In the NBA regular season, the Bulls narrowly defeated the Nuggets 130-127.

In this game, there was a huge gap between the Bulls and the Nuggets in terms of bench scoring. The Bulls had 66 points off the bench, Doussum had 21 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Carter had 15 points and 4 rebounds, Terry had 5 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Smith had 16 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, Williams had 7 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Phillips had 2 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist. The Nuggets had 9 points off the bench, Hardaway Jr. had 4 points and 2 rebounds, Pickett had 3 points and 1 rebound, and Varan had 2 points and 2 rebounds.