Denver Nuggets – Chicago Bulls · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 31 October 2018

DEN108–107CHI

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 96% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 27 times

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ CHI winsDEN wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when CHI leads and falls when DEN does.

This is how the game was decided.

Nikola Jokić decided it, the Denver Nuggets player with the most points (22, with 12 rebounds and 9 assists; +4 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Jamal Murray's (+9). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Chicago Bulls 107-108 Denver Nuggets (October 31, 2018) was hit by Paul Millsap: a putback with 0.1 s left in overtime, putting the Denver Nuggets up 108-107. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Chicago Bulls 107-108 Denver Nuggets (October 31, 2018) was a 9-0 run by the Chicago Bulls in the fourth quarter (from 8:18 to 5:18), from 83-86 to 92-86. The Denver Nuggets' best was a 8-0 run between the fourth quarter and overtime, from 92-98 to 100-98.

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Play: Paul Millsap makes tip shot.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Paul Millsap decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 0.1 seconds left in overtime 1, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Millsap decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

31 October 2018 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401070787:706; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2018-19 regular season, not this game.

Denver Nuggets

Nikola Jokić contested 9.9 shots per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 30 of 380 in the league.
Jamal Murray recovered 1.3 loose balls per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 43 of 380 in the league.
Gary Harris recovered 1.3 loose balls per game over his 57 games.
He ranks 47 of 380 in the league.

Chicago Bulls

Ryan Arcidiacono drew 0.20 charges per game over his 81 games.
He ranks 21 of 380 in the league.
Chandler Hutchison drew 0.19 charges per game over his 42 games.
He ranks 22 of 380 in the league.
Wendell Carter Jr. contested 10.6 shots per game over his 44 games.
He ranks 25 of 380 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Chicago Bulls have won 46 of their 105 games against the Denver Nuggets.

46-59record of the Chicago Bulls · NBA 1976-77 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 1976-77 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

19.027

91% of capacity

United Center · Chicago

Scoring

215

combined points

7.4 below the season average (222.4)