16 rebounds, four assists) added a combined 31 points in the victory. Caris LeVert (27 points, six rebounds, six assists) and Domantas Sabonis (24 points, 14 rebounds, six assists) paved the way for the Pacers in the losing effort. The Bulls improve to 23-10 on the season, while the Pacers fall to 14-22.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	25	29	28	26	108
IND	23	27	29	27	106

BULLS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
24Javonte GreenSF	27	0-3	0-1	2-2	4	2	2	1	0	3	2	+3
11DeMar DeRozanPF	35	8-24	1-3	11-12	3	6	3	0	3	3	28	+18
9Nikola VucevicC	34	6-16	2-7	0-0	16	4	0	0	0	2	14	-1
8Zach LaVineSG	35	7-17	0-3	3-3	6	4	1	2	4	2	17	-8
0Coby WhitePG	33	7-11	6-7	4-5	2	4	3	1	1	3	24	+1
12Ayo Dosunmu	21	0-1	0-0	3-4	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	-8
5Derrick Jones Jr.	14	3-3	1-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2	7	-3
21Matt Thomas	19	3-7	2-5	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	+8
25Tyler Cook	13	1-3	0-0	3-4	5	0	2	0	0	3	5	+3
7Troy Brown Jr.	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-3
20Jordan Bell	— did not play —												— did not play —
3Devon Dotson	— did not play —												— did not play —
00Mac McClung	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		35-8640.7%	12-2744.4%	26-3086.7%	42	22	11	5	9	19	108

PACERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
8Justin HolidaySF	34	5-12	5-9	1-2	4	1	1	0	3	3	16	-6
33Myles TurnerPF	18	2-5	1-3	5-6	6	1	0	1	0	5	10	-9
11Domantas SabonisC	39	8-14	1-2	7-8	14	6	1	2	3	3	24	+1
4Duane Washington Jr.SG	29	3-14	0-6	2-2	4	2	2	1	2	0	8	0
22Caris LeVertPG	37	11-22	1-5	4-7	6	6	1	1	3	3	27	+1
13Torrey Craig	31	4-8	0-1	2-2	11	5	1	2	4	4	10	-1
12Oshae Brissett	31	4-12	0-3	1-2	7	2	1	1	0	2	9	+4
28Keifer Sykes	10	1-3	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	-3
14Nate Hinton	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	+2
88Goga Bitadze	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1
32Terry Taylor	— did not play —												— did not play —


