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Chicago Bulls vs. Denver Nuggets

February 7, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Bulls 136-120 on 2026-02-07 on the road against the Bulls. The Bulls started Guerschon Yabusele, Anfernee Simons, Isaac Okoro, Jaden Ivey, and Matas Buzelis. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Julian Strawther, and Christian Braun. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 19 points (8/21) in his matchups, with Guerschon Yabusele as his primary defender. Collin Sexton (Bulls) scored 16 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Tim Hardaway Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

CHI

Chicago Bulls 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anfernee Simons GS	32:29	15	4	6	0	0	0	3	5-15	3-10	2-2	-6
Matas Buzelis GS	30:20	21	8	3	1	0	3	3	7-13	4-8	3-4	-19
Jaden Ivey GS	30:10	10	6	3	2	0	3	4	3-7	2-5	2-2	-27
Guerschon Yabusele GS	26:06	12	2	0	1	2	1	3	4-13	4-10	0-0	-5
Isaac Okoro GS	25:52	13	2	3	1	0	1	2	5-11	2-6	1-1	-14
Collin Sexton	28:37	17	3	4	0	0	4	4	6-14	1-5	4-4	-7
Rob Dillingham	21:57	9	3	4	1	0	3	2	3-7	1-3	2-2	+9
Patrick Williams	20:03	8	2	2	1	0	0	0	3-4	2-3	0-0	-2
Nick Richards	19:22	15	7	0	1	1	1	3	5-8	1-1	4-5	-13
Lachlan Olbrich	2:32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Leonard Miller	2:32	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		120	37	25	9	3	16	24	41-92	20-51	18-20

Did not play: Tre Jones (DND - Injury/Illness)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 136

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julian Strawther GS	33:26	19	5	0	2	0	3	3	7-14	4-8	1-2	+14
Nikola Jokić GS	33:24	22	14	17	1	4	3	2	7-12	2-2	6-6	+36
Christian Braun GS	31:41	10	4	2	1	1	1	1	4-6	0-0	2-4	+20
Jamal Murray GS	30:57	28	3	11	0	0	3	1	11-18	4-9	2-2	0
Cameron Johnson GS	27:15	14	4	1	0	0	0	2	6-9	2-3	0-0	+21
Bruce Brown	30:54	10	3	4	3	1	1	3	3-5	1-2	3-4	+8
Tim Hardaway Jr.	28:30	23	3	1	0	0	1	1	6-11	3-8	8-12	+9
Jonas Valančiūnas	12:41	10	4	1	0	1	1	3	5-8	0-0	0-3	-15
Jalen Pickett	7:55	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-6
Zeke Nnaji	1:55	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-5
DaRon Holmes II	1:22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		136	41	37	7	7	13	17	49-85	16-33	22-33

Did not play: Peyton Watson (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

Anfernee Simons
Jaden Ivey
Isaac Okoro
Guerschon Yabusele
Matas Buzelis

The 5 most-used lineups:

Guerschon Yabusele · Anfernee Simons · Isaac Okoro · Jaden Ivey · Matas Buzelis Starter 15.2 min
Collin Sexton · Anfernee Simons · Patrick Williams · Nick Richards · Rob Dillingham 6.8 min
Anfernee Simons · Isaac Okoro · Nick Richards · Jaden Ivey · Matas Buzelis 3.3 min
Guerschon Yabusele · Collin Sexton · Anfernee Simons · Patrick Williams · Rob Dillingham 2.8 min
Collin Sexton · Patrick Williams · Leonard Miller · Rob Dillingham · Lachlan Olbrich 2.5 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Julian Strawther · Christian Braun Starter 12.4 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Julian Strawther 6.4 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Julian Strawther · Christian Braun 4.7 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Julian Strawther · Christian Braun 3.7 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Cameron Johnson 3.7 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Bulls defense

Nikola Jokić 19 pts (8/21) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Guerschon Yabusele (25 %, 3 pts) · Isaac Okoro (22 %, 3 pts) · Nick Richards (19 %, 2 pts)
Jamal Murray 22 pts (8/13) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Jaden Ivey (23 %, 0 pts) · Matas Buzelis (19 %, 5 pts) · Anfernee Simons (15 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Anfernee Simons	Christian Braun: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Bruce Brown: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Matas Buzelis	Julian Strawther: 16 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Jamal Murray: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Jaden Ivey	Jamal Murray: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julian Strawther: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaac Okoro	Nikola Jokić: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Julian Strawther: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Collin Sexton	Bruce Brown: 16 poss., 5 pts (1/4) · Christian Braun: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Guerschon Yabusele	Nikola Jokić: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Cameron Johnson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nick Richards	Nikola Jokić: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Christian Braun: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Rob Dillingham	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bruce Brown: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Patrick Williams	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Lachlan Olbrich	Nikola Jokić: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julian Strawther: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Leonard Miller	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zeke Nnaji: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Collin Sexton 16 pts (5/11) in 51 possessions

Guarded by: Tim Hardaway Jr. (27 %, 8 pts) · Bruce Brown (23 %, 0 pts) · Cameron Johnson (12 %, 0 pts)
Anfernee Simons 35 pts (13/14) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Julian Strawther (31 %, 11 pts) · Christian Braun (28 %, 6 pts) · Bruce Brown (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Christian Braun	Anfernee Simons: 18 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Jaden Ivey: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Nikola Jokić	Guerschon Yabusele: 20 poss., 8 pts (2/4) · Nick Richards: 16 poss., 10 pts (4/5)
Julian Strawther	Anfernee Simons: 20 poss., 11 pts (4/5) · Jaden Ivey: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bruce Brown	Rob Dillingham: 13 poss., 3 pts (0/0) · Collin Sexton: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamal Murray	Isaac Okoro: 24 poss., 11 pts (4/6) · Jaden Ivey: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Collin Sexton: 14 poss., 8 pts (2/4) · Patrick Williams: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Cameron Johnson	Matas Buzelis: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jaden Ivey: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas	Guerschon Yabusele: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nick Richards: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Jalen Pickett	Rob Dillingham: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anfernee Simons: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji	Nick Richards: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Lachlan Olbrich: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DaRon Holmes II	Leonard Miller: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)