The Chicago Bulls beat the Denver Nuggets 117-96 on Mar 8, 2023 at Ball Arena.
Final · Ball Arena
Top performers
- Zach LaVine led the Bulls with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
- Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets with 18 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists.
Chicago Bulls box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach LaVine | 34 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12-18 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 2 |
| Nikola Vucevic | 35 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9-17 | 2-4 | 5-5 | 3 |
| Patrick Williams | 30 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8-9 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1 |
| DeMar DeRozan | 38 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6-16 | 0-2 | 5-6 | 3 |
| Ayo Dosunmu | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 2 |
| Coby White | 26 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-10 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Alex Caruso | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Patrick Beverley | 24 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Andre Drummond | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 238 | 117 | 50 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 46-89 | 8-24 | 17-18 | 16 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Denver Nuggets box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokic | 35 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7-16 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 1 |
| Aaron Gordon | 29 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6-14 | 1-3 | 4-9 | 0 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 24 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5-13 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Jamal Murray | 35 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4-15 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 2 |
| Thomas Bryant | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Jeff Green | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Reggie Jackson | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 31 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Ish Smith | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Christian Braun | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 214 | 87 | 35 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 33-83 | 14-39 | 7-15 | 11 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Bulls · 2022-23 season · Previous Mar 5, 2023: IND 125, CHI 122 · Next Mar 11, 2023: CHI 119, HOU 111
- Nuggets · 2022-23 season · Previous Mar 6, 2023: TOR 113, DEN 118 · Next Mar 10, 2023: DEN 120, SA 128