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Denver Nuggets vs. Chicago Bulls

November 17, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Bulls beat the Nuggets 130-127 on 2025-11-17 on the road against the Nuggets. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Peyton Watson. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Kevin Huerter, Isaac Okoro, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. Josh Giddey (Bulls) scored 15 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Peyton Watson as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 35 points (14/39) in his matchups, with Nikola Vučević as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 127

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokić GS	38:38	36	18	13	1	2	2	2	13-27	1-7	9-12	+10
Jamal Murray GS	38:16	34	11	4	1	0	2	3	12-22	5-11	5-5	-1
Cameron Johnson GS	36:55	19	4	3	0	0	0	0	6-12	5-7	2-2	+13
Peyton Watson GS	34:02	5	3	1	1	3	1	1	2-4	1-1	0-0	+5
Aaron Gordon GS	32:25	24	10	0	0	0	0	5	10-18	1-5	3-4	+18
Bruce Brown	22:32	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-17
Tim Hardaway Jr.	16:12	4	2	0	3	0	0	1	2-8	0-3	0-0	-21
Jalen Pickett	10:27	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-1	0-0	+9
Spencer Jones	6:01	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-16
Jonas Valančiūnas	4:33	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0-1	0-0	2-2	-15
Totals		127	53	21	6	5	8	14	46-97	14-36	21-25

Did not play: Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHI

Chicago Bulls 130

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey GS	30:19	21	14	6	0	0	2	3	8-12	0-2	5-8	-17
Matas Buzelis GS	29:05	13	4	2	0	2	1	2	5-14	2-5	1-1	-14
Nikola Vučević GS	29:00	8	9	6	1	0	1	4	3-13	2-8	0-0	-12
Kevin Huerter GS	24:00	20	2	1	0	0	1	0	7-12	4-9	2-2	-21
Isaac Okoro GS	19:57	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-11
Ayo Dosunmu	25:50	21	3	5	0	0	1	1	8-9	1-2	4-5	+25
Jevon Carter	18:08	15	4	1	0	0	1	2	5-13	5-10	0-0	+20
Dalen Terry	18:04	5	3	4	0	0	1	2	2-4	1-3	0-0	+18
Jalen Smith	17:57	16	8	2	2	0	1	2	6-11	3-6	1-1	+15
Patrick Williams	16:58	7	2	2	1	0	0	2	2-7	1-4	2-2	+4
Julian Phillips	10:42	2	3	1	1	1	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	+8
Totals		130	53	31	5	4	9	18	48-102	19-53	15-19

Did not play: Noa Essengue (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson Starter 22.2 min
Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson 4.0 min
Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jalen Pickett · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson 3.1 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Spencer Jones 3.0 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett 2.7 min

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Isaac Okoro · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis Starter 14.1 min
Jevon Carter · Patrick Williams · Jalen Smith · Ayo Dosunmu · Dalen Terry 7.0 min
Jevon Carter · Jalen Smith · Ayo Dosunmu · Dalen Terry · Julian Phillips 5.2 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Ayo Dosunmu · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 4.8 min
Kevin Huerter · Patrick Williams · Jalen Smith · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 4.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Josh Giddey 15 pts (4/7) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Peyton Watson (31 %, 0 pts) · Aaron Gordon (27 %, 4 pts) · Cameron Johnson (19 %, 0 pts)
Matas Buzelis 17 pts (6/13) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Peyton Watson (43 %, 3 pts) · Aaron Gordon (20 %, 8 pts) · Cameron Johnson (19 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Nikola Vučević: 37 poss., 16 pts (6/11) · Jalen Smith: 19 poss., 8 pts (3/10)
Jamal Murray	Isaac Okoro: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ayo Dosunmu: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Cameron Johnson	Kevin Huerter: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Josh Giddey: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Peyton Watson	Matas Buzelis: 25 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Josh Giddey: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Gordon	Josh Giddey: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Matas Buzelis: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Bruce Brown	Ayo Dosunmu: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jevon Carter: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jevon Carter: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Dalen Terry: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Pickett	Ayo Dosunmu: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jevon Carter: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones	Patrick Williams: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Smith: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas	Jalen Smith: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dalen Terry: 2 poss., 2 pts (0/0)

Bulls defense

Nikola Jokić 35 pts (14/39) in 85 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Vučević (43 %, 5 pts) · Jalen Smith (14 %, 7 pts) · Josh Giddey (8 %, 4 pts)
Jamal Murray 27 pts (9/13) in 85 possessions

Guarded by: Isaac Okoro (29 %, 0 pts) · Ayo Dosunmu (14 %, 3 pts) · Kevin Huerter (13 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Josh Giddey	Peyton Watson: 42 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Aaron Gordon: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Nikola Vučević	Nikola Jokić: 36 poss., 5 pts (2/11) · Aaron Gordon: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Matas Buzelis	Aaron Gordon: 23 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Cameron Johnson: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ayo Dosunmu	Bruce Brown: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kevin Huerter	Cameron Johnson: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jamal Murray: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Isaac Okoro	Jamal Murray: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cameron Johnson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jevon Carter	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jamal Murray: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Dalen Terry	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Patrick Williams	Cameron Johnson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Jalen Smith	Nikola Jokić: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Cameron Johnson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Phillips	Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Pickett: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)