Chicago Bulls – Phoenix Suns · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 22 January 2024

CHI113–115PHX

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It was more exciting than 71% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 22 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.

↑ PHX winsCHI wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Kevin Durant decided it, the Phoenix Suns player with the most points (43, with 6 rebounds and 8 assists; +3 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Drew Eubanks'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 Phoenix Suns 115-113 Chicago Bulls (January 22, 2024) was hit by Kevin Durant: a jump shot with 1.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Phoenix Suns up 115-113. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Phoenix Suns 115-113 Chicago Bulls (January 22, 2024) was a 14-0 run by the Chicago Bulls in the first quarter (from 6:27 to 3:55), from 14-13 to 28-13. The Phoenix Suns' best was a 9-0 run in the second quarter (from 10:49 to 9:06), from 22-41 to 31-41.

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Play: Kevin Durant makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Jusuf Nurkic assists).

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.

Kevin Durant decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 1.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 13 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Durant 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.

22 January 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401585240:602; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · CHI

White · DeRozan · Vucevic · Caruso · Williams

Closing lineup · PHX

Booker · Durant · Beal · Allen · Nurkic

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CHI

Coby White

41′ · +9

DeMar DeRozan

40′ · -10

Nikola Vucevic

37′ · +10

Alex Caruso

33′ · +14

Patrick Williams

32′ · -10

Ayo Dosunmu

30′ · -10

Dalen Terry

9′ · +1

Andre Drummond

11′ · -12

Jevon Carter

8′ · -2

PHX

Devin Booker

41′ · -3

Kevin Durant

41′ · +3

Bradley Beal

38′ · +6

Grayson Allen

36′ · -13

Jusuf Nurkic

26′ · -15

Josh Okogie

14′ · -4

Drew Eubanks

22′ · +19

Keita Bates-Diop

18′ · +15

Saben Lee

6′ · +2

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. CHI and PHX.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Chicago Bulls

Caruso, White, Williams, DeRozan, and Vucevic played 15.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Caruso, White, Dosunmu, DeRozan, and Vucevic played 8.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
White, Williams, Dosunmu, DeRozan, and Vucevic played 4.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Phoenix Suns

Booker, Allen, Durant, Beal, and Nurkic played 17.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 11 points.
Booker, Allen, Eubanks, Durant, and Beal played 5.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Booker, Bates-Diop, Okogie, Eubanks, and Beal played 4.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.

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Chicago Bulls

Caruso, White, Dosunmu, Terry, and Vucevic played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 11 points.
Carter, White, Williams, DeRozan, and Drummond played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Williams, Dosunmu, Terry, DeRozan, and Drummond played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Carter, Williams, Dosunmu, DeRozan, and Drummond played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
White, Williams, Dosunmu, Terry, and Vucevic played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Caruso, White, Williams, Dosunmu, and Vucevic played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Caruso, Dosunmu, Terry, DeRozan, and Drummond played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Caruso, Carter, Dosunmu, DeRozan, and Drummond played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
White, Williams, Dosunmu, DeRozan, and Drummond played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.

Phoenix Suns

Booker, Allen, Okogie, Durant, and Nurkic played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Bates-Diop, Eubanks, Lee, Durant, and Beal played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Booker, Allen, Bates-Diop, Eubanks, and Durant played 3.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Allen, Eubanks, Lee, Durant, and Beal played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Bates-Diop, Okogie, Durant, Beal, and Nurkic played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Booker, Allen, Bates-Diop, Okogie, and Eubanks played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Booker, Allen, Bates-Diop, Okogie, and Nurkic played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Booker, Bates-Diop, Eubanks, Durant, and Beal played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Coby White covered 4.65 km, more than anyone in the game.

Kevin Durant touched the ball 95 times, a game high.
Coby White made 64 passes, a game high.
Kevin Durant defended 7 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.
Nikola Vučević had 21 rebound chances, a game high.

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Chicago Bulls

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Coby White	4.65	6.4	82	64
DeMar DeRozan	4.41	6.3	68	45
Alex Caruso	4.09	7.0	58	43
Nikola Vučević	4.09	6.3	73	53
Patrick Williams	3.75	6.8	52	37
Ayo Dosunmu	3.75	7.0	40	27
Andre Drummond	1.34	6.7	13	7
Dalen Terry	1.27	7.7	11	8
Jevon Carter	0.95	7.2	11	7

Phoenix Suns

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Devin Booker	4.54	6.3	75	58
Kevin Durant	4.38	6.0	95	55
Grayson Allen	4.25	6.8	46	38
Bradley Beal	4.25	6.4	68	47
Jusuf Nurkić	3.12	6.9	50	43

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2023-24 regular season, not this game.

Chicago Bulls

Alex Caruso deflected 3.8 passes per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 1 of 373 in the league.
Coby White recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 19 of 373 in the league.
Nikola Vučević contested 8.2 shots per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 24 of 373 in the league.

Phoenix Suns

Devin Booker recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 8 of 373 in the league.
Jusuf Nurkić contested 7.5 shots per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 30 of 373 in the league.
Josh Okogie recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 55 games.
He ranks 32 of 373 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 Phoenix Suns have won 81 of their 158 games against the Chicago Bulls.

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Game context

Attendance

17.071

100% of capacity

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Scoring

228

combined points

0.4 below the season average (228.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

15 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: Illegal Screen · 00:01.5

Patrick Williams → Jusuf Nurkic

Williams' (CHI) right foot is out of bounds when he illegally screens Nurkic (PHX).

Turnover: 8 Second Violation · 01:14.0

Kevin Durant → Bulls

Durant (PHX) takes more than eight seconds to establish the ball in the frontcourt.