Denver Nuggets @ Chicago Bulls — Feb 8, 2026

NBA United Center, Chicago·February 8, 2026
Denver Nuggets DEN 34-19, 20-9 Away
136
Final
120
Chicago Bulls CHI 24-29, 15-12 Home
1 2 3 4 T
DEN 39 20 38 39 136
CHI 36 29 39 16 120
Leaders
Points
J.
J. Murray G DEN
28 PTS
M.
M. Buzelis F CHI
21 PTS
Rebounds
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
14 REB
M.
M. Buzelis F CHI
8 REB
Assists
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
17 AST
A.
A. Simons G CHI
6 AST
Box Scores
Nuggets
Bulls
MIN — Minutes · PTS — Points · FG — Field Goals · 3PT — 3-Point Field Goals · FT — Free Throws · REB — Rebounds · AST — Assists · STL — Steals · BLK — Blocks · TO — Turnovers · PF — Personal Fouls · +/- — Plus-Minus
Team Statistics
Nuggets
Bulls
57.6% Field Goals 44.6%
48.5% 3-Point FG 39.2%
66.7% Free Throws 90%
41 Rebounds 37
11 OFF 12
30 DEF 25
37 Assists 25
7 Steals 9
7 Blocks 3
13 Turnovers 16
17 Fouls 24
18 Biggest Lead 9
29:01 Time in Lead 13:13
12 Max Pts in Row 10
Four Factors
67.1% eFG% 55.4%
11.6% TOV% 13.7%
30.6% ORB% 28.6%
25.9% FT Rate 19.6%
Play-by-Play
Q4 39 - 16 136 - 120
136 - 120 1:13
R. Dillingham 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
136 - 118 1:23
134 - 118 1:39
R. Dillingham 2PT
2PT C. Johnson
134 - 116 1:45
132 - 116 2:12
C. Sexton 2PT
3PT C. Johnson
132 - 114 2:33
2PT C. Braun
129 - 114 2:55
127 - 114 3:14
M. Buzelis 2PT
2PT J. Murray
127 - 112 4:17
125 - 112 4:30
M. Buzelis FT
2PT J. Murray
125 - 111 4:37
FT J. Murray
123 - 111 5:17
FT J. Murray
122 - 111 5:17
121 - 111 5:51
M. Buzelis 3PT
2PT J. Valančiūnas
121 - 108 6:02
2PT J. Valančiūnas
119 - 108 6:29
117 - 108 6:46
N. Richards FT
117 - 107 6:46
N. Richards FT
3PT J. Strawther
117 - 106 7:45
3PT N. Jokić
114 - 106 8:05
FT B. Brown
111 - 106 8:26
FT B. Brown
110 - 106 8:26
109 - 106 8:56
C. Sexton FT
109 - 105 8:56
C. Sexton FT
2PT T. Hardaway Jr.
109 - 104 9:15
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
107 - 104 9:42
2PT J. Strawther
106 - 104 10:08
2PT C. Johnson
104 - 104 10:21
3PT B. Brown
102 - 104 10:53
2PT B. Brown
99 - 104 11:27
Q3 38 - 39 97 - 104
97 - 104 0:20
G. Yabusele 3PT
97 - 101 0:51
G. Yabusele 3PT
2PT J. Valančiūnas
97 - 98 0:58
95 - 98 1:12
C. Sexton 3PT
95 - 95 2:24
P. Williams 3PT
95 - 92 2:47
R. Dillingham FT
95 - 91 2:47
R. Dillingham FT
95 - 90 3:15
N. Richards 2PT
2PT B. Brown
95 - 88 3:30
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
93 - 88 3:49
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
92 - 88 3:49
2PT J. Murray
91 - 88 3:58
89 - 88 4:18
C. Sexton 2PT
2PT J. Murray
89 - 86 4:30
2PT N. Jokić
87 - 86 4:53
85 - 86 5:18
I. Okoro 2PT
85 - 84 5:18
I. Okoro FT
85 - 83 5:53
M. Buzelis 2PT
2PT C. Braun
85 - 81 6:13
2PT J. Murray
83 - 81 6:32
2PT C. Johnson
81 - 81 6:59
79 - 81 7:09
N. Richards 3PT
3PT J. Strawther
79 - 78 7:33
76 - 78 7:45
A. Simons 2PT
3PT J. Murray
76 - 76 8:06
FT N. Jokić
73 - 76 8:33
FT N. Jokić
72 - 76 8:33
3PT J. Murray
71 - 76 9:04
68 - 76 9:20
I. Okoro 3PT
2PT C. Braun
68 - 73 9:39
FT N. Jokić
66 - 73 10:05
FT N. Jokić
65 - 73 10:05
64 - 73 10:39
J. Ivey 3PT
64 - 70 11:00
M. Buzelis 3PT
3PT J. Murray
64 - 67 11:15
61 - 67 11:24
J. Ivey 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
61 - 65 11:44
Q2 20 - 29 59 - 65
FT J. Strawther
59 - 65 0:25
58 - 65 1:17
G. Yabusele 3PT
58 - 62 2:01
A. Simons FT
58 - 61 2:01
A. Simons 3PT
2PT T. Hardaway Jr.
