Bulls (117) vs Nuggets (96) · Mar 8, 2023 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Mar 8, 2023

Game Recap

The Bulls defeated the Nuggets, 117-96. Zach LaVine led all scorers with 29 points, five rebounds, and four assists for the Bulls, while Nikola Vucevic added 25 points and 15 rebounds in the victory. Nikola Jokic tallied 18 points, 12 rebounds, and eight assists for the Nuggets in the losing effort. The Bulls improve to 30-36 on the season, while the Nuggets fall to 46-20.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	25	26	36	30	117
DEN	29	23	24	20	96

BULLS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
11DeMar DeRozanSF	38	6-16	0-2	5-6	6	8	3	0	2	3	17	+14
6Alex CarusoPF	17	3-8	0-2	0-0	3	2	1	0	2	2	6	-2
9Nikola VucevicC	34	9-17	2-4	5-5	15	3	0	0	1	3	25	+17
8Zach LaVineSG	33	12-18	3-5	2-2	5	4	2	0	1	2	29	+15
21Patrick BeverleyPG	23	1-4	1-3	0-0	6	4	0	1	0	1	3	+6
44Patrick Williams	30	8-9	1-2	1-1	4	0	1	0	0	1	18	+23
0Coby White	25	3-10	1-6	0-0	4	4	0	0	1	1	7	+22
3Andre Drummond	11	1-2	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	1	0	1	2	+3
12Ayo Dosunmu	19	2-4	0-0	4-4	1	0	2	0	1	2	8	+5
25Dalen Terry	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1
5Derrick Jones Jr.	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	+1


TOTAL		46-8951.7%	8-2433.3%	17-1894.4%	50	26	9	2	8	16	117

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	23	5-13	2-7	0-0	5	0	0	1	1	1	12	-2
50Aaron GordonPF	28	6-14	1-3	4-9	9	2	0	1	0	0	17	-4
15Nikola JokicC	35	7-16	3-9	1-4	12	8	0	0	5	1	18	-14
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	31	2-7	1-4	0-0	2	4	3	0	0	2	5	-7
27Jamal MurrayPG	35	4-15	1-7	2-2	2	5	0	0	2	2	11	-14
11Bruce Brown	22	4-5	1-1	0-0	8	2	1	0	2	4	9	-24
7Reggie Jackson	23	2-8	2-5	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	1	6	-16
32Jeff Green	15	2-3	2-2	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	2	6	-17
13Thomas Bryant	12	4-5	2-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	-7
0Christian Braun	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Ish Smith	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0
10Jack White	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
6DeAndre Jordan	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		37-8842.0%	15-4037.5%	7-1546.7%	44	26	5	2	11	16	96