TOTAL		38-9141.8%	8-3125.8%	22-2975.9%	55	23	7	8	17	22	106

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterchiind

(11:57) Jump Ball Turner vs. Vucevic: Tip to Holiday
(11:42) Sabonis Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:42) White STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (11:34) Vucevic 20' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (DeRozan 1 AST)
20
+3 (11:18) Sabonis 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (LeVert 1 AST)
23
+2 (10:57) DeRozan 13' Turnaround Fadeaway (2 PTS)
43
(10:36) MISS Holiday 19' Pullup Jump Shot
(10:34) LaVine REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:23) MISS DeRozan 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:20) Bulls Rebound
(10:20) LeVert L.B.FOUL (P1.T1) (N.Sago)
(10:07) Turner S.FOUL (P1.T2) (N.Sago)
+1 (10:07) White Free Throw 1 of 3 (1 PTS)
53
+1 (10:07) White Free Throw 2 of 3 (2 PTS)
63
+1 (10:07) White Free Throw 3 of 3 (3 PTS)
73
+3 (9:57) Turner 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Holiday 1 AST)
76
(9:40) MISS DeRozan 20' Jump Shot
(9:37) Turner REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:31) LeVert 10' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
78
(9:31) Green S.FOUL (P1.T1) (A.Nagy)
(9:31) MISS LeVert Free Throw 1 of 1
(9:29) Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:17) MISS Vucevic 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:16) Sabonis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:09) MISS Holiday 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:07) Vucevic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:57) DeRozan 21' Pullup Jump Shot (4 PTS) (White 1 AST)
98
+2 (8:49) Washington Jr. 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS)
910
(8:32) MISS DeRozan 7' Turnaround Jump Shot
(8:29) Holiday REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:21) MISS Sabonis 3' Jump Bank Shot
(8:19) Turner REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(8:19) Vucevic S.FOUL (P1.T2) (N.Sago)
+1 (8:19) Turner Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)
911
+1 (8:19) Turner Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
912
+3 (8:09) Vucevic 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (LaVine 1 AST)
1212
(7:52) MISS Turner 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:52) LaVine REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:33) MISS Vucevic 9' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(7:30) Washington Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:23) Holiday Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T2)
(7:23) Green STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (7:19) LaVine 3' Running Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (DeRozan 2 AST)
1412
(7:19) Turner Violation:Defensive Goaltending (A.Nagy)
(7:19) PACERS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(7:05) MISS Sykes 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(7:02) PACERS Rebound
+3 (7:00) Holiday 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Brissett 1 AST)
1415
(6:41) MISS Vucevic 9' Pullup Jump Shot
(6:41) Sykes REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:31) Craig Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(6:31) White STEAL (2 STL)
+2 (6:19) DeRozan 2' Finger Roll Layup (6 PTS)
1615
(6:01) MISS Turner 12' Jump Shot
(5:58) Vucevic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:54) White OFF.Foul (P1) (B.Barnaky)
(5:54) White Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T1)
(5:39) MISS Craig 4' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(5:39) LaVine BLOCK (1 BLK)
(5:35) Vucevic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(5:28) MISS LaVine 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(5:25) Craig REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:13) MISS Brissett 17' Pullup Jump Shot
(5:10) Vucevic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(5:00) MISS LaVine 15' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(4:56) Brissett REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:50) Vucevic Violation:Kicked Ball (N.Sago)
(4:38) MISS Brissett 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(4:36) Vucevic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:5)
(4:28) Turner S.FOUL (P2.T3) (N.Sago)
+1 (4:28) Dosunmu Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1715
+1 (4:28) Dosunmu Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1815
(4:05) MISS Sabonis 16' Jump Shot
(4:00) Jones Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:47) MISS Thomas 17' Jump Shot
(3:45) Brissett REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:35) MISS Washington Jr. 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:30) LaVine REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(3:26) MISS Vucevic 25' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(3:23) Craig REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:13) MISS Washington Jr. 3PT Jump Shot
(3:10) Vucevic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:6)
(2:57) MISS LaVine 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(2:54) LeVert REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (2:51) Washington Jr. 2' Running Reverse Layup (4 PTS)
1817
(2:51) Dosunmu Violation:Defensive Goaltending (N.Sago)
(2:51) Bulls Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(2:37) Craig S.FOUL (P1.T4) (A.Nagy)
+1 (2:37) DeRozan Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
1917
+1 (2:37) DeRozan Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
2017
(2:23) Washington Jr. Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T4)
(2:23) Cook STEAL (1 STL)
(2:19) Brissett S.FOUL (P1.PN) (N.Sago)
(2:19) MISS Cook Free Throw 1 of 2
(2:19) Bulls Rebound
+1 (2:19) Cook Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
2117
(2:07) Washington Jr. Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T5)
(1:52) MISS Cook 7' Turnaround Hook Shot
(1:49) Sabonis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(1:44) MISS Brissett 1' Running Layup
(1:39) Jones Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (1:30) DeRozan 13' Step Back Jump Shot (10 PTS)
2317
(1:09) MISS Sabonis 17' Jump Shot
(1:06) Craig REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (1:05) Craig 3' Putback Layup (2 PTS)
2319
(0:55) MISS Dosunmu 4' Driving Layup
(0:55) Washington Jr. BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:52) LeVert REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (0:47) Sabonis 2' Layup (5 PTS) (Craig 1 AST)
2321
(0:47) Jones Jr. S.FOUL (P1.T3) (N.Sago)
(0:47) MISS Sabonis Free Throw 1 of 1
(0:45) Cook REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:36) MISS DeRozan 2' Driving Layup
(0:36) Sabonis BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:33) Brissett REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(0:28) Jones Jr. S.FOUL (P2.PN) (B.Barnaky)
+1 (0:28) Sabonis Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)
2322
+1 (0:28) Sabonis Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)
2323
+2 (0:09) Thomas 21' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (DeRozan 3 AST)
2523
(0:01) MISS LeVert 18' Step Back Jump Shot
(0:01) PACERS Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

CHI

IND

108Points106

35-86(40.7%)Field Goal(%)38-91(41.8%)

12-27(44.4%)3-Point(%)8-31(25.8%)

26-30(86.7%)Free Throw(%)22-29(75.9%)

42(8)Rebounds(Offensive)55(17)

22Assists23

11Steals7

5Blocks8

9Turnovers17

19Fouls22

32Pts In The Paint58

14Fast Break Pts17

24Pts Off Turnovers14

23Bench Pts21

9Largest Lead6

Game Details

Friday, December 31, 2021 · 3:00 PM

Gainbridge Fieldhouse · Indianapolis, IN

attendance: 17,515 (97.7%)