FINAL FROM THE UNITED CENTER: Bulls 109, Denver 97 (Bulls: 17-8, 8-4 at home).
LEADING SCORERS: Bulls- LaVine (32 pts), Denver- Barton and Morris (19)
LEADING REBOUNDERS: Bulls: Ball and Vucevic (10), Denver- Green (13)
LEADING ASSISTS: Bulls- Dosunmu and LaVine (8), Denver- Jokic (15)
CCI STAT OF THE GAME: The Bulls outscored Denver 63-48 in the second half.
CCI RECAP: The two teams were missing a combined eleven players including the NBA's fourth-leading scorer DeMar DeRozan as the Bulls overcame his absence with contributions from starters and reserves.