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterchiden

(11:58) Jump Ball N. Vucevic vs. N. Jokic: Tip to P. Beverley
(11:45) MISS Z. LaVine 28' 3PT
(11:42) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (11:27) K. Caldwell-Pope 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (N. Jokic 1 AST)
03
+2 (11:03) Z. LaVine driving Layup (2 PTS) (D. DeRozan 1 AST)
23
(10:39) MISS M. Porter Jr. 6' driving floating Shot
(10:36) P. Beverley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:31) Z. LaVine running Layup (4 PTS) (P. Beverley 1 AST)
43
+3 (10:09) M. Porter Jr. 3PT pullup (3 PTS) (N. Jokic 2 AST)
46
(9:55) MISS P. Beverley 3PT
(9:53) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:43) N. Jokic driving floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (J. Murray 1 AST)
48
(9:31) MISS N. Vucevic 26' 3PT
(9:27) K. Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:20) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope 25' 3PT
(9:17) N. Vucevic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:11) A. Caruso bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
+2 (8:54) A. Gordon Layup (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 3 AST)
410
(8:41) MISS D. DeRozan 18' pullup Shot
(8:39) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (8:33) N. Jokic cutting DUNK (4 PTS) (J. Murray 2 AST)
412
(8:33) CHI Timeout
(8:22) MISS N. Vucevic 11' floating Shot
(8:19) N. Vucevic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(8:12) MISS Z. LaVine 21' Jump Shot
(8:09) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:57) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope driving finger roll Layup
(7:56) K. Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (7:55) K. Caldwell-Pope putback Layup (5 PTS)
414
(7:39) MISS D. DeRozan 3PT
(7:38) P. Beverley REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (7:34) N. Vucevic driving reverse Layup (2 PTS) (P. Beverley 2 AST)
614
(7:22) MISS M. Porter Jr. 25' 3PT
(7:20) N. Vucevic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(7:03) MISS N. Vucevic 14' turnaround Shot
(7:00) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(6:48) N. Vucevic shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jokic 2 FT)
(6:48) MISS N. Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2
(6:48) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (6:48) N. Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
615
+2 (6:34) N. Vucevic DUNK (4 PTS) (Z. LaVine 1 AST)
815
(6:16) MISS M. Porter Jr. 16' pullup Shot
(6:13) N. Vucevic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(5:53) MISS P. Beverley 6' driving floating bank Shot
(5:50) A. Caruso REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(5:47) A. Caruso bad pass TURNOVER (2 TO)
(5:47) K. Caldwell-Pope STEAL (1 STL)
(5:42) MISS M. Porter Jr. 25' 3PT
(5:38) D. DeRozan REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:26) MISS A. Caruso 11' turnaround fadeaway bank Shot
(5:24) N. Vucevic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:3)
(5:24) MISS N. Vucevic tip Layup
(5:24) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(5:24) M. Porter Jr. loose ball personal FOUL (1 PF)
+2 (5:16) P. Williams DUNK (2 PTS) (N. Vucevic 1 AST)
1015
+2 (5:05) A. Gordon DUNK (4 PTS) (N. Jokic 4 AST)
1017
+3 (4:43) Z. LaVine 3PT (7 PTS) (C. White 1 AST)
1317
(4:37) P. Beverley shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Gordon 2 FT)
(4:37) MISS A. Gordon Free Throw 1 of 2
(4:37) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (4:37) A. Gordon Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
1318
(4:26) MISS Z. LaVine 19' fadeaway Shot
(4:23) B. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:11) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope 3PT
(4:10) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(4:10) K. Caldwell-Pope loose ball personal FOUL (1 PF)
+2 (3:55) P. Williams 10' pullup bank Jump Shot (4 PTS) (D. DeRozan 2 AST)
1518
+3 (3:43) J. Green 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (N. Jokic 5 AST)
1521
+2 (3:17) C. White 10' fadeaway Jump Shot (2 PTS)
1721
(3:03) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope 21' Jump Shot
(3:02) A. Drummond REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:50) MISS C. White 26' 3PT
(2:44) J. Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:39) B. Brown step out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(2:39) DEN Timeout
+2 (2:27) D. DeRozan 13' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
1921
+2 (1:59) T. Bryant 18' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (B. Brown 1 AST)
1923
(1:33) MISS C. White 27' 3PT
(1:30) B. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (1:17) J. Green 25' 3PT (6 PTS) (B. Brown 2 AST)
1926
+2 (1:00) P. Williams 13' pullup Jump Shot (6 PTS) (C. White 2 AST)
2126
(0:52) A. Dosunmu personal FOUL (1 PF)
+3 (0:47) B. Brown 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (J. Murray 3 AST)
2129
(0:32) B. Brown shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (DeRozan 2 FT)
+1 (0:32) D. DeRozan Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
2229
+1 (0:32) D. DeRozan Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
2329
(0:17) MISS B. Brown 9' floating Shot
(0:14) C. White REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (0:01) D. DeRozan 18' pullup Jump Shot (6 PTS)
2529

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

CHI

DEN

117Points96

46-89(51.7%)Field Goal(%)37-88(42.0%)

8-24(33.3%)3-Point(%)15-40(37.5%)

17-18(94.4%)Free Throw(%)7-15(46.7%)

50(9)Rebounds(Offensive)44(11)

26Assists26

9Steals5

2Blocks2

8Turnovers11

16Fouls16

66Pts In The Paint38

19Fast Break Pts5

18Pts Off Turnovers9

37Bench Pts33

24Largest Lead10

Game Details

Wednesday, March 8, 2023 · 9:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 19,896 (104.2%)