San Antonio Spurs – Chicago Bulls · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 27 January 2020

SAS109–110CHI

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 94% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 24 times
· It stayed close for almost the whole game

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 winsSAS wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Zach LaVine decided it, the Chicago Bulls player with the most points (23, with 6 rebounds and 2 assists; -8 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Denzel Valentine's (+19). 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 110-109 San Antonio Spurs (January 27, 2020) was hit by Zach LaVine: a free throw with 2.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Chicago Bulls up 109-108. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Chicago Bulls 110-109 San Antonio Spurs (January 27, 2020) was a 9-0 run by the Chicago Bulls in the fourth quarter (from 6:54 to 5:30), from 89-95 to 98-95. The San Antonio Spurs' best was a 9-0 run in the first quarter (from 4:48 to 2:57), from 11-12 to 20-12.

What were the keys of the last Chicago Bulls vs San Antonio Spurs game?

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Play: Zach LaVine makes free throw 1 of 2.

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.

Zach LaVine decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 2.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 3 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games LaVine 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.

27 January 2020 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401161337:661; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2019-20 regular season, not this game.

San Antonio Spurs

Derrick White drew 0.44 charges per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 4 of 352 in the league.
Dejounte Murray deflected 3.1 passes per game over his 66 games.
He ranks 13 of 352 in the league.
Jakob Poeltl defended 5.3 shots at the rim per game over his 65 games, and opponents made 10 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 13 of 141 in the league.

Chicago Bulls

Kris Dunn deflected 3.8 passes per game over his 50 games.
He ranks 4 of 352 in the league.
Ryan Arcidiacono drew 0.34 charges per game over his 56 games.
He ranks 6 of 352 in the league.
Thaddeus Young drew 0.20 charges per game over his 64 games.
He ranks 18 of 352 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 24 of their 58 games against the San Antonio Spurs.

24-34record of the Chicago Bulls · NBA 1996-97 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 1996-97 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

16.071

76.8% of capacity

United Center · Chicago

Scoring

219

combined points

4.6 below the season average (223.6)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

21 calls reviewed4 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Shooting · 00:50.5

Jakob Poeltl → Thaddeus Young

Poeltl (SAS) makes contact to Young's (CHI) body and arm during his shooting motion that affects his play at the basket.

Foul: Personal · 01:14.5

Kris Dunn → DeMar DeRozan

Dunn (CHI) makes contact to DeRozan's (SAS) arm during his dribble, causing the ball to go out of bounds.

Turnover: Traveling · 01:34.9

Thaddeus Young → Spurs

Young (CHI) slides his pivot foot after gaining possession of the rebound.

Foul: Offensive · 01:48.7

Tomas Satoransky → Patty Mills

Satoransky (CHI) makes incidental contact with Mills' (SAS) chin as he makes a natural move toward the basket. Mills initiates the contact by moving into his body.