58 - 58 2:08
56 - 58 2:22
N. Richards 2PT
2PT J. Strawther
56 - 56 2:45
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
54 - 56 3:12
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
53 - 56 3:12
52 - 56 4:02
A. Simons 2PT
3PT J. Strawther
52 - 54 4:41
49 - 54 5:04
J. Ivey FT
49 - 53 5:04
J. Ivey FT
49 - 52 5:57
J. Ivey 3PT
49 - 49 6:39
I. Okoro 3PT
3PT T. Hardaway Jr.
49 - 46 7:21
2PT T. Hardaway Jr.
46 - 46 8:27
44 - 46 8:41
R. Dillingham 3PT
44 - 43 9:10
M. Buzelis FT
44 - 42 9:10
M. Buzelis FT
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
44 - 41 10:04
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
43 - 41 10:04
42 - 41 10:20
A. Simons 3PT
FT B. Brown
42 - 38 10:33
41 - 38 10:43
N. Richards 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
41 - 36 11:36
Q1 39 - 36 39 - 36
39 - 35 0:22
C. Sexton 2PT
39 - 34 0:22
C. Sexton FT
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
39 - 33 0:33
3PT T. Hardaway Jr.
38 - 33 0:33
35 - 33 0:48
N. Richards 2PT
2PT J. Valančiūnas
35 - 31 1:00
33 - 31 1:21
N. Richards FT
33 - 30 1:21
N. Richards FT
33 - 29 1:51
C. Sexton 2PT
2PT C. Braun
33 - 27 2:06
31 - 27 2:51
A. Simons 3PT
31 - 24 3:08
P. Williams 3PT
2PT J. Valančiūnas
31 - 21 3:22
29 - 21 3:39
C. Sexton FT
29 - 20 3:39
C. Sexton 2PT
3PT T. Hardaway Jr.
29 - 18 3:51
2PT J. Murray
26 - 18 4:29
3PT N. Jokić
24 - 18 5:01
21 - 18 5:21
P. Williams 2PT
FT N. Jokić
21 - 16 6:20
FT N. Jokić
20 - 16 6:20
19 - 16 6:35
M. Buzelis 3PT
FT C. Braun
19 - 13 6:45
FT C. Braun
18 - 13 6:45
17 - 13 7:00
A. Simons FT
2PT C. Johnson
17 - 12 7:37
15 - 12 7:48
I. Okoro 2PT
2PT J. Strawther
15 - 10 8:27
13 - 10 8:41
I. Okoro 2PT
13 - 8 8:57
M. Buzelis 2PT
3PT J. Murray
13 - 6 9:09
2PT J. Murray
10 - 6 9:46
2PT N. Jokić
8 - 6 10:25
6 - 6 10:46
M. Buzelis 3PT
3PT J. Strawther
6 - 3 10:55
3 - 3 11:19
G. Yabusele 3PT
3PT C. Johnson
3 - 0 11:30
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 5 Biggest Lead: DEN +18 Times Tied: 10
Head-to-Head
Bulls leads 1-0
Final
DEN Nuggets
35332825
121
CHI Bulls
32293434
129
Highlights
Nuggets 136 - 120 Bulls
February 8, 2026
United Center
Chicago, US · 20,917 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Date
February 8, 2026
Time
1:00 am
Duration
48 min