Game completed

Houston Rockets43-28124atChicago Bulls29-42132

Mon, Mar 23, 8:00 PM EDTUnited Center, Chicago, ILChicago Sports Network · Space City Home Network

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
HOU	21	27	39	37	124
CHI	41	24	30	37	132

Houston Rockets

124

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jabari Smith Jr.SF	34	6	5	1	0	0	2	2-10	1-7	1-1	0
Kevin DurantPF	40	40	7	5	0	0	4	15-23	5-10	5-8	-18
Alperen SengunC	37	33	13	10	2	2	2	16-19	1-2	0-3	-6
Amen ThompsonSG	39	23	3	1	2	2	2	8-12	0-1	7-9	-12
Reed SheppardPG	36	13	5	6	2	2	4	5-17	3-14	0-0	-17
Tari Eason	14	4	3	1	0	1	0	1-5	0-2	2-3	+1
Clint Capela	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-8
Dorian Finney-Smith	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1
Aaron Holiday	21	3	1	3	2	0	2	1-3	1-3	0-0	+22
Jae'Sean Tate	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Josh Okogie	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1
Team		124	49	27	8	7	17	49-92	11-41	15-24

DNP: Isaiah Crawford, Jeff Green, Steven Adams (injury), JD Davison (gleague twoway), Tristen Newton (gleague twoway), Fred VanVleet (injury)

Chicago Bulls

132

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Matas BuzelisSF	35	23	4	1	0	0	3	8-16	5-9	2-2	+7
Jalen SmithPF	26	15	6	2	0	2	3	6-8	3-5	0-0	+17
Nick RichardsC	26	11	8	0	0	1	0	3-7	1-2	4-6	+2
Tre JonesSG	28	15	5	6	2	0	1	6-11	0-1	3-4	+13
Josh GiddeyPG	39	15	7	13	2	1	2	4-14	3-8	4-4	+7
Collin Sexton	26	25	4	2	3	0	2	6-14	4-7	9-10	+2
Leonard Miller	23	17	9	3	0	0	1	7-11	2-3	1-2	+4
Patrick Williams	19	2	1	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-4
Rob Dillingham	18	9	1	3	1	0	1	4-7	1-2	0-0	-8
Team		132	55	30	8	4	14	45-90	19-38	23-28

DNP: Isaac Okoro (injury), Lachlan Olbrich, Guerschon Yabusele (injury), Zach Collins (injury), Noa Essengue (injury), Jaden Ivey (injury), Yuki Kawamura (gleague twoway), Mac McClung (gleague twoway), Anfernee Simons (injury)

Lead tracker

How the game flowed

Biggest lead · CHI: 22
Biggest lead · HOU: 4
Times tied: 6
Lead changes: 3
Longest run · CHI: 11

How they entered this matchup

Pregame context

Rest edge: CHITravel tax: HOU4 in 6: HOU

CHI has the rest edge with 3 days and 96h between games.
HOU is carrying the heavier travel load at 941 mi from its previous stop.
HOU is playing into a 4 in 6 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
HOU is in game 1 of 4 on the road with 0 mi already logged before tip.

The numbers

Rest · travel · body clock

Schedule spot	HOU	CHI
Record	43-28	29-42
Days rest	1 day	3 days
Hours rest	48h	96h
Rest swing	-48h	+48h
Travel in	941 mi	0 mi
Zone change	0h	0h
Body clock	0h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 4	Homestand · 4 of 4
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	4 in 6	—

How each side got here

Travel and map

HOU

941 mi

Houston, TXChicago, IL

HOU came from Houston, TX with 941 mi of travel and 0h of time-zone change.

Houston, TX to Chicago, IL

CHI

0 mi

Chicago, ILNo travel

CHI stayed in Chicago, IL between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Chicago, IL

Where this game sits in the run

Trip context

HOU

Road trip

HOU is on game 1 of 4 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 4

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles2,354 mi

CHI

Homestand

CHI is in game 4 of 4 on this homestand.

Game in segment4 of 4

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

TV · streaming · radio

Local TV: CHIChicago Sports NetworkHOUSpace City Home Networkin-market
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Radio: CHI104.3 The Score / S: 1200 AMHOU790 AM / S: KLTN TUDNSiriusXM